@SSUofNI

Representing over 50,000 students in post-primary schools across NI. Powered by students, for students. Est. Aug 2020 [email protected]

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Meet the new executive! 😎
A picture of the new executive

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Conor and Brooke attended the General Assembly of @obessu, working with Unions across Europe😎 Thank you to the Secretariat, Board and CANAE for an amazing weekend in Seville. 🇪🇸 Congratulations to Preston from @issu4u for being elected to the Monitoring Committee ✨
Members of SSUNI, ISSU (Republic of Ireland Union), DGS (a danish Union) and CANAE (a Spanish union)

ALT Members of SSUNI, ISSU (Republic of Ireland Union), DGS (a danish Union) and CANAE (a Spanish union)

SSUNI’s Card at the General Assembly

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A screen displaying GA for Beginners

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SSUNI’s Brooke Ewing wrote to @qubelfast Centre for Children’s Rights blog, on the right to wear trousers to school✨. We encourage more students to do so! 😎 Find Brooke’s blog - blogs.qub.ac.uk/childrensrig… And the Response - blogs.qub.ac.uk/childrensrig…
A poster to detail the blog and to send letters, poems, drawings, etc to j.kane@qub.ac.uk

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@CCEA_infoMay 27
Are you a parent looking for resources to support your child ahead of their exams? A student looking for guidance? Check out our Examinations and Results Support Hub for information on everything you need to know about from preparing for exams to Post-Result Services. ccea.org.uk/students-parents… @SSUofNI @nidirect
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Listen in to the Nolan show on BBC Sounds to hear our Education Officer, Kian Hawes discussing the social media ban for Under 16’s📻📱@StephenNolan
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SIGN UP OPEN! Want to help influence educational change and join a network of student activists? ✨ Join the Secondary Students’ Union of NI executive 26/27! 😎 If any issues or questions contact [email protected] 🫶 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Elodie, our SSUNI Community Relations Officer, gave evidence before the Stormont Health Committee alongside the Northern Ireland Commissioner Chris Quinn and Leah Rea NICCY Policy & Research Officer: m.youtube.com/watch?v=7K8G82…
Elodie speaking at the Commitee

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A picture of Elodie and Lea and Chris at Stormont

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Women’s Spaces collaborated with SSUNI at the MAC providing a panel of change makers, educating us on period dignity and the Menstruation Matters organisation. SSUNI spoke about our Safe Schools Strong Voices campaign✨Thank you to everyone who came 🫶
Some of our female voices presenting statistics

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Connie and Ciara at the desk

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Our speakers with SSUNI representatives

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The Panel

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Elodie, our SSUNI Community Relations Officer was in London for the launch of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) Youth Panel Event 😎. Elodie has been appointed to the Young Adult BBFC Panel which champions young voices.📻
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Thanks to @issu4u for having our President, Conor, at An Chomhdháil Bhliantúil 2026 ✨ The strength and bond built between our unions is a testament to our work on student activism across the island 📣
Conor and Preston at the event

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Congrats to newly elected IO of ISSU, Niamh

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Conor speaking at the event

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SSUNI’s Community Relations Officer, Elodie Bloomer was in London last week to help present the Voice of Online Youth’s Online Safety Charter to Ofcom and other tech industry executives last week.
Elodie at the NSPCC

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Elodie at the event

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SSUNI in the news 🗞️: read the article here, bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv8…
A screenshot of Kian’s part of the media report

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Happy Autism Awareness Day! Here is some Myths Busted
Autism awareness day

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Autism is not an illness, it is part of who a person is

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Autism is becoming increasingly recognised and diagnosed

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Neurodivergent people can be introverts and extroverts

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On Saturday, Elodie, our SSUNI Community Relations Officer, participated in a European consultation on the proposed Fourth Optional Protocol of the UNCRC. ✨
A poster of Elodie

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SSUNI at Politics in Action "Local to Global" event in QUB Riddle Hall! (missing our wonderful community relations officer Elodie) Thank you so much to the schools and organisations who made this event possible!
Katie, Dany and Shuya

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Katie and Shuya

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Our Mental Health Officer Brooke attended the Policy and Action Training for Mental Health (PACT). OBESSU’s event in Berlin organised within the Mind Matters project, funded by the European Youth Foundation (EYF). ✨🧠
Brooke with the OBESSU flag

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Brooke explaining off a sheet of paper

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Everyone with the OBESSU flag

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Brooke sharing ideas

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Ciara attended the National Women’s Council Ireland event for their Youth advisory panel new members. They discussed NWC’s campaigns “ending violence against women and girls” 🫶Ciara also heard from Cllr Cat O’Driscoll and Senator Laura Harmon ✨♀️
The meeting

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The meeting facing the board

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Cllr Cat O’Driscoll speaking

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Discussions surrounding EVAWAG

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This International Women’s Day, some of our amazing Executive share experiences faced by women in education👏.Katie, Elodie and Inioluwa’s voices were amplified through the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions’ Women’s mental health in education campaign ♀️✨
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This International Women’s Day we reflect on one of our female inspirations and role models♀️✨. Ellen is a past SSUNI president and the founder of our Feminist Society that is still running today 👏
Empowered Women, Empower Women

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Ellen Taylor, founder of our Feminist Society and Past SSUNI President

ALT Ellen Taylor, founder of our Feminist Society and Past SSUNI President

Thank you to Women

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Happy International Women’s Day and thank you to all the amazing women in our homes and in the education sector from SSUNI ♀️✨
International Women’s Day poster

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