This page lists the current officers and staff complement of USI. Updated: 10/01/2022 Officers President USI President: Clare Austick NUS-USI President: Ellen Fearon Vice Presidents Academic Affairs: Megan O'Connor Welfare: Somhairle Brennan Equality and Citizenship: Bukky Adebowale Campaigns: Beth O'Reilly Postgraduate Affairs: Jenna Barry Border, Midlands and Western Region: Victor O'Loughlin Dublin Region: Caoimhe O'Carroll Southern Region: John Fortune Staff General Manager: Ben Archibald Administrator: Denise Glover Public Relations and Communications: Martina Genockey Mental Health Programme Manager: Sarah Hughes National Student Engagement Programme Manager: Oisín Hassan National Student Engagement Programme Training Co-Ordinator: Dr Jeffrey Cox
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 awareness campaign that aims to equip students with the knowledge that spiking does happen, how to recognise if a drink or person has been spiked and how to help a friend that has been spiked, is being rolled out by USI and Students Unions across the island today. USI President, Clare Austick and Vice President for…
[CLOSED] Winter Postgraduate Student Survey 2022 The Vice President of Postgraduate Affairs in USI is carrying out this survey to lobby the government to bring in a national stipend for postgraduates and to discuss postgraduate working commitments. The VP for postgraduate affairs is also a postgraduate researcher who understands the many complexities of postgraduate research and work life balance. Through consultation with postgraduate students it has been determined that there is a disparity in postgraduate student stipends in Ireland. This Postgraduate Student Survey is to find out where these disparities lie. The data collected from this survey will inform a…
Students are gearing up to show their anger and frustration at the soaring cost of higher education, at three Union of Students in Ireland-organised protests over three days in late November. Recent research showed that getting through a four-year degree now costs students and their families over €50,000 on average. And with Government showing no signs of reducing the Student Contribution Charge or addressing the student accommodation crisis, USI is launching the Cost of College campaign. The overall Cost of College campaign will involve two sub-campaigns; the No Keys, No Degrees campaign which was launched in September as a result…
