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The Seanad Eireann must safeguard the working rights of postgraduate researchers.
USI is urging all Senators to support @aliceeire, @SenatorMcDowell & @RonanMullen's motion aimed at securing the rights of PhD researchers, in Seanad Eireann this evening (May 24)
Read our full statement here ➡️ usi.ie/academic-affairs/post…
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Postgraduate Researchers and Students!
Make your submissions on the Statement Strategy of the @DeptofFHed
Please share your thoughts on what you would like to see as guiding principles for the Department over the next three years.
gov.ie/en/consultation/8ca7f…
Closing Date: 29 March
Happy to meet co-chairs to highlight all issues PhDs are facing across Ireland. Also submitted @TheUSI Postgraduate Researchers’ Rights Charter.
Co-Chairs of the National Review of State Supports for PhD Researchers Dr Andrea Johnson and David Cagney today hosted a productive design workshop for researcher representation bodies.
Have your say in the public consultation before Monday, 10am.
gov.ie/en/consultation/19070…
Huge thanks to our friends at @PWO_Ireland, @ICOSirl, @NonEUPhdsociety and other groups for their contributions.
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This Thursday, we ask politicians two questions:
1- How do you plan to address issues faced by students and support the #CostOfCollege campaign?
2- Do you support postgraduate researchers' rights to employment, living wage and fair working conditions?
Are you coming to our Lobby Day in Buswells Hotel this Thursday?!
Tell the politicians about ALL the issues students are facing and to call on them to support our #CostOfCollege campaign
Register 👉 forms.office.com/e/M47Prj014…
Can't make it? Swipe for ℹ️ on how to get involved!
@SimonHarrisTD @DeptofFHed has a great opportunity to do the right thing by adhering to the European Charter for Researchers. Recognise PGRs as professionals with employment status, living wage & working benefits & treat EU & Non-EEA PGRs without discrimination.
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While we welcome the announcement of a review for PhDs in Ireland, we call up @SimonHarrisTD for his commitment to meet @USI @pgwa_ie @PhdsPcau & postgraduate researchers (PGR by masters as well) to discuss the terms of the review before its commencement.
Well done speaking for the postgraduate rights today. If we're going to bring a wider variety of people into higher education, we have to pay them a living wage and working rights.
Education is no longer a right.
And research in #Ireland?
With below-minimum-wage for #PhD researchers, one can only wonder....
@SimonHarrisTD are you listening?
@pgwa_ie @TheUSI
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Huge turnout of students in #USIWalkout @DCU. At its core,the demand for an affordable accommodation & fair funding is a demand for economic justice. Diversity of knowledge is not possible if we don’t enable a diversity of experiences to enter and thrive.
Student poverty, lack of support, and underfunding is a national crisis. We can’t produce world-class research without recognising Early Career Researcher’s rights. Happy to see that or MOs and other student unions and groups supporting and mobilising in solidarity. #usiwalkout – at Dublin City, Ireland
While not members of @TheUSI, we are joining #USIWalkOut, students and unions across Ireland to protest the cost of living crisis. All students, staff and the wider UL community welcome to join us at 11.11am Thurs, 13th Oct at the Plaza
Bring your placards, chants, and stories
Congratulations to the winners of #WhyResearchMatters in partnership with @IrishResearch!
Well done to David Nolan, Ailbhe McGurrin and Antonia Egli for their outstanding contributions
Full details here: usi.ie/usi-news/usi-irc-why-…
PhDs across Ireland are in a dire financial emergency due to a lack of support from @DeptofFHed and @SimonHarrisTD. We are walking out on October 13 at 11:11 am.
#USIWalkout
The cost-of-living crisis is a student crisis too❗️
We, the students, need to take a stand for affordable, accessible education
Students can’t afford to stay quiet, so we’re walking out
Join us on October 13 at 11.11am
Get all the info at costofcollege.usi.ie
#USIWalkout
WE NEED A LIVING WAGE, NOW!
The undervalued and underpaid PhD researchers in Ireland are the consequence of a lack of vision from @SimonHarrisTD to fix the system.
Today’s Budget was a missed opportunity to permanently reduce the Student Contribution Charge and start the move towards abolishing fees
Read the USI's view on #Budget2023 here ➡️ usi.ie/campaigns/once-off-st…
@DeptofFHed announcement of €500 payment for @scienceirel & @IrishResearch PhD researchers is a joke of a solution to the scale of challenges faced by all PhD researchers in Ireland. A grossly insufficient budget and nothing for researchers. 1/4
#Budget23
Amazing work from our postgraduates 🙌@_Rachel_Healy_ @ailbhemcgurrin @David_synapse @pragyadevv @lughan_deane @antonia_egli @strickl_t @MairaAmaral_edu
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who entered our #WhyResearchMatters video competition in partnership with @IrishResearch
Huge congratulations to the 8️⃣ finalists that now go before our judges. The winning submissions are due to be announced on September 30!
Today @TheUSI @pgwa_ie @PhdsPcau @S4C_group and other student unions stand in solidarity with all PhD researchers across Ireland to demand a fair pay of 28,000 for All PhD researchers.
USI backs protest for fairer and equal PhD stipends of €28k. Happening outside Dáil on 14th Sep 1 pm.
The video competition is open for all postgraduates.
The USI & @IrishResearch #WhyResearchMatters competition is now open for submissions!
Create a three minute video telling us about your research for a chance to win cash prizes of €500 & €250
Details, eligibility criteria & the entry form are here 👉 usi.ie/usi-news/why-research…
Not even lip service from @SimonHarrisTD & @HMcEntee to address the financial & legal difficulties non-EU citizens face in pursuing postgraduate research & education in Ireland, such as employment rights, higher fees & additional costs for visas, resident permits & healthcare.
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@TheUSI submission for the Next National Research Strategy emphasised that the current legal and financial system around Non-EEA Postgrdautes is counterproductive to encouraging talent to come to Ireland. Ireland's treatment of PGRs should be in line with the rest of EU.
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2- We would like to recall @SimonHarrisTD that the PhD talent they seek to attract with tokenistic initiatives does not live in a void: The talent is already here — suffering from insufficient funding, precarious employment & dreadful working conditions.
usi.ie/campaigns/usi-backs-c…
ALT Press Release from Union of Students in Ireland: USI backs call for an urgent increase to postgraduate research stipends