Suas Educational Development T/A STAND

STAND mobilises third-level students to stand up for global justice, equality and sustainability. As strategic partner to Irish Aid we work to embed Global Citizenship Education across the higher education sector in Ireland.

In this time of escalating global crises - from climate breakdown and armed conflict to rising authoritarianism and deepening inequality – we believe that the need for critical global citizenship education has taken on a particular urgency.   

Higher education plays a vital role in equipping students with the skills, awareness, and motivation to respond to global challenges. STAND works with stakeholders from across disciplines and departments across higher education institutions in Ireland to embed critical GCE.   

Across higher education campuses, we offer accessible co-curricular and extracurricular programmes and events, we collaborate with institutions to integrate Global Citizenship Education into teaching and campus life and support students' unions and societies to lead on global issues. For more about our programmes click here.   

We are delighted to be Irish Aid’s strategic partner for providing GCE in the higher education sector, contributing to implementing their global citizenship education strategy. We also receive funding from partners such as Concern Worldwide, Community Foundation, the Arts Council and Erasmus Plus. We also deliver a service contract where we facilitate the staff that delivers the Irish Aid Centre workshops.  

We know that we can have a greater impact when working collectively and collaborate with partners both locally and globally to deliver our programmes.