Aug 13, 2021 | Campaigns, Equality, Featured, LGBT, RELEASES, USI News
USI is proud to back the Blood For All campaign, which is calling for for an end to the ban on men who have sex with men donating blood for a year after sex. This should be done to end the unfair discrimination. However, would also help to tackle the shortage of...
Jun 28, 2021 | Campaigns, Featured, International Students, RELEASES, USI News
USI has written to Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD with an an urgent appeal for him to support the Health Insurance (International Students) (Amendment) Bill 2021. Re: Urgent need to support the Health Insurance (International Students) (Amendment) Bill...
Jun 18, 2021 | Featured, Training
Sabbatical officers in member students’ unions can now register to take part in SUT, the student movement’s annual induction and training for student representative officers. Head over to training.usi.ie to take part.
Jun 15, 2021 | Campaigns, Equality, Featured, LGBT, Sexual Health
Today marks 40 years since the first AIDS case was diagnosed in Ireland in 1982. The Union of Students in Ireland renews its calls on Government to invest in the expansion of HIV testing services across Ireland. If we are serious about reversing HIV cases, we need to...
Jun 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, National Affairs, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland welcomes the plan published today, which aims to re-open campuses and have most third-level activity back on site from the start of the new academic year. Along with getting students back into lectures and classrooms, that the plan...
Jun 14, 2021 | Featured, Postgraduates
In cooperation with the Irish Research Council, the Union of Students in Ireland is delighted to once again run the #WhyResearchMatters competition. The value of research cannot be understated, it is through research that we continue to grow both as individuals and as...
