May 10, 2023 | Featured, Postgraduates
USI Vice President for Postgraduate Affairs Waqar Ahmed presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science for pre-legislative scrutiny of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023 on Tuesday, 9 May...
Apr 24, 2023 | Accommodation, Campaigns, carousel, Featured, Policy, RELEASES
This year more than previous years we have heard of a huge uptake in the amount of people living in “digs” or owner-occupied homes, due to the housing crisis and the availability of a tax relief implemented by the government. The aim of this survey is to see what kind...
Apr 12, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland is dismayed at yesterday’s statement by the National Women’s Council of Ireland on the killing of Geila Ibram in Limerick last week. USI was horrified at the awful killing of 27-year-old Geila and offer our sympathies to her young...
Apr 4, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Current MTU Kerry Students’ Union President, Chris Clifford has been elected President of the Union of Students in Ireland for 2023-2024. A Health and Leisure graduate hailing from Tralee, Chris was today elected by delegates representing students and Students’ Unions...
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...
Jan 12, 2023 | Featured, Gender Equality, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare
On the first anniversary of the death of Ashling Murphy, the Union of Students in Ireland is reiterating its stance that everyone in society has a role to play in ending femicide and all violence against women. USI remembers Ashling and the other 15 women who have...