Academic Affairs | Union of Students in Ireland

60% of Parents Get into Debt Funding Third Level Education

Aug 18, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Budget, Featured, Funding

The Irish League of Credit Unions has launched the results of the 2016 Cost of Third Level Education Study which surveyed 1,000 Irish adults over the age of 18 with Marketing Research Company iReach. The research found that 60% of parents get into debt funding third...

With the Leaving Cert Results out tomorrow, USI Issues Advice on Next Steps for Young People

Aug 16, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Featured

With the Leaving Certificate results due tomorrow, this Wednesday, and CAO Round One offers due on the 22nd August, the Union of Students in Ireland is advising students across the country who wish to progress to third level education on the next steps to take. “The...

Before the Leaving Cert Results on the 17th August USI Calls on the Public to Rent Spare Rooms to Students

Aug 12, 2016 | Accommodation, Featured, Funding

CAO figures show a record number of students, 80,887, have applied to college this year – 877 up from 2015, but the shortage of student accommodation has never been so bad, according to the Union of Students in Ireland. With the Leaving Cert results due in five days...

USI calls on Leo Varadkar to change BTEA restrictions to help lone parents like Erica Fleming

Aug 10, 2016 | Featured, Funding

The Union of Students in Ireland is calling on Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar, to change the BTEA (Back to Education Allowance) restriction to allow more single parents to progress to third level education, like Erica Fleming, a homeless mother-of-one...

USI welcomes funding for Student Housing Project Manager to Find Solution for Student Housing Crisis

Aug 3, 2016 | Accommodation, Featured, Funding

The Union of Students in Ireland has welcomed the allocation of €49,000 in support of the appointment of a Student Housing Project Manager to help identify additional student housing, including ‘digs’ and lodgings in private homes, as the next academic year...

USI Welcomes New Report to Reduce Gender Inequality in Higher Education

Jun 29, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Equality, Featured, Funding, Media

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has welcomed a new report to address gender inequality in high education, by introducing gender quotas. USI said gender quotas will improve the third level education sector in terms of equal representation, diversity and rights....