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Students should be refunded for accommodation they cannot use due to pandemic

Mar 25, 2020 | Accommodation, Featured, Media, RELEASES, USI News

Operators of large-scale student accommodation should provide refunds to students who have had to leave college and return home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). Landlord firms are refusing any refunds to students that...

Urgent clarity needed on position of student nurses and midwives dealing with COVID-19

Mar 24, 2020 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News

Clarity must be provided from higher education institutions and the Health Service Executive on important issues that have arisen for student nurses and midwives as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). President,...

Student action to demand an end to gender-based sexual violence

Mar 5, 2020 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News

Sexual assault is a “stark reality” on college campuses in Ireland and today students are taking a series of actions aimed at demanding a stop to gender-based sexual violence in third level education. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is teaming up with the...

USI: Sexual Health and Empowerment is in your hands

Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, RELEASES, Sexual Health

SEXUAL HEALTH AND EMPOWERMENT IS IN THE HANDS OF STUDENTS USI runs a Sexual Health Health Awareness campaign and launches a survey on campuses across Ireland. Today the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) launched a Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance (SHAG) campaign...

IUA, THEA and USI recommend using the National Training Fund to address higher education funding crisis

Jan 23, 2020 | RELEASES

IUA, THEA and USI recommend using the National Training Fund to address higher education funding crisis Higher education stakeholders unite to campaign for investment in the sector State Funding per student to third level institutions is now 40% less than it was a...

Break the Barriers

Aug 15, 2019 | RELEASES

USI Calls on Government to Break the Barriers of Third Level Education This week, Ministers for both Education and Higher Education, Joe McHugh and Mary Mitchell O’Connor have released statements downplaying the levity of the accommodation and higher education funding...