Mar 9, 2023 | Academic Affairs, Placements
A new survey for members having completed a placement has been launched by USI. The survey is maintained by the USI Vice President for Education, Clodagh McGivern, who may be contacted at education@usi.ie Placement Survey March 2023Placement Survey March 2023What is...
Feb 20, 2023 | Featured, Postgraduates, RELEASES, USI News, Workers' Rights
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has expressed concerns about the delay in the ongoing national review of state support for PhD researchers which was due to be completed in early 2023, and the lack of engagement with postgraduate researchers to date. In October...
Sep 30, 2022 | Featured, Postgraduates, USI News
Congratulations to David Nolan (Dublin City University), who is the winner of the USI-IRC Why Research Matters 2022 video competition. Congratulations also to the competition’s two runner-up prize winners, Ailbhe McGurrin (University College Dublin) and Antonia Egli...
Aug 17, 2022 | Featured, Postgraduates, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland is delighted to run the Why Research Matters video competition 2022 in cooperation with the Irish Research Council. This competition aims to showcase the varied and high-quality work being undertaken by postgraduate researchers across...
Jul 28, 2022 | Campaigns, Featured, Postgraduates, RELEASES, USI News, Workers' Rights
The Union of Students in Ireland has backed a call by a PhD student collective to the Minister for Higher Education, funding agencies and higher education institutions across Ireland, for an urgent increase to postgraduate research stipends. USI Vice President for...
Feb 18, 2022 | Academic Affairs
Author: Megan O’Connor, VP Academic Affairs Date of upload: 18/02/2022 USI – Student Perspective on Student Success
