Sep 27, 2016 | Budget, Featured, Funding, Health
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is supporting The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) in their protest outside the Dáil calling for the restoration of incremental credit for nurses and midwives who graduated between 2011 and 2015 on Tuesday the 27th...
Sep 26, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Budget, Featured, Funding
The Union of Students in Ireland announced their national demonstration this morning, Monday, at Stephen’s Green. The national demonstration, which is expected to draw over 5,000 students from across Ireland, will take place on the 19th October. USI are urging...
Sep 19, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Funding, Gaeilge
The Union of Students in Ireland is calling on the government to restore the grant for student teachers’ attendance at mandatory Gaeltacht courses at a cost of €1 million, following their call for a change in the way Irish is taught in April, with more of an emphasis...
Sep 9, 2016 | Featured, Health
USI and PleaseTalk have launched the national student support card ahead of Suicide Awareness Day on Saturday the 10th September. There were 20,000 student support cards distributed across Irish college campuses on Friday, the 9th September. According to the...
Sep 6, 2016 | Budget, Featured, Funding
The Union of Students in Ireland launched its Pre-Budget Submission outside Leinster House at 8:30am on Tuesday the 6th September. The proposals in the submission include a €500 minimum reduction in fees; a €140 million investment in higher education; reinstating...
Sep 1, 2016 | Featured, Health, RELEASES
The Union of Students in Ireland has released a statement today, ahead of tomorrow’s Electric Picnic Festival, urging students to remain vigilant against drugs and to never take any unknown substances, or from anyone they don’t know. A 2015 UN report revealed that...
Aug 30, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Accommodation, Featured
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) launched the 2016 Finance and Accommodation guide in Maynooth Students’ Union on Tuesday the 30th August in preparation for students coming to college. The guide details the rights and...
Aug 18, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Budget, Featured, Funding
The Irish League of Credit Unions has launched the results of the 2016 Cost of Third Level Education Study which surveyed 1,000 Irish adults over the age of 18 with Marketing Research Company iReach. The research found that 60% of parents get into debt funding third...
