May 11, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Featured, Funding, Media
Kevin Donoghue, USI President The Union of Students in Ireland has criticised the programme for government for not prioritising higher education funding in Ireland and said the programme is a box-ticking exercise to satisfy policy makers and academics, but like the...
May 9, 2016 | Featured, Funding, Media
The Union of Students in Ireland is calling on newly-appointed Minister for Health Simon Harris to reverse the diversion of €12 million from Mental Health Services announced by former Minister for Health Leo Varadkar. USI highlighted the dangers in this...
Apr 27, 2016 | Featured, Media, RELEASES
The Union of Students in Ireland and Mental Health Reform will be joining outside the Dáil (Kildare St. Entrance) tomorrow, Thursday, April 28th at 12.30pm to protest against the mental health budget diversion of €12 million and to ensure mental health is a...
Apr 26, 2016 | Featured, International, Media
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and VotingRights.ie are partnering to campaign for a vote for Irish citizens abroad. USI are the leading partners on the new campaign in Ireland after the recent constitutional convention found that those participating voted 78%...
Apr 7, 2016 | Equality, Featured, Media, RELEASES
The Union of Students in Ireland has praised the Irish Muslim leaders who made an anti-extremism declaration in Trinity College. USI said extremism is most damaging to the young and impressionable, and violence in the name of religion has cast a negative shadow...
Apr 6, 2016 | Featured, Media, RELEASES
76% of students are worried about securing employment and only 23% have secured employment when they graduate, according to a new pilot study by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). USI surveyed students across Ireland and asked them how they felt about...
