Sep 23, 2021 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
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...
Sep 15, 2021 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
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...
Aug 19, 2021 | Academic Affairs, Campaigns, COVID-19, RELEASES, USI News
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...
Aug 18, 2021 | Campaigns, Featured, Funding, RELEASES, USI News
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...
Aug 13, 2021 | Campaigns, Equality, Featured, LGBT, RELEASES, USI News
USI is proud to back the Blood For All campaign, which is calling for for an end to the ban on men who have sex with men donating blood for a year after sex. This should be done to end the unfair discrimination. However, would also help to tackle the shortage of...
Jun 28, 2021 | Campaigns, Featured, International Students, RELEASES, USI News
USI has written to Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD with an an urgent appeal for him to support the Health Insurance (International Students) (Amendment) Bill 2021. Re: Urgent need to support the Health Insurance (International Students) (Amendment) Bill...
