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...
Aug 16, 2016 | Academic Affairs, Featured
With the Leaving Certificate results due tomorrow, this Wednesday, and CAO Round One offers due on the 22nd August, the Union of Students in Ireland is advising students across the country who wish to progress to third level education on the next steps to take. “The...
Aug 12, 2016 | Accommodation, Featured, Funding
CAO figures show a record number of students, 80,887, have applied to college this year – 877 up from 2015, but the shortage of student accommodation has never been so bad, according to the Union of Students in Ireland. With the Leaving Cert results due in five days...
Aug 10, 2016 | Featured, Funding
The Union of Students in Ireland is calling on Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar, to change the BTEA (Back to Education Allowance) restriction to allow more single parents to progress to third level education, like Erica Fleming, a homeless mother-of-one...
