Category: RELEASES
Statement on student concerns regarding assessment
The Union of Students in Ireland, along with student leaders across the island, is committed to ensuring that no student is disadvantaged as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, when it comes to assessment. To that end, we are...
Read MoreUnion of Students in Ireland teams up with UPLIFT to call for signatories to open letter demanding student rent refunds
The Union of Students in Ireland, in association with Students’ Unions across the country, call on the operators of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation to refund students for accommodation they cannot use for the remainder of...
Read More
Usit Travel Liquidation Statement
USI is sad to learn of the decision of the High Court today (27/03/2020) to place Usit Travel into...
Read MoreStudents should be refunded for accommodation they cannot use due to pandemic
Operators of large-scale student accommodation should provide refunds to students who have had to leave college and return home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). Landlord firms...
Read MoreUrgent clarity needed on position of student nurses and midwives dealing with COVID-19
Clarity must be provided from higher education institutions and the Health Service Executive on important issues that have arisen for student nurses and midwives as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Union of...
Read MoreStudent action to demand an end to gender-based sexual violence
Sexual assault is a “stark reality” on college campuses in Ireland and today students are taking a series of actions aimed at demanding a stop to gender-based sexual violence in third level education. The Union of Students in...
Read More
USI: Sexual Health and Empowerment is in your hands
SEXUAL HEALTH AND EMPOWERMENT IS IN THE HANDS OF STUDENTS USI runs a Sexual Health Health...
Read MoreIUA, THEA and USI recommend using the National Training Fund to address higher education funding crisis
IUA, THEA and USI recommend using the National Training Fund to address higher education funding crisis Higher education stakeholders unite to campaign for investment in the sector State Funding per student to third level...
Read More
Break the Barriers
USI Calls on Government to Break the Barriers of Third Level Education This week, Ministers for...
Read More
Students Nationwide Stand Against Coca-Cola in #TasteZeroRights campaign
The Union of Students in Ireland have passed a motion to support SIPTU’s #TasteZeroRights campaign...
Read More“Cost is a barrier to safe sex” says USI
“Cost is a barrier to safe sex” says USI The Union of Students in Ireland has welcomed today’s announcement by Minister for Health Simon Harris that barriers to accessing contraception will be reviewed by a ‘rapid’...
Read MoreStudents 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...
Read More
USI COVID-19 Response
