Students from all over the country gathered in Trinity on Saturday for the Union of Students in Ireland’s (USI) ‘Activist Academy.’
The academy, which is run annually, aims to encourage more students to get involved with activism and teach them …
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HEA report warns of worsening student housing crisis
Estimate points to a consistent shortage of over 25,000 each year for the next ten years.
The Higher Education Authority is set to project a “significant shortage” in third level student accommodation in Dublin and to a lesser extent in Galway, Cork and Limerick between 2014 and 2024 in a new analysis of projected student accommodation …
Time for student bodies to get serious about providing alcohol-free spaces
If student representatives are really serious about preventing alcohol abuse, they need to do more than run campaigns.
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) last month launched a campaign, Mental Drinking, which aims to change students’ attitudes towards alcohol. It has been welcomed as an alternative to the Diageo-funded Stop Out of Control Drinking campaign. It is …
Former TCDSU sabbatical officer likely to win USI election
Final-year Trinity student Jack Leahy is the favourite to be elected vice-president (VP) for academic affairs and quality assurance (AAQA) of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) at the organisation’s annual congress this week. The former Trinity College Dublin …
Heated hustings sees endorsement of Kevin Donoghue for USI president
Kevin Donoghue – the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) vice president for academic affairs and quality assurance – was tonight endorsed by members of the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (SU) Council for the position of USI president.
He …
Criticism of ‘negative campaigning’ ahead of USI hustings
Remarks made on social media by a sabbatical officer of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (SU) have been criticised as unfairly trying to influence voters ahead a campus husting session with candidates in the upcoming Union of Students in Ireland …
Former SU education officer to seek nominations for USI position
Former Trinity College Students’ Union (TCDSU) education officer Jack Leahy has announced his intention to run for the position of Deputy President for Academic Affairs and Quality Assurance on the board of Union of Students in Ireland (USI), the umbrella …
Former DITSU president announces candidacy for top USI position
The former president of the DIT’s student union and the current Union of Students in Ireland (USI)’s current vice president for campaigns has announced his intention to stand for the position of USI president at the organisation’s Annual Congress later …
Union of Soviets in Ireland
Irish student leaders found themselves at the centre of an ideological tug of war from the 1960s onwards.
In the early 1980s, the congress of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) witnessed one of the most dramatic moments in the history of Irish student politics when a young Joe Duffy accused its leadership of being “a puppet …
Must try harder
William Foley
Another year, another pre-budget student protest. And it would be all too easy to write yet another article criticising the USI and TCDSU. So… I will still do that. But before I get all negative, it should be pointed out …