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‘No announcement of funding for reduction in Student Contribution Charge is not acceptable’
The Union of Students in Ireland welcomes today’s much-anticipated announcement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, on how higher education will be funded into the future. However, the lack of detail on...
VP for Campaigns Beth O’Reilly is elected President of USI for 2022-2023
Former UCC student and current Vice President for Campaigns at the Union of Students in Ireland, Beth O’Reilly has today been elected President of USI for 2022-2023. A native of Cork, Beth was elected by Students’ Union representatives from all over Ireland at USI’s...
USI Accounts 2020-2021
Accounts approved at USI Congress 2022.
USI launches ‘Open Up’ student mental health campaign
The Union of Students in Ireland launched its new national student mental health campaign Open Up this morning (March 21) in the Sugar Club, Dublin. The Open Up campaign encourages third level students to talk more about their mental health to friends, classmates,...
USI statement on continuing Russian attack on Ukraine
USI liaising with the Higher Education Authority and Students’ Unions across Ireland to establish the number of Irish citizen students in Ukraine or Russia The Union of Students in Ireland stands with the Ukrainian Association of Students, the European Students’ Union...
Presentation on Student Perspective of Student Success
Author: Megan O'Connor, VP Academic Affairs Date of upload: 18/02/2022 USI - Student Perspective on Student Success
Leaving Cert Reform Submission October 2021
Leaving Cert Reform Submission October 2021
Reports of plans to reduce Student Contribution Charge welcomed by USI
The Union of Students in Ireland welcomes reports that Government is planning to make a significant reduction to the Student Contribution Charge. USI has campaigned for the abolition of the €3,000 Student Contribution Charge and for a plan to be made to implement a...
USI launches anti-spiking awareness campaign, backed by Ministers for Justice and Higher Education
The first part of a new Union of Students in Ireland campaign in response to drink and needling spiking has been launched today, with the backing of the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. An...
USI to hold three student protests over three days this month as student anger at Government inaction soars
Students are gearing up to show their anger and frustration at the soaring cost of higher education, at three Union of Students in Ireland-organised protests over three days in late November. Recent research showed that getting through a four-year degree now costs...