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Gordon Colleary
It was with a profound sense of sadness and loss that we learned of the death of Gordon Colleary on 17th June, 2014. Gordon was an inspirational figure in the student movement, whose development of student travel opportunities and USIT (originally Union of Students in...
USI Call on Increased Public Investment in Higher Education
Wednesday, June 11th 2014 Following the publication of the Higher Education Authority (HEA)’s System Performance Report today launched by the Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) welcome the positive findings of the...
USI Submission to National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP)
"Everyone has a role to play in suicide prevention" The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has made a submission to the National Office for Suicide Prevention, read it below or download a copy here. Today is the final day to send in submissions to the National Office...
Website planned outages
The USI website will be down for upgrades three times in June. Outage 1: 04/06/2014: 1200 IST until 1730 IST Outage 2: 12/06/2014: 1200 IST until 1730 IST Outage 3: 20/06/2014 1200 IST until 24 /06/2014 1730 IST
Youth floating vote will be key to local and European elections
Latest polls show 40% of young people undecided Youth groups urge 1/2 million 18-25 year olds to vote Call on candidates to engage with young voters A coalition of youth groups including the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI), the Union of Students in Ireland...
USI call for relief on water charges for student tenants and families
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is calling on the government when considering water charges at today's Cabinet meeting, to provide relief on water charges for already financially burdened student tenants. USI want to ensure that charges do not get passed on to...
Promote the Vote: Regional European Parliament Election Hustings
#Youthvote14 The Union of Students in Ireland (USI), SpunOut.ie and the National Youth Council of Ireland invite you to our joint Regional European Parliament Election Hustings. These events are part of an overall campaign to highlight youth issues and to promote the...
USI Congress 2014 Elects Laura Harmon as the new USI President.
April 2nd 2014 USI Congress 2014 Elects Laura Harmon as the new USI President. The current USI Vice President (VP) for Equality and Citizenship Laura Harmon has been elected as the USI (Union of Students in Ireland) President for 2014/15 with a large majority. For the...
Huge IT Tralee majority chooses to remain affiliated with USI
Thursday March 20th 2014 95% of voting students in IT Tralee have chosen to remain affiliated to USI (Union of Students’ in Ireland). With a total valid poll of 376 votes, 357 students voted ‘Yes’ to affiliation, with just 19 opposing and 4 spoilt votes. This result...
The launch of the USI Student Summit 2014: Student entrepreneurs will be ‘invading’ Dublin Castle on April 8th.
Date: 11.30am Wednesday March 19th Location: Front Square, Dublin Castle, Dame Street, Dublin 2. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is launching the USI Student Summit 2014 today (Wednesday, March 19th) at the front square of Dublin Castle. Students will...