Taste Zero Rights

As per our motion to support the SIPTU ‘Taste Zero Rights’ Campaign against Coca Cola, USI VP Campaigns met with workers affected with SIPTU and heard the terrible stories of what it’s like working for them. USI hope to meet with Coca Cola to progress the...

Protecting Students Working in Hospitality

We have been involved in a number of campaigns to protect students working in hospitality.Last year USI ran a survey and submitted to the Low Pay Commission on the issues of tipping practices. View that submission HERE.We have also continued to work with two groups...
NStEP Recruiting Development Co-ordinator

NStEP Recruiting Development Co-ordinator

The partners of the National Student Engagement Programme (NStEP) are seeking applications for the position of Development Coordinator on a fixed-term contract to 31st December 2021. The National Student Engagement Programme (NStEP) was launched in 2016 to develop a...

SIPTU-USI Partnership

We have developed a SIPTU-USI partnership and we launched it publicly at the SIPTU conference. This agreement provides for joint actions, mutual support, and the further development of our relationship into the future. Some of the benefits include;We will work on join...

Workers’ Rights Campaigns

Workers’ Rights Workers’ rights are students’ rights and are a core piece of the work we do in protecting students. We frequently collaborate with trade unions in a wide variety of different sectors to ensure that students’ rights as workers are...

Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance   Quality Assurance of Higher Education is carried out on a national level by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), of which the Vice President for Academic Affairs sits on the board. You can find out more about QQI by visiting their website...

ESU

ESU – European Students’ Union What is ESU?   The European Students’ Union is a membership organisation of national unions of students in Europe. It has 47 members from 39 different countries. Through its members, ESU represents over 20 million...

USI Postgraduate Working Group

Want to have your voice heard? Join the National Postgraduate Working Group!   The National Postgraduate Working Group is led by USI Vice President for Postgraduate Affairs, Waqar Ahmed. It is formed by a group of postgraduate representatives across the island of...