Protecting Students Working in Hospitality

Dec 18, 2019

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

Dec 18, 2019 | Featured, Vacancies

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

Dec 18, 2019

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

Dec 18, 2019

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

Dec 18, 2019

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

Dec 18, 2019

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

Dec 16, 2019

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...

What We Do

Dec 16, 2019

The Vice Presidents for the Regions attend Class Rep Trainings at the beginning of each academic year to address the newly elected class reps and to introduce them to what USI is, what USI does and to highlight the benefits of being members of USI. The Vice Presidents...

Regional’s

Dec 16, 2019

Caoimhe Walsh USI Vice President for the Southern Region  USI_South   south@usi.ie   086 028 4970 Hannah Brennan USI Vice President for the Border, Midlands and Western Region  USI_BMW   bmw@usi.ie   087 926 8802 Sierra Müller-Owens USI Vice President for the Dublin...