Jan 5, 2016 | Featured, Funding, USI News
USI President Kevin Donoghue The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has joined forces with the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) as part of its #EducationIs coalition to campaign against the erosion of the publicly funded higher education system, and safeguard...
Nov 12, 2015 | Featured, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland said the J1 changes announced today is hugely disappointing and will decrease the number of students travelling abroad for the summer. The changes made to the J1 programme means that Irish students will now have to secure a job in...
Nov 9, 2015 | Campaigns, Featured, Media, USI News
Over 1/3 of Students Feel down Every day and Most of them Find Comfort in Food More than a third of Irish Students feel down every day and most of them find comfort in food, according to new information released today by the Union of Students in Ireland. 36% of...
Oct 27, 2015 | Featured, Funding, Media, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland has slammed Ógra Fianna Fáil for proposing an income-contingent loan scheme for the Irish 3rd level education system at the gates of Trinity College on Friday the 23rd October. USI said the loan system is overwhelmingly intimidating...
Oct 9, 2015 | Academic Affairs, Accommodation, Budget, Campaigns, Featured, Mature Students, Media, Regional News, RELEASES, USI News, Website
10,628 new student voters were registered by the Union of Students in Ireland across 24 college campuses between the 6th and 8th October. USI launched their campaign ‘Education Is’ to educate, empower and register students to vote in the upcoming General Election,...
Sep 30, 2015 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland and Fine Gael’s Junior Minister for Education, Damien English, met in Leinster House yesterday to discuss the student accommodation crisis and the impact the Budget will have on financially struggling students across Ireland. Fine...
