With just two weeks left until polling day on May 25th, travel bursaries have been made available for Irish students to travel home The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) welcomes the UK wide ‘Home to V8te’ campaign from NUS-UK alongside NUS-USI to campaign for Irish students studying in institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to travel home to vote in the referendum on the Eighth Amendment on May 25th. Speaking about campaign, USI President Michael Kerrigan said: “Any Irish citizens studying in the UK can get in touch with their Students’ Union and avail of a travel […]
USI Launches Study on Students’ Experiences of Harassment, Stalking, Violence and Sexual Assault. The public launch of the “Say Something” research study findings of students’ experiences of harassment, stalking, violence and sexual assault, took place today, Tuesday, 10th September from 10.30am at Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College, Dublin. Keynote speaker Senator Ivana Bacik launched the findings of the “Say Something” study along with Ellen O’Malley Dunlop, CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. USI (Union of Students in Ireland) conducted this research project with the support of Cosc (National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence). This […]
General: 2,027 students from Maynooth University (MSU) voted to remain with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) with a total of 2,142 votes cast. Polls opened at 9am on Wednesday the 8th of March and closed at 6pm on March 8th. Final result was 95.7% of MSU voters said yes to USI. Read out statement here. USI Officer Board elections have begun with local Students’ Unions hustings happening all over Ireland. For information on the final list of candidates, click here. Nominations for the Student Achievement Awards Ireland 2017 are now open. Click here for more information and to enter. USI […]
Did you know you’re represented at an EU level? Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years There are currently 751 Members of the European Parliament MEPs have been directly elected by citizens of member states of the EU since 1979 MEPs work on issues like the refugee crisis, women’s rights and the environment Did you know the parliament has 3 main roles? Legislative (Passing EU laws, together with the Council of the EU, based on European Commission proposals) Supervisory (Democratic scrutiny of all EU institutions) Budgetary (Establishing the EU budget, together with the Council) Did you know […]
Launch of new national student survey & Publication of the report on 2013 national pilot A new national survey of third level students, launched today (Friday 13 December 2013), will help Irish higher education institutions to enhance the quality of education they provide by asking students in detail about their experiences. This fully national survey is the first system-wide survey of its kind in Europe and will be rolled out by participating institutions in February – March 2014. The Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE) is designed to reach out to students and to hear about their full experience of […]
