USI welcomes Taoiseach’s comments in favour of publicly funding Higher Education
After joint student and staff protests on campuses around the country called ‘Fund The Future’ on Thursday last week at the delay in Government action on the 2016 Cassells report, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has indicated that he is firmly against loans or any increase to...
SU Presidents Sign Joint Letter to #FundTheFuture
As published in the Irish Times, a joint letter was signed by USI affilliated Students’ Union Presidents calling for immediate action from the Government on publicly funded education and increases to student supports on the 11th March, 2019. Together, we are...Students call for urgent awareness and education around self harm
Students call for urgent awareness and education around self harm UNION OF STUDENTS IN IRELAND (USI)·FRIDAY, 1 MARCH 2019 Friday March 1st is Self-Harm and Injury Awareness Day. Reacting to the statistics released by the National Suicide Research foundation, which...
USI Launch Highly Anticipated SHAG Week 2019
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is launching a Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance (SHAG) campaign in collaboration with the HSE 11-14th February, including distribution of 30,000 ‘SHAG Packs’, as well focusing on tackling growing STI rates, education on...