[…]arriving back to Ireland later in the Summer and face significant barriers to accessing accommodation and affordable living with these fee increases piling on the pressure. Meanwhile postgrads are again exploited to fill Institutional coffers, disregarding the huge contributions they make to academic life.” Shane De Rís, President of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union, stated that: “College has completely undermined the fee certainty agreement it approved by introducing these fee rises. Students, hit with this unexpected increases in their already high fees, are now unsure if they can afford to return to their studies and, indeed, to Ireland. These students […]
[…]is demanding immediate action to be taken by Government to invest in publicly-funded higher education and for greater grant investment in Budget 2018. The demonstration is expected to draw over 5,000 students. USI is calling on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills to make a historic long-term decision to invest in a publicly-funded third level education model, as outlined in the the Cassells report – a report published over 15 months ago on higher education funding. USI President Michael Kerrigan warned that, ‘Education is in the red. Don’t be fooled by the propaganda of a student loan. An […]
[…]is the national representative body for the 374,000 students in third level education on the Island of Ireland. USI registered 18,000 students who have never voted before between September and November 2017 alone, adding to the upwards of 80,000 students registered to vote by USI in recent […]
[…] Only 3% of the Irish population give blood, providing blood for a population of over 4 million Only 5% of the Irish population eligible to give blood do so USI Congress further Notes: That many other countries and states, such as recently the United States of America, have changed their policy regarding the donation of blood by MSM donors. Sexual orientation screening negates the possibility of many potential blood donors based on outdated evidence and research. USI Congress Affirms: Where possible it is best to use existing evidence and research to inform decisions and stances upon issues. 15 NA […]
The Union of Students in Ireland have launched the National Accommodation Survey 2018, this survey takes 7 minutes and will provide useful data to make a positive impact in the current student accommodation crisis in Ireland. Take the survey now: LINK TO […]
