Feb 14, 2024 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Students and homeowners renting out rooms both feel more secure and comfortable when there is a written agreement between the parties, according to the findings of Student Digs: National Survey 2023, published today by the Union of Students in Ireland. The research...
Jan 25, 2024 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Government is engaging in smoke and mirrors in relation to student accommodation by announcing and reannouncing the same ‘news’ and ‘policies’ without any concrete plans or information, according to the Union of Students in Ireland. Last Friday, Minister Simon Harris,...
Jan 24, 2024 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland is calling on students and members of the public to join a demonstration outside Leinster Housing this evening (Wednesday) to support a Dáil motion calling for Ireland to support South Africa’s case at the International Court of...
Dec 20, 2023 | Academic Affairs, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The recent announcement by Government that it is providing €17 million to expand apprenticeships across the higher education sector is positive, but the sector should not be expanding without the necessary supports, says the Union of Students in Ireland. USI believes...
Dec 19, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare
Funding for student mental health services announced by Minister Simon Harris on Monday still leaves Ireland far off the internationally recommended ‘safe and ethical’ ratio of students to counsellors, says the Union of Students in Ireland. While any funding for...
Dec 7, 2023 | Campaigns, Equality, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland is backing calls by disability activist groups for the Government’s Green Paper on Disability Reform to be scraped and disabled people to be directly involved in preparing future plans. USI members attended today’s protest at Dáil...
