Oct 12, 2023 | Featured, Postgraduates, RELEASES, USI News
The €3,000 stipend increase for PhD researchers announced today, while welcomed, does not reach the level recommended in a recent independent report, nor is it a Living Wage, says the Union of Students in Ireland. Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research,...
Sep 10, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
On World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), the Union of Students in Ireland is calling on government to make the necessary investment needed to bring the number of student counsellors up to the internationally recommended ‘safe and ethical’ levels. Colleges and...
Jul 14, 2023 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The Union of Students in Ireland held a Lobby Day this week to discuss with Oireachtas members what students need to see in Budget 2024, ahead of the finalisation of the USI Pre-Budget submission. All TDs and Senators were invited to the event, which took place...
May 26, 2023 | Academic Affairs, Featured, RELEASES, USI News
The announcement by Minister for Education, Norma Foley that the Leaving Cert. results will be released on August 25 is a step in the right direction, but still not early enough, says the Union of Students in Ireland. USI, along with higher education...
May 10, 2023 | Featured, Postgraduates
USI Vice President for Postgraduate Affairs Waqar Ahmed presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science for pre-legislative scrutiny of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023 on Tuesday, 9 May...
Feb 20, 2023 | Featured, Postgraduates, RELEASES, USI News, Workers' Rights
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has expressed concerns about the delay in the ongoing national review of state support for PhD researchers which was due to be completed in early 2023, and the lack of engagement with postgraduate researchers to date. In October...
Jan 12, 2023 | Featured, Gender Equality, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare
On the first anniversary of the death of Ashling Murphy, the Union of Students in Ireland is reiterating its stance that everyone in society has a role to play in ending femicide and all violence against women. USI remembers Ashling and the other 15 women who have...
