[…]in Ireland (USI) is concerned that a delay in voting on the wording of the referendum bill today will see the referendum on the Eighth Amendment pushed to June 8th. This shift in date could see thousands of students unable to cast a vote in the referendum. Speaking after the debate in the Dáil, USI President Michael Kerrigan said, “While we welcome the simple wording of the referendum question, we are concerned students sitting state examinations, going on J1s to the States or on work placement in June will be unable to vote. With the debate stalled, we need to […]
[…]said: “I want to thank the campaign teams on both sides. We’re a stonger organisation today because of the efforts and passion each side showed to get the best deal for students. When students point out something we could do better, we seek to do better – we’ve shown that commitment. Our job now is to unite the students of Ireland to win a yes vote in the marriage equality referendum and make student issues a priority in the General […]
[…]that we will continue to work with ITTSU on national student issues.” Speaking at the count today, referendum campaign lead and Vice President for the Dublin Region, Aisling Cusack, said, “It’s great to see the Students’ Union campaign alongside students and USI for a yes to USI. This is one of the highest yes votes we have received to date and it shows just how valuable USI is to students. Thank you to everyone who helped.” Founded in 1959, USI is the national representative body for the 374,000 students in third level education on the Island of Ireland. USI works to […]
The Union of Students in Ireland will launch its pre-budget submission later today in Buswells Hotel,Dublin. The focus of the submission will be on the most vulnerable in third students level education. Speaking in advance of the launch, USI President Kevin Donoghue said: “Successive austerity budgets have had a severe impact on students and their families. This submission calls on the Government to reverse some of the more brutal cuts it has introduced in recent years” The submission calls for the Government to address a number of changes made to support systems including the re-introduction of post-graduate grants and an increase in the student […]
IUA, THEA and USI recommend using the National Training Fund to address higher education funding crisis Higher education stakeholders unite to campaign for investment in the sector State Funding per student to third level institutions is now 40% less than it was a decade ago For the first time the representative bodies for the public higher education system – institutions and students – have united under a single cause. The IUA, THEA and the USI – representative bodies for universities, institutes of technology and students – have come together to make the case for investment in higher education by the […]
