[…]with local businesses, TDs, sports clubs and students to discuss the educational issues facing them in the coming months. Members of ITTSU (Institute of Tallaght Student Union) and USI (Union of Students in Ireland) are hosting the Community Engagement Day. Some key matters that will be openly discussed tomorrow will be the positive impact which students have on local business in Tallaght, and local TDs will speak about the issues facing the community as a whole. The main focus of the event is to show support for the most financially vulnerable families and members of the community. Glenn O’Brien, ITTSU […]
[…]or they were unprepared (58%), while 32% cited the influence of drinking alcohol or taking drugs. The HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme recently launched a new phase of its Think Contraception campaign that uses TV sponsorships, on-the-street promotion, poster and digital advertising and social media connections to promote its key message, that when it comes to risk of STIs or unplanned pregnancy – Johnny’s got you covered. The campaign character ‘Johnny’ represents the safety and reassurance of using a condom and encourages young men and women, the vast majority of whom have had sexual intercourse by the time they reach 25, to […]
[…]of its campaign, the USI is also encouraging third level students to lead by example and pass on the truth about harmful drinking and the many problems it causes to the next generation, particularly their younger brothers and sisters. Alongside its information and awareness-raising campaign, the USI will be providing alcohol brief intervention training, beginning with student union welfare officers and then extending to student counsellors and other relevant groups. The USI will also be working with students unions throughout the country to implement new alcohol policies and improve best practice, particularly around events and their promotion. “The mentaldrinking campaign […]
[…]in third-level education and to alleviate the huge financial pressures students face across the country. The announced expenditure by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is a missed opportunity to begin to rectify the failure of successive Governments after years of cuts and neglect across Higher and Further Education. Additionally, measures to address the housing and homelessness crisis have entirely failed to include the lack of accommodation for students that is affordable and of high quality. Responding to the Budget announcement, President of USI, Síona Cahill said “Our students continue to face the second highest fees in Europe, haven’t seen any […]
