[…]the Union of Students in Ireland and Students’ Unions across the island are running a day of online action aiming to shed light on student mental health and highlight how looking after your mental health is intrinsic to overall well-being. USI is also welcoming the publication on the day of the National Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework, which the union and its members were proud to be involved in producing. The focus of USI actions on World Mental Health Day is support and connecting with one another – from raising awareness of services that are available to students and the […]
[…]Varadkar T.D. Minister for Social Protection Department of Social Protection, Government Office Store Street, Dublin 1 9th August 2016 Dear Minister, We write with reference to the now well-publicised decision of your department to refuse the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) to Erica Fleming, a homeless single parent who is currently raising her daughter in a hotel. As you know, education has a transformative quality. Education takes people out of poverty and dependence and gives them options in multiple fields of employment. Education quite literally changes lives. We are asking that Erica have the opportunity that she deserves […]
[…]on student housing across Ireland; Investigate alternatives for student housing; Operate an online find a tenant service through homes.usi.ie; Operate a student focussed find a roommate database through homes.usi.ie; Operate an online digs database through homes.usi.ie; Improve and operate dispute resolution procedures for students; Liaise with authorised housing authorities; Advise on the Student Housing Strategy; Begin developing and planning of an Irish Student Housing Trust. 3. Minister for Housing with the Committee on Housing and Homelessness to create a Student Housing Strategy in consultation with the USI to faciliate and support the creation of an Irish Student Union Housing Trust […]
[…]are out of college, they’ve lost jobs, had to move home and are trying to keep up their study online and keep themselves healthy while supporting family and friends who are more vulnerable. Some students have underlying health conditions and have had to move home in order for them to be able to self-isolate away from their shared student accommodation. Some students had very tough decisions to make in a hurry, such as those from India who had 24 hours to decide whether to go home as the borders were closing and they didn’t have time to get reassurance on rent […]
[…]people’s right to privacy by requiring internet service providers to monitor their customer’s online activity. It is speculated that TTIP aims to bring back the skeleton of ACTA. “Altering someone’s right to privacy could lead to altering their security.” Kevin Donoghue, USI president said, “People need a type of sphere where they’re guaranteed to be free of interference, surveillance or monitoring. Privacy is vital for development through private conversation, intimate relationships and your autonomous right to control information about yourself.” Labour and trade union rights are lower in the US. If jobs switch to the US it will most likely […]
