Oct 13, 2023 | Featured, Gaeilge, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland is adding its voice to calls for Government to commit to creating and funding a proper investment plan for the Irish language, after a disappointing Budget for Gaeilge and the Gaeltacht. Budget 2024 saw the smallest increase in funding...
Oct 12, 2023 | Featured, Postgraduates, RELEASES, USI News
The €3,000 stipend increase for PhD researchers announced today, while welcomed, does not reach the level recommended in a recent independent report, nor is it a Living Wage, says the Union of Students in Ireland. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research,...
Oct 10, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Budget 2024 will go some way to supporting students with the high cost of going to college through the various one-off measures introduced today, according to the Union of Students in Ireland. USI welcomes the repeat of the reduction in the Student Contribution Charge...
Sep 29, 2023 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
National Student Demonstration to take place on Wednesday, October 4 in Dublin city centre Students from across Ireland are set to take to the streets of Dublin next week to demand Government use its €65 billion ‘rainy day’ fund to tackle the student accommodation...
Sep 10, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
On World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), the Union of Students in Ireland is calling on government to make the necessary investment needed to bring the number of student counsellors up to the internationally recommended ‘safe and ethical’ levels. Colleges and...
Aug 31, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Increasing the number of third-level places without the infrastructure and support services to match, is a populist move that will result in students suffering, according to the Union of Students in Ireland. Yesterday, Minister for Further and Higher Education,...
