[…]for family members who are unwell or are unwell themselves. We have been constructively engaging on a national level with stakeholders from across the sector through the Tertiary Education Sector Group, which is led by the Department of Education and Skills. We have continuously called for partnerships between individual Higher Education Institutions and their local Students’ Unions to ensure that the student voice is included at all levels of decision making during this time. The quality of higher education degrees and of our education system must not be compromised as a result of COVID-19. The recent calls by students for […]
[…]was €160 for just travel, resources and materials, food, and the Gaeltacht fee payment. Over 3,000 students were surveyed across the country highlighting the financial pressure placed on student teachers, fuelling teacher shortage. The recommendations of the report call for teachers in initial teacher education to be financially supported by Government in similar ways to other professionals. The report finds that 96% of current students find their time on placement highly stressful indicating finance as the main driver for stress. 71% of current placement students hold part-time jobs during placement in order to afford rent, materials for teaching, travel […]
[…]the referendum to remove the Eighth Amendment. USI is the national representative body for the 374,000 students in third level education on the Island of Ireland, and is a member of the national civil society campaign, Together For Yes. For more information, visit […]
[…]has launched an online archive on the fifth anniversary of voting in the referendum. Some 30,000 young people registered to vote in the Marriage Equality referendum and the USI has compiled reports, photographs, and videos to tell the story of the impact student activists had in organising the Yes vote. Speaking of the pride students feel in the role they played in changing the country for the better, USI President, Lorna Fitzpatrick says: “On the fifth anniversary of when we ‘Made Grá The Law’ and our country became a more equal place for all citizens, USI is launching a website […]
[…]the future. Even simple things such as saving for a holiday or a deposit can be out of the question for someone on a zero-hour contract. It is completely unacceptable in this day and age that we are forcing people to build careers on zero-hour plans.” Donoghue said. “The frustrating thing is that these practices exist across the workforce. Zero-hours, JobBridge and unpaid internships are becoming the norm. Young people in particular are being made to feel as though they have something to prove and need to suffer through unacceptable conditions in order to a land a job. Where I […]
