[…]Student Engagement Programme Manager: Oisín Hassan National Student Engagement Programme Training Co-Ordinator: Dr Jeffrey […]
[…]the eighth amendment and legalise abortion in Ireland, the Union of Students in Ireland is joining calls for urgent action to remove the barriers that many people seeking access to abortion still face. Students played a key role in the campaign to remove the eighth amendment and USI is extremely disappointed that there is still inadequate and unequal access to abortion in Ireland. Along with others, USI is demanding that the recommendations of the independent abortion review be implemented immediately. USI Vice President for Campaigns, Ross Boyd said: “We are calling on Government to treat abortion as a healthcare issue […]
[…]with this bill, we will not support it’, says USI The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) are demanding that students are treated as partners in the governance of their institutions when final amendments to the Technological Universities Bill 2015 are deliberated on. The Bill is to be debated by the Select Committee on Education and Skills at its meeting today, Wednesday, 15th of November 2017. Speaking ahead the meeting, USI President Michael Kerrigan said, “Students are always the ones left behind when it comes to creating the foundations of our higher education landscape. Students should be put at the […]
[…]the cost of college which numerous reports have now shown to be over €10,000 per annum, and declining student supports. Students and their families have been hit hard the past number of years with a number of taxes and cuts, the introduction of yet another charge to pay without any relief will drive many out of higher education and into the dole queues or out of the country altogether. We are calling on the government not to saddle students and families with additional costs that could further block the road to higher education”. For further information contact USI Communications and […]