[…]Affairs & Quality Assurance, said: We are delighted to once again partner with the National Forum for the Teaching Hero Awards. These awards present a truly unique opportunity for students to lead the conversation as to what it means to be a good teacher. The 2014 awards showed that there is a real appetite to celebrate the impact that these individuals make and I genuinely can’t wait to see what comes out of the new cycle. Dr Terry Maguire, Director of the National Forum, commented: With the leadership of the students’ unions in each of Ireland’s higher education institutions, we […]
[…]have not yet registered to vote, USI alongside Students’ Unions around the country will be running voter registration drives all year to ensure students are on the register ahead of a possible General Election and Referendum USI are encouraging students to vote on issues that are affecting them and their future, such as for affordable Housing for the SUSI Grants for cut fees for action on climate emergency for better mental health services USI President, Lorna Fitzpatrick said: “Students have been the leaders of change when it came to the Repeal the 8th and Marriage Equality Referendums, both of […]
PRESS RELEASE Thursday, January 10, 2013 For Immediate Publication At 2pm today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) launched its ‘Say Something’ online survey on students’ experiences of violence. USI is conducting this survey with the support of Cosc – the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence. The purpose of this survey is to better understand the extent and nature of violence experienced by third level students. This survey also seeks to establish how safe or unsafe students feel in different environments. Regardless of whether or not a student has experienced any kind of violence […]
New survey information was released by the Union of Students in Ireland today outlining student’s reactions to the Budget. 80% of students will vote for another party in the General Election after seeing the Budget priorities. 66.7% of students feel let down by the current government. 91% of students feel the government has not appropriately addressed student supports in the Budget. The USI said the further €3 million secured for the SAF (student assistant fund) to support the most disadvantaged and the minimum wage raised by 50cent will help working students, however the lack of reintroducing postgraduate grants is disappointing. “Although the increase of €3 million for […]
[…]We are being asked to minimise travel as much as possible to help limit the spread of the virus. USI is extremely concerned at the last-minute nature of this announcement, with most students already having plans in place. Lorna said: “This decision is coming very late in the day. There are many students who have already started back and thousands more who are due to start on Monday. This adds to what is and has been a very stressful time for many students and their families. “However, as we have said, student safety is our main priority and we will […]
