Mar 29, 2018 | Academic Affairs, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES
42% of student teachers consider dropping out due to financial pressures The full report can be downloaded here. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI), alongside trade unions ICTU, TUI, ASTI and INTO, released a report today detailing that 42% of student teachers...
Mar 28, 2018 | Featured, President, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
NEWS RELEASE 28 March 2018 IMMEDIATE RELEASE USI Welcomes May Referendum Date The Union of Students in Ireland has welcomed the confirmation of 25th May as the day for the referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment to Bunreacht na hÉireann. The confirmation of the...
Mar 21, 2018 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting the the national civil society campaign, Together For Yes, to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution in order to protect women’s safety, health and wellbeing. In the coming months, USI will also be...
Mar 9, 2018 | Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is concerned that a delay in voting on the wording of the referendum bill today will see the referendum on the Eighth Amendment pushed to June 8th. This shift in date could see thousands of students unable to cast a vote in the...
Mar 8, 2018 | Democracy, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
Yesterday, members of UCC Students’ Union (UCCSU) voted to remain with the Union of Students in Ireland (USI). Polls opened on Tuesday the 6th of March and closed on Wednesday the 7th of March. Final result was 86% of UCCSU voters saying yes to USI. Speaking after the...
Mar 8, 2018 | Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
As part of International Women’s Day, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is rallying students across Ireland to repeal the Eighth Amendment at Trinity College Dublin Front Square from 4:30pm. The rally comes as fears that a delay in voting on the wording of the...
