[…]and Sligo. Thousands of students will join together with one collective voice to express their frustration against any additional cuts to the Maintenance Grant and further Higher Education austerity. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) warned the Government last week, that students are ready to demonstrate their electoral power in the upcoming Seanad referendum. With voter registration drives underway on campuses across the country, USI expect to have 10,000 students registered on the Student Elector Registration Database (SERD) by polling day on October 4th. With the Budget fast approaching, students across the country are preparing to fight the rumored […]
[…]insurance for students. USI Vice President for Equality and Citizenship attended a seminar in Brussels with the European Students Union (ESU) on the refugees in higher education campaign. USI became involved in a campaign on disability rights with key disability rights groups and service providers led by Joanne O’Riordan. USI gained the support of the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) for publicly-funded higher education. USI re-launched the Student Summit on Twitter and Facebook with new branding and put a call out for students to take part in regional pitch competitions with USI and Bank of Ireland. The USI Vice President […]
[…]the Seanad Referendum 11/09/13 Newstalk Students to Resist Cuts to Grants RTE 19/08/13 TV3 Ireland AM: USI President on College […]
[…]and the USI President submitted their presentation. Check out the full line up here. NUS-USI ran an aggressive campaign called #IfStudentsRanStormont to get young people and students out to vote for the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections #AE17 which took place on March 2nd. USI attended the briefing for a new HSE backed campaign around alcohol harm reduction which will be launched next week. USI are one of many leading partners ensuring the students’ voice and concerns are part of the campaign. USI lobbied TDs, Ministers and Senators about publicly-funded higher education. USI Vice President for Campaigns met with Twitter to discuss […]
