Get Registered Before May 8th
Stop right there. Before you even consider reading on, or printing off or scribbling on any RFA1 or RFA-whats-it forms get onto www.checktheregister.ie and check if you are registered to vote or if you are, if you are still on the register and where you are able to...
“Student loans are off the table” – USI welcomes statement by Minister
The Union of Students in Ireland has cautiously welcomed a statement from the Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, that no plan exists inside her department for the introduction of a student loan scheme ‘for the near future’.
USI Backs Limerick Student’s Consent Campaign
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting a student led campaign from students in Limerick School of Art and Design asking students ‘are you getting it?’ about consent. The campaign is being rolled out across LIT campuses, from LSAD, this week with the...
USI Backs Limerick Student’s Consent Campaign
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting a student led campaign from students in Limerick School of Art and Design asking students ‘are you getting it?’ about consent. The campaign is being rolled out across LIT campuses, from LSAD, this week with the...
Students vote to support justice and human rights for Palestine by backing BDS campaign
Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has voted to support justice and human rights for Palestine at the annual student Congress in Galway. The motion came before over 250 students from across Ireland voting to join the global movement for Boycott, Divestment,...
Students Launch National Campaign To Remove Eighth Amendment
Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) are launching the national student-led campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution at the annual student Congress in Galway. The campaign, Students For Choice, will be registering thousands of students to...
Students Launch National Campaign To Remove Eighth Amendment
Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) are launching the national student-led campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution at the annual student Congress in Galway. The campaign, Students For Choice, will be registering thousands of students to...
Student Teachers Placement Report Launched
42% of student teachers consider dropping out due to financial pressures The full report can be downloaded here. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI), alongside trade unions ICTU, TUI, ASTI and INTO, released a report today detailing that 42% of student teachers...
USI condemns drastic increases in student accommodation near DCU
The Union of Students in Ireland has condemned the decision of off-campus student accommodation providers near DCU to drastically increase to cost of accommodation for the upcoming academic year. USI stands in solidarity with Dublin City University Students' Union,...
Students Support National Campaign To #RepealThe8th
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting the the national civil society campaign, Together For Yes, to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution in order to protect women's safety, health and wellbeing. In the coming months, USI will also be...