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...
Jan 12, 2023 | Featured, Gender Equality, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare
On the first anniversary of the death of Ashling Murphy, the Union of Students in Ireland is reiterating its stance that everyone in society has a role to play in ending femicide and all violence against women. USI remembers Ashling and the other 15 women who have...
Jan 12, 2023 | Featured, Gender Equality, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare
On the first anniversary of the death of Ashling Murphy, the Union of Students in Ireland is reiterating its stance that everyone in society has a role to play in ending femicide and all violence against women. USI remembers Ashling and the other 15 women who have...
Mar 21, 2022 | Campaigns, Featured, Mental Health, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare
The Union of Students in Ireland launched its new national student mental health campaign Open Up this morning (March 21) in the Sugar Club, Dublin. The Open Up campaign encourages third level students to talk more about their mental health to friends, classmates,...
Dec 15, 2021 | Consent, Featured, RELEASES, Sexual Health, USI News, Welfare
The first part of a new Union of Students in Ireland campaign in response to drink and needling spiking has been launched today, with the backing of the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. An...
Oct 14, 2021 | Academic Affairs, Featured, Mental Health, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare
The Union of Students Ireland with the support of the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education today held an online webinar on ‘Supporting Wellbeing in Practice’ across the sector. This was very exciting research...