Nominations for USI VP Welfare reopened

Nominations for USI VP Welfare reopened

Nominations re-open Nominations for the position of VP Welfare have reopened today, Tuesday 25th February, 2014. Nominations must be submitted prior to 5.30pm on Friday 7th March 2014. Candidates must be nominated by two member organisations which are in benefit....
USI and Y Factor Gender Conference 2014

USI and Y Factor Gender Conference 2014

The Union of Students in Ireland and the National Women’s Council’s Y-Factor Project have teamed up to bring you GenCon 2014. The event is free of charge and we have limited accommodation availability.  It is taking place on Friday February 28th at...
Nominations for USI VP Welfare reopened

Last day for nominations!

USI Congress elections nominations end today – 13/02/2014 Students’ Union Presidents seeking to nominate candidates for positions on the USI Officer Board have until 5.30 today to submit their nominations on headed notepaper as per the regulations. Get...
Everyone Loves Nurses: Am I Worth €6.49?

Everyone Loves Nurses: Am I Worth €6.49?

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI), student representatives and student nurses gathered outside Dáil Éireann today (Thursday 6th February) at 11.30 am to launch the ‘Everyone Loves Nurses’ campaign. The launch is taking place ahead of a larger demonstration that...
Advocacy Groups call for JobBridge to be phased out.

Advocacy Groups call for JobBridge to be phased out.

Advocacy groups for young people have come together to voice their opposition to the government’s national internship scheme, JobBridge. The youth committees of the Communications Workers’ Union and Mandate Trade Union along with the Union of Students in Ireland,...
An apology to design students

An apology to design students

We put a release out to the Journal earlier this week which sought to highlight waste in public spending. In so doing, we offended some of our members and others in the design industry who took from the release that we thought design wasn’t valuable. We messed...