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...
‘Supporting Wellbeing in Practice’ webinar and report
The Union of Students Ireland with the support of the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education today held an online webinar on 'Supporting Wellbeing in Practice' across the sector. This was very exciting research project,...
Disappointing Budget 2022 confirms USI view that Government has no interest in addressing the hardship many students face
After the start of an academic year which has been dogged with stories about students sleeping on couches, living in hostels and a SU foodbank running out, Budget 2022 has confirmed the Union of Students’ in Ireland’s view that this Government has no interest in...
REBOOT: Funding Ireland’s Future Education and Beyond
Submission to the Government of Ireland on Student Priorities for Budget 2022
USI sleep-out at Dáil Éireann to demand urgent action on student accommodation crisis
The Union of Students in Ireland is staging a demonstration and sleep-out in front of Dáil Éireann from 12 noon today, Thursday (September 23), to highlight the increasing anger among students and their families at the desperate situation facing students looking for...
Thousands of students left abandoned due to Government’s failure to tackle “worse than ever” student accommodation crisis
Students face deferring, dropping out, couch surfing or living in hostels Students’ Unions across Ireland are supporting thousands of students who cannot get a place to live for the new academic year, with the student accommodation crisis “worse than ever,” according...
Give Us Our Grad! Open letter to universities and colleges
Students' Unions across Ireland will this morning (Thursday) write to the heads of their universities and colleges calling for institutions to Give Us Our Grad! In partnership with the Union of Students in Ireland, SU Presidents are imploring institutions to be...
Government must invest in underfunded third level system to ease significant burden of costs on students
Updated figures published today by TU Dublin reiterate the need for urgent action to tackle the spiralling costs of going to college, according to the Union of Students in Ireland. Reducing accommodation costs and the €3,000 a year Student Contribution Charge must be...