USI backed by 97% of students in South Eastern TU RELEASED: 17.00 1/12/2022 The Union of Students in Ireland has welcomed the results of an affiliation referendum at the new South Eastern Technological University, in which 97.1% of students voting opted to join the national movement. Students at SETU were voting on a proposal to merge the previously existing two Students’ Unions into one, and whether to apply for membership of USI. They have overwhelmingly endorsed both proposals. A new merged Students’ Union, SETUSU, will now be formed. It has come about as the result of the merger of Institute […]
[…]under Article 1, filing an intervention in support of a case taken by Ukraine against Russia in 2022, under the Genocide Convention. Speaking ahead of the protest, USI Vice President for Campaigns, Zaid Al-Barghouthi said: “We call on our members to mobilise and turn out to show our support for this motion. We have a moral duty to do everything we can to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, and in this context, we view an intervention by Ireland in South Africa’s ICJ case as a step that would bring us closer to that objective. Students have been active voices in […]
[…]both a lack of affordable accommodation post COVID and the lack of investment in affordable Purpose-Built Student Accommodation.” USI Vice President for Campaigns, Beth O’Reilly said: “Yet again in Budget 2022, Government showed that it has no interest in reducing the €3,000 per year Student Contribution Charge, which is the highest fee for an undergraduate degree in the EU. How could students not be outraged? These three regional protests are a chance for students to get out show the level of anger and frustration they are feeling. Ahead of the protests, USI will travel around the country with a Cost […]
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[…]unions and other worker representative organisations to develop regulations around the use of fixed-term and part-time contracts and contracts of indefinite duration. Work with relevant stakeholders to develop a tangible plan to end precarity in higher education. Invest in public research and public-public partnerships for research, including frontier research. The full Seanad motion is […]
