[…]establish the number of Irish citizen students in Ukraine or Russia The Union of Students in Ireland stands with the Ukrainian Association of Students, the European Students’ Union and the Global Student Forum against war and expansionism, and in condemning the renewed Russian aggression towards Ukraine. As Russian forces continue a major attack on Ukraine, USI offers solidarity to students in Ukraine and to any Ukrainian students in Ireland – we offer our complete support and will strive to amplify their voices and needs at this time. As a matter of priority, USI is liaising with the Higher Education Authority […]
[…]of students said they won’t be able to attend college. Jill O’ Herlihy from Mental Health Ireland said “Financial struggles affect everybody, especially students. We need to be mindful that when these issues arise, we act upon it instead of sweeping them under the carpet. The most important thing to review is how you’re handling this stress, to make sure everything else in your life reduces it, such as sleeping for 8 hours, eating healthy and exercising”. Full survey results 95.3% of students think the cost of college is too high 73.1% of students said the high cost of […]
[…]representative body for the 374,000 students in third level education on the Island of Ireland, and is a member of the national civil society campaign, Together For Yes. In 2015, USI mobilsied students to vote in Marriage Equality seeing the largest youth voter turnout for any vote in the history of the […]
[…]Trinity College, Dublin Students’ Union peadar.debluit@usi.ie Vice President for the Border, Midlands and West Region Breffni Gorman Member Union when first elected: Institute of Technology, Sligo Students’ Union breffni.gorman@usi.ie Vice President for the Southern Region Michael Thompson Member Union when first elected: Institute of Technology, Tralee Students’ Union michael.thompson@usi.ie Vice President for the Northern Region Adrianne Peltz Member Union when first elected: South Eastern Regional College Students’ Union president@nistudents.org (The Vice President for the Northern Region is jointly elected to USI Officer Board and the UK National Union of Students National Executive Committee at NUS-USI […]
