[…]MacNeela – National University of Ireland, Galway Damien McClean – Union of Students in Ireland, Andrew Power – Institute of Art, Design & Technology Dun Laoghaire, Dr. Sinead Ring – Kent University, Cliona Saidléir – Rape Crisis Network Ireland Key findings for the Say Something (2013) report indicated that 16% of students reported having experienced some form of unwanted sexual experience while in their current educational institution. Only 3% recorded that they had reported these incidents to an official within their institution or to the Gardaí. The two most frequent reasons for not reporting were: […]
[…]Union of Students in Ireland (USI) represent over 374,000 students across the island of Ireland The SHAG acronym stands for Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance. The SHAG packs are funded by HSE Sexual Health Crisis Pregnancy Programme (SHCPP). SHAG week is a week-long Campaign Roadshow where USI and support services will be visiting IT Carlow (ITC), Institute of Art & Design Technology (IADT), NUI Galway (NUIG) and Athlone IT (AIT) to distribute 30,000 packs and information. USI have partnered with NUI Galway Active Consent to run the Sexual Experiences Survey. The Active Consent Programme, NUI Galway, is a multidisciplinary programme […]
[…]to this campaign, the USI had been inundated with messages from students who are losing thousands of Euro in rent they had to pre-pay. And in order to publicly highlight the accommodation issues students are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the USI created an online portal to enable members to share their stories with the union. In one message, Orla, a student in St Angela’s College said: “Having to pay over €1,000 for accommodation that I can’t be in is very upsetting and challenging. Now I have to start paying a deposit for next year’s accommodation not knowing if I’ll […]
