Apr 20, 2020 | Featured, RELEASES, SAAI, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland is delighted to announce that this year’s Student Achievement Awards are moving online in order to allow the event to take place. The awards, which were originally due to take place on April 29 in the Gibson Hotel, had previously...
Apr 17, 2020 | Accommodation, Direct Provision, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Vacant Purpose-Built Student Accommodation should be used to ease stress on vulnerable students who are not in appropriate accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Union of Students in Ireland said today. The USI says the closure of campuses and the stay-home...
Apr 2, 2020 | Academic Affairs, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
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 engaging in on-going discussion with a range...
Apr 2, 2020 | Academic Affairs, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
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 engaging in on-going discussion with a range...
Apr 1, 2020 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
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 the academic year due to the COVID-19...
Mar 25, 2020 | Accommodation, Featured, Media, RELEASES, USI News
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 are refusing any refunds to students that...