[…]Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has launched a cyberbullying awareness campaign today at its annual Congress in Ballinasloe. The campaign is being run in partnership with NUS-USI, the National Youth Council of Ireland, Headstrong, SpunOut.ie, Headsup.ie and Reachout.com. This coalition of youth organisations have agreed that cyberbullying must be addressed at a national level and has become an issue of grave concern for many young people. Congress approved a policy entitled “Combating Cyberbullying in Third-Level” and USI’s Vice President for Welfare, Denise McCarthy, launched the USI Guide to Cyberbullying. The guide includes tips on internet etiquette, advice on how […]
[…]hour contracts and for a living wage to be introduced in this country so that people can work to live as opposed to work to survive. USI will continue to work with trade unions and organisations that have similar values to achieve our collective goals. USI has turned a corner and it is my intention to assert the student voice at the forefront of social justice and social change. We have a proud history on campaigning for equality and we cannot afford to be an insular organisation. We will continue to take a holistic approach in how we represent our […]
[…]Seanad THROWING their weight behind the NO campaign in the upcoming Seanad referendum, students today [Wednesday 11th September] set out alternative proposals for meaningful political reform. The launch took place 11am in the Blue Room of the Ringsend Community Centre, Dublin 4. It was conducted by representatives of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), who answered questions put to them by members of the Ringsend community here. The USI is calling for a No vote in the referendum, and for genuine reform to the Seanad and our entire political system, to make it more effective, representative, transparent and democratic. Free […]
[…]The project has two work streams: the provision of class representative training content, delivered by trained student trainers, and institutional consultancy on developing student engagement structures. The five participating pilot institutions are: NUI Galway, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Waterford Institute of Technology, National College of Ireland, and Cork Institute of Technology. The institutions are represented to the working group by senior institutional management and student representatives. The working group also involves project partners (USI, HEA, QQI) and sectoral experts from Irish Survey of Student Engagement and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education. […]
[…]to support school-leavers in making the jump to third level ahead of the report published today by the Higher Education Authority based on students progressing from first to second year between the 2013/14 and 2014/15 academic years which showed more than 6,000 students drop out of first year. USI Deputy President Jack Leahy said, “Students were telling us that even though they may have attended open days and studied prospectuses, the course they were studying was often quite far from what they had expected. This can relate to course content, teaching hours, job prospects and more.” Research conducted in 2015 […]
