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USI and Dáil opposition Bill to protect student renters launched
A Bill to protect student renters for the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic will be tabled in the Dáil today (Thursday) on the back of a campaign led by the Union of Students in Ireland. Sinn Fein will table the Bill, which will be signed by 56 opposition TDs,...
Action needed on Gaeltacht fees for Hibernia students
Government must step in and work to reduce the cost of Gaeltacht placement for student teachers in private colleges, according to the Union of Students in Ireland. No student should be charged an extra fee to complete a mandatory and integral part of their college...
USI backs Labour Party bill to regulate gambling advertising and calls for action from Government
Union of Students in Ireland statement 17.02.21 The Union of Students in Ireland supports the bill launched today which seeks to ban gambling advertising, and the union is calling on the Government to act on its Programme for Government commitments in relation to...
Statement on social care student placements
Today, USI and Students’ Unions who represent Social Care students have collectively written to CORU, the Ministers for Further and Higher Education; Health; and Social Protection, Quality and Qualifications Ireland and the Higher Education Institutions urging them to...
Call for Submissions – Student and Learner Wellbeing and Engagement Working Group
The Student and Learner Wellbeing and Engagement Working Group that reports to the Tertiary Education Sector Steering group chaired by the Department of Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is requesting submissions from parties interested...
USI Elections 2021
The nominations processes for USI officerships have opened on the USI Congress 2021 Website. Elections will take place on 7 April 2021 during the USI Congress, which will be online. Online voting will take place for these elections. All information for prospective...
USI statement on postgraduate stipends increase
Today’s announcement of extra Government funding to increase the postgraduate stipends of Irish Research Council researchers is welcomed by the Union of Students in Ireland as one of the steps needed to address the unacceptable precarious working conditions of...
Urgent clarity needed on student nursing and midwifery placements
The Union of Students in Ireland is disappointed at the Department of Health’s decision last night to extend the current two-week suspension of nursing and midwifery student placements by a further week. USI is particularly concerned by the lack of clarity being...
Colleges must support students as public health restrictions are increased during busy exam and assessment period
Students must not face unnecessary stress and hardship due to Level 5 restrictions during this busy time for assessment deadlines and exams, says the Union of Students in Ireland. Policies to mitigate any possible educational disadvantage introduced by institutions...
USI demonstration urges TDs to sign Education for All pledge and action from Minister
The Union of Students in Ireland this afternoon (December 16) staged a socially distanced demonstration at Leinster House calling on TDs to sign its Education for All pledge and highlighting the urgent need for action in key areas of higher education funding and...