Sep 27, 2022 | Budget, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Government should have made the €1,000 reduction to the Student Contribution Charge in Budget 2023 a permanent reduction in fees for all students as a move towards abolishing the charge, says the Union of Students in Ireland. USI and Students’ Unions across Ireland...
Sep 5, 2022 | Budget, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The accommodation crisis and soaring cost-of-living are among the key issues being raised by the Union of Students in Ireland at today’s (Monday) pre-budget submission lobbying day in Buswells Hotel, Dublin. USI representatives have been joined by Students’ Union...
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...
Mar 21, 2022 | Campaigns, Featured, Mental Health, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare
The Union of Students in Ireland launched its new national student mental health campaign Open Up this morning (March 21) in the Sugar Club, Dublin. The Open Up campaign encourages third level students to talk more about their mental health to friends, classmates,...
Jan 31, 2022 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland welcomes reports that Government is planning to make a significant reduction to the Student Contribution Charge. USI has campaigned for the abolition of the €3,000 Student Contribution Charge and for a plan to be made to implement a...
Nov 8, 2021 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Students are gearing up to show their anger and frustration at the soaring cost of higher education, at three Union of Students in Ireland-organised protests over three days in late November. Recent research showed that getting through a four-year degree now costs...
