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International Postgraduates

Aug 8, 2022

International Postgraduates Ireland’s national strategy had been less effective in the attraction of international staff and researchers. This may reflect the fact that the attraction of international faculty including researchers is dependent on a wide range of...

Research Matters Competition

Aug 8, 2022

USI-IRC Why Research Matters Video Competition 2021 Winners Announced Congratulations to Lilian Nwanze (Maynooth University), who is the winner of the USI-IRC Why Research Matters 2021 video competition. Now in its second year, Why Research Matters is a joint...

USI Postgraduate Stipend Survey

Aug 8, 2022

Research, Living and Working Conditions Survey 2023 In October 2023, VPPGA will conduct Research, Living and Working Conditions Survey 2023 for postgraduate researchers working and studying at Higher Education Institutions in Ireland to explore the experiences of...

‘No announcement of funding for reduction in Student Contribution Charge is not acceptable’

May 4, 2022 | Featured, RELEASES, USI News

The Union of Students in Ireland welcomes today’s much-anticipated announcement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, on how higher education will be funded into the future. However, the lack of detail on...

VP for Campaigns Beth O’Reilly is elected President of USI for 2022-2023

Apr 12, 2022 | Comhdháil, Featured, RELEASES, USI News

Former UCC student and current Vice President for Campaigns at the Union of Students in Ireland, Beth O’Reilly has today been elected President of USI for 2022-2023. A native of Cork, Beth was elected by Students’ Union representatives from all over Ireland at USI’s...

USI launches ‘Open Up’ student mental health campaign

Mar 21, 2022 | Campaigns, Featured, Mental Health, RELEASES, USI News, Welfare

The Union of Students in Ireland launched its new national student mental health campaign Open Up this morning (March 21) in the Sugar Club, Dublin. The Open Up campaign encourages third level students to talk more about their mental health to friends, classmates,...

USI to hold three student protests over three days this month as student anger at Government inaction soars

Nov 8, 2021 | Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News

Students are gearing up to show their anger and frustration at the soaring cost of higher education, at three Union of Students in Ireland-organised protests over three days in late November. Recent research showed that getting through a four-year degree now costs...

F*ck the Fees

Nov 4, 2021

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USI Main Home

Oct 18, 2021

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USI sleep-out at Dáil Éireann to demand urgent action on student accommodation crisis

Sep 23, 2021 | Accommodation, Campaigns, Featured, RELEASES, USI News

The Union of Students in Ireland is staging a demonstration and sleep-out in front of Dáil Éireann from 12 noon today, Thursday (September 23), to highlight the increasing anger among students and their families at the desperate situation facing students looking for...

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