Feb 5, 2025 | Campaigns, Consent, Data, Direct Provision, Environment, Featured, Health, International, National Affairs, Postgraduates, Regional News, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th, SAAI, Uncategorized, USI News, Voter Registration, Week In USI
PRESS RELEASE “Well, Is It the Same Old Line? Strike Action to Be Taken as USI Stands in Unwavering Solidarity with BIMM’s Students and IFUT, While Dispute Remains Unresolved. Dublin, Ireland – February 5, 2025 – The Union of Students in Ireland (USI)/...
Jan 27, 2025 | Media, RELEASES, Uncategorized
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has welcomed some of the pledges made in the new Programme for Government, particularly in relation to financial support for students and the development of apprenticeship pathways. However, the union has expressed concern that many of the critical issues facing students—particularly housing, mental health services, and the cost of education—remain insufficiently addressed, with the Programme largely mirroring the previous government’s approach.
Oct 17, 2024 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Third-level students across Ireland are set to walk out of lectures on Thursday morning (October 17) at 11.30am as part of a national protest organised by the Union of Students in Ireland and local Students’ Unions. The National Student Walkout aims to highlight the...
Oct 14, 2024 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The next Government of Ireland must publish a new strategic plan for student accommodation and commit to taking urgent action to address the current crisis, according to the Union of Students in Ireland’s general election manifesto, which launches today. In the...
Oct 3, 2024 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Third level students across Ireland will Shine A Light on homelessness on October 9 as the Union of Students in Ireland partners with Focus Ireland to host a number of sleep outs on college and university campuses. Focus Ireland, which provides services for people who...
Oct 1, 2024 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
No measures to ease the financial pressure on third level students were announced today, despite Budget 2025 being described as the ‘biggest giveaway Budget since the Celtic Tiger,’ says the Union of Students in Ireland. Students will be no better off in 2025 as a...
