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Budget 2015 Response
The Union of Students in Ireland has responded to the provisions of Budget 2015 in a report issued on the USI website with the following statement: USI Budget 2015 Response Document USI welcomes the decision not to cut or otherwise amend the student maintenance grant,...
Honouring Teaching Heroes
The Union of Students in Ireland was delighted to be involved in this week's Teaching Hero Awards, held at Dublin Castle. USI President Laura Harmon was on hand with Jan O'Sullivan, minister for Education and Skills, to present the awards and greet recipients along...
Housing shortage will increase college drop out
The President of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), Laura Harmon, has warned this morning (Thursday) that a combination of a shortfall of purpose-built accommodation for students and the current state of the private rental sector will inevitably lead to students...
FURTHER UPDATED: Gordon Colleary Funeral Arrangements
Colleary (Gordon) – June 17th. Suddenly in Seaford, East Sussex. Surrounded by his loving wife Mairin, sons Barry and Conor, daughter Emma, daughters-in-law Kate and Sarah and four divine grandchildren. Deeply regretted by his siblings, Mary, Ann, Brendan and...
Gordon Colleary
It was with a profound sense of sadness and loss that we learned of the death of Gordon Colleary on 17th June, 2014. Gordon was an inspirational figure in the student movement, whose development of student travel opportunities and USIT (originally Union of Students in...
USI Call on Increased Public Investment in Higher Education
Wednesday, June 11th 2014 Following the publication of the Higher Education Authority (HEA)’s System Performance Report today launched by the Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) welcome the positive findings of the...
USI Submission to National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP)
"Everyone has a role to play in suicide prevention" The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has made a submission to the National Office for Suicide Prevention, read it below or download a copy here. Today is the final day to send in submissions to the National Office...
Website planned outages
The USI website will be down for upgrades three times in June. Outage 1: 04/06/2014: 1200 IST until 1730 IST Outage 2: 12/06/2014: 1200 IST until 1730 IST Outage 3: 20/06/2014 1200 IST until 24 /06/2014 1730 IST
Youth floating vote will be key to local and European elections
Latest polls show 40% of young people undecided Youth groups urge 1/2 million 18-25 year olds to vote Call on candidates to engage with young voters A coalition of youth groups including the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI), the Union of Students in Ireland...
USI call for relief on water charges for student tenants and families
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is calling on the government when considering water charges at today's Cabinet meeting, to provide relief on water charges for already financially burdened student tenants. USI want to ensure that charges do not get passed on to...