USI

USI to Lobby for Reopening of Gay Men’s Health Service

The Gay Men’s Health Service is the only statutory sexual health service for gay men, bisexual men, men who have sex with men and transgender people in Ireland.
By Sárán Fogarty

USI to Lobby for Additional Supports for Quarantining Students

The union will lobby governments in the North and South of Ireland to ensure students are not 'financially, emotionally or socially disadvantaged' by mandatory hotel quarantine.
By Emer Moreau

USI to Lobby for Increased Child and Pregnancy Supports for Students

USI passed the mandate today at its annual meeting of congress.
By Sárán Fogarty

USI to Campaign for National Rollout of ‘Ask for Angela’ Initiative

The initiative allows people to use codewords to ask for help in situations where they feel unsafe.
By Emer Moreau

For Clare Austick, the Pandemic Motivated Her to Do Better by USI

Clare Austick is the sole candidate in this year’s USI presidential race.
By Emer Moreau

USI Renews Mandate to Oppose Marketisation of Higher Education

The congress noted that efforts to marketise education ‘damages the ethos of education as a social and public good’.
By Sárán Fogarty

Clare Austick to Run Uncontested for USI President After Opponent Pulls Out

Austick is the USI’s current vice president for welfare.
By Emer Moreau

Three Senior TCDSU Members to Run for USI Executive

Education Officer Megan O’Connor, Ents Officer Hugh McInerney and former Oifigeach na Gaeilge Muireann Nic Corcráin have launched campaigns to run for the USI’s elected executive.
By Emer Moreau

Third-Level Stakeholders Express Disappointment Over Budget 2021

Some €3.3 billion was allocated to the Department of Further and Higher Education under Budget 2021 today.
By Molly Furey

Colleges Must Mitigate Effects of Stricter Lockdown on Students – USI

The Union of Students in Ireland said this evening that third-level institutions must mitigate any potential educational disadvantages faced by students with the introduction of increased measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
By Emer Moreau