[…]increasingly exclusionary as financial struggles force some to make the heartbreaking decision to abandon their education altogether. USI is calling on the Government to make provision in Budget 2025 to properly address the student financial crisis and make going to college a realistic aim for every young person in Ireland.” Among the key asks in the USI Pre-Budget 2025 Submission are: Fund the building of the 30,000-bed shortfall in student accommodation Reduce fees by €1,500 now and introduce a plan to abolish fees over the next few years Free public transport for all students Read or download the USI Pre-Budget 2025 Submission […]
[…]of Irish language rights. The move by Northern Ireland’s public transport operator, Translink, to open Belfast Grand Central Station without any provision for dual-language signage is extremely disappointing and USI welcomes the action by An Dream Dearg to demand our basic language rights be upheld. An Dream Dearg have been seeking to engage with Translink on this issue since 2022 to ensure this did not happen. USI Leas Uachtarán don Ghaeilge, Bláithín Nic a t-Sithigh said: “It is very disappointing to see the biggest transport hub on the island open without any provision for Irish language signage. Translink have just […]
[…]and understand the many different languages of union leaders across the island. He was equally comfortable debating the potential pitfalls of the Single European Act with his brother-in-arms Marty Whelan and the radical lefties in TCD as he was discussing social justice with the Jesuits in Milltown. With his protégé Éamonn Waters and the RTC’s, it was regional imbalance and the lack of degree recognition; while with Dáithí O’Connor and Aidan Kerins at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), it was inner-city deprivation and the cost, quality and availability of student accommodation. On his regular visits to the Belfast office, […]
[…]a workplan and key deliverables Ensuring all NStEP activities and outputs are connected to and informed by other national initiatives and by relevant national and international policy and research Supporting collaborative system-level projects related to student-staff partnerships Developing a range of written resources, policy papers, guidance materials and publications Capturing and Monitoring Impact Gaining an understanding, in consultation with NStEP participants and partners, of how impact is achieved within the area of student engagement Implementing the NStEP impact strategy, to ensure that impact is appropriately captured and disseminated with a view to informing policy and practice Supporting HEIs to capture […]
[…]seven months. All countries, including Ireland, need to exert the necessary pressure on Israel to force it to respect international law and end the genocide in Gaza and the apartheid imposed on the people of Palestine. People all over Ireland, including many students, have been coming out in huge numbers to show their support for a free Palestine and for justice and equality for the Palestinian people. Students are currently camping out in UCC and UCD to force their universities to completely divest from Israel, just as Trinity Students’ Union and TCD BDS did previously. These camps and protests, including […]
