Pink Training

USI Pink Training is Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ Training and networking event for third-level students. This year it took place in Galway from 18th – 20th November. Your Welfare, Ents & Education Officers attended with the LGBTQ+ Society and UCC delegates.

Protests & Campaigns

• Attended the Cork Cost of Living Protest
• Provided feedback to USI at the USI Campaigns Working Group and Presidents Working Group regarding the National Student Walkout and the next steps for national lobbying.
• Voter Registration drive on Campus & How to write to your local representative event
• Worked with FemSoc on Abortion Access for All campaign – informational posters/cards
• Plastic Free UCC: 1900 + UCC branded water bottles handed out to students to encourage the Plastic Free UCC – all students were surveyed.
• Attended the ‘Raise the roof‘ Rally in Dublin
• Green Campus Strategic Workshop

Education

• the President and Education officer engaged with relevant UCC Staff to start progressing plans for Postgraduate Research Student Class Reps
• Launched the Lecture Recording Feedback Survey, 1771 responses (thank you class reps for sharing!!)
• Ran 2nd Academic Rep Training
• Continued to push Lecture Recording in ACL&T, DEAG, Inclusive UCC, and basically any forum I can.
• USI VP for Academic Affairs set up a WG about placement provisions

Welfare

• Appointed Welfare Crew
• Ran successful Mental Health & Wellbeing week
• Assessed 25 Student Assistance Fund Applications, 5 Emergency Fund/Foodbank applications, and 3 Childcare Subsidy Scheme applications
• Welfare Officer listened to, signposted, and supported dozens of UCC students with Welfare related concerns on a 1:1 level

Commercial

• Launching Raise and Give week very soon!
• Vendors on campus as well to close out the semester
• Ice Cream Van visited 4 UCC Campuses during Mental Health and Wellbeing week
• Raised the Living Wage issue at USI Comhairle Náisiúnta and asked the USI VP Welfare to prepare information on the issue for MOs

Events

• Equality Working group organised 2 events for UCC Equality Week
• Ents Officer Mary MC’d I’m Grand Mam Podcast
• Organised Alcohol-Free Night in the New Bar
• Appointed Ents Crew

Other

• Represented UCCSU at Level Up in the European Parliament
• Attended USI Comhairle Náisiúnta/National Council
• Continued to campaign for Living Wage for SU Content Creator roles from UCC
• Implementation Plan for Seomra na Gaeilge completed and branding document completed
• UCCSU ‘Know your Union’ Radio Show up and running
• The Environmental & Sustainability rep attended COP27, debrief document is incoming!