[…]student beds, along with free public transport for students and a range of other costed solutions. USI and Students’ Unions all over Ireland are now calling on students to come out on Wednesday, October 4 to march to the Dáil and send a message to politicians that they either support them now or face them at the ballot box in the next local and general elections. USI President, Chris Clifford said: “Ireland’s budget surplus is expected to reach €65 billion in the next two years. It’s inexcusable that students couch-surf, commute long distances, and have no hope of a future […]
[…]of USI, calls for all stipends to be increased to €28,000 in order to address inflation, the housing and cost-of-living crises, and in recognition of the new government valuation on PhD-level research as seen in their most recent PhD funding initiative.” The open letter goes on to say that that PhD students feel they are not valued, and some have expressed doubts as to the point of continuing when they could get much better-paid jobs in the industry. Read the full text of the open letter […]
[…]on the Discord server. USI fully supports Women’s Aid’s 16 Days of Action Campaign and USI Vice President for Welfare, Clare Austick participated in the launch of a new Women’s Aid report on intimate relationship abuse, including online abuse, of young people (18-25) in Ireland. One of the key recommendations from this research includes: “‘The Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017’ should be urgently progressed and enacted to provide for criminalisation of image-based sexual abuse and other forms of online harassment. “The Online Safety Commissioner should be established, as proposed in the ‘Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020’. This […]
[…]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 President said: “We’re delighted to be engaging with the community in Tallaght […]
[…]health package will be accessible and will be available to trans and non-binary people.” You can read the USI Pre-Budget Submission […]
