Apr 5, 2018 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES
Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has voted to support justice and human rights for Palestine at the annual student Congress in Galway. The motion came before over 250 students from across Ireland voting to join the global movement for Boycott, Divestment,...
Apr 4, 2018 | Comhdháil, Democracy, Featured, President, RELEASES
Longford native Síona Cahill (25), currently Deputy President of USI and Vice President for Equality and Citizenship, has been elected to lead the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) for the 2018-2019 term at the annual Congress in Galway. The Union represents over...
Apr 3, 2018 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) are launching the national student-led campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution at the annual student Congress in Galway. The campaign, Students For Choice, will be registering thousands of students to...
Apr 3, 2018 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, Repeal The 8th
Today, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) are launching the national student-led campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment from the Constitution at the annual student Congress in Galway. The campaign, Students For Choice, will be registering thousands of students to...
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 27, 2018 | Accommodation, Featured
The Union of Students in Ireland has condemned the decision of off-campus student accommodation providers near DCU to drastically increase to cost of accommodation for the upcoming academic year. USI stands in solidarity with Dublin City University Students’...
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 21, 2018 | Featured, Gaeilge, LGBT
A new Queer Dictionary for the Irish language was launched today in DCU as part of a collaboration between the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), BelonG To Youth Services, and the Transgender Equality Network of Ireland (TENI) with the support of the Joe McHugh,...
