[…]14th November. Throughout the day, Students’ Union Officers country-wide will be registering thousands of students using the RFA form with the assistance of the Union of Students in Ireland. USI Vice President for Equality & Citizenship, Aisling Cusack stated; “Each year, the Union of Students in Ireland alongside Students’ Union countrywide incentivise students to register to vote. It is imperative that students are on the register considering the current political climate in the country, now more than ever, students need to be vocal on the issues facing them at current.” Speaking on this: Ian Power, Executive Director of SpunOut.ie said: […]
[…]HIV Ireland, SpunOut.ie, BelongTo and Man2Man. #SHAG17 trended on Twitter for 7 hours in Ireland and reached 1.4 million people. The Vice President for Welfare handed out 11,000 condoms to students across 4 campuses. USI launched a retro-video arcade shooter called Sexually Transmitted Invaders. USI launched shag.usi.ie with information on consent, STIs and information on safer sex. USI became official partners with the HSE and Health Ireland this […]
[…]fees or loans before a public vote.” USI has maintained that Higher Education should be free and that Ireland should follow the example of some of our continental EU partners as opposed to introducing the much touted loan scheme. “Sweden can do it, Germany can do it and now the Cassells report is saying we can do it. The writing is on the walls and in the paper – free education is a viable option and not the pipe dream so many people would make it out to be.” Donoghue maintains that politicians should be delighted at the news. “Time […]
[…]in 1959, USI now represents more than 354,000 students in over forty colleges across the island of Ireland. The goal of the USI is to work for rights of students and a fair and equal third level education system in Ireland. USI has campaigned on the issue of student accommodation since the 1970s and works with the RTB, Threshold and other organisations on the issue. Please visit usi.ie or homes.usi.ie to find out about other activities of USI with regard to housing. More info about the survey: https://usi.ie/studenthousing/. For media inquiries please contact campaigns@usi.ie or 01 709 […]
