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Chats for Change Campaign Launched to Help Students Feeling Down
Over 1/3 of Students Feel down Every day and Most of them Find Comfort in Food More than a third of Irish Students feel down every day and most of them find comfort in food, according to new information released today by the Union of Students in Ireland. 36% of...
The Union of Students in Ireland Slammed Ógra Fianna Fáil for their Loan Scheme Proposal
The Union of Students in Ireland has slammed Ógra Fianna Fáil for proposing an income-contingent loan scheme for the Irish 3rd level education system at the gates of Trinity College on Friday the 23rd October. USI said the loan system is overwhelmingly intimidating...
Over 10,600 Students Take Action to Protect their Grants!
10,628 new student voters were registered by the Union of Students in Ireland across 24 college campuses between the 6th and 8th October. USI launched their campaign ‘Education Is’ to educate, empower and register students to vote in the upcoming General Election,...
Fine Gael Meeting with the Union of Students in Ireland to talk about their Pre-Budget Submission
The Union of Students in Ireland and Fine Gael’s Junior Minister for Education, Damien English, met in Leinster House yesterday to discuss the student accommodation crisis and the impact the Budget will have on financially struggling students across Ireland. Fine...
SUSI Deadline: Midnight this Saturday
USI URGES STUDENTS TO SUBMIT SUSI GRANT APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE DEADLINE AT MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY AUGUST 1ST The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is urging students and parents to submit their grant funding applications for the student grant awarding body, SUSI...
USI launches accommodation relief site
The Union of Students in Ireland has today released an update to the homes.usi.ie website, which connects students to spare rooms across the country. Home owners can benefit from a tax free €12,000 'rent-a-room relief' if they take on a lodger. Speaking as the site...
New Officer Board for USI
The Union of Students in Ireland has a new Officer Board. The new team took office on 1 July 2015 and will serve until the end of June 2016. They're led by Kevin Donoghue, who previously served as VP for the Border, Midlands and Western Region and Vice President for...
Statement on Berkeley Incident
The Union of Students in Ireland is shocked and devastated at news of a serious incident in Berkeley, California, resulting the apparent deaths of Irish students. Initial reports say that a balcony collapse has killed six people and injured seven - and that at least...
Union of Students in Ireland to hold seminar on publicly funded higher education
News Release Release: 11/03/2015 Immediate Release Union of Students in Ireland to hold seminar on publicly funded higher education The Union of Students in Ireland will host a breakfast seminar on publicly funded higher education at the Department of Education and...
Maurice Dickson
USI is saddened to hear of the passing of Maurice Dickson, former NUS-USI Convenor (1998-1999). Maurice served at a time of great change in Northern Ireland, taking up office less than two months after the passage of the Belfast Agreement in the historic May 22 1998...