“The Union of Students in Ireland has expressed disappointment at the outcome of a High Court challenge taken by three students, two of whom attend Galway colleges, against the Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn …” (more)
[Roisin Peddle, Galway Advertiser, 26 April]
“When the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) isn’t busying itself arranging protests which invariably miss the mark of persuading education policymakers to reconsider raising college fees, it seems it likes to instead try its hand at advancing poorly argued legal actions in the hope of reaching the same goal legally …” (more)
[Daniel O'Carroll, 25 April]
“Today (April 25th) at 11am in the High Court, Mr Justice Hedigan delivered his verdict on a challenge taken by three students, supported by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), against the Minister for Education & Skills, Ruairi Quinn TD …” (more)
[Union of Students in Ireland, 25 April]
“The High Court this morning dismissed a judicial review taken by three students against the State in a bid to overturn reforms to the student maintenance grant system. The action was supported by the Union of Students in Ireland, which provided legal representation …” (more)
[Ronan Costello, University Times, 25 April]
“The Union of Students in Ireland recently held its annual congress in Ballinasloe, Co Galway from the 2nd to the 5th of April. Congress, where delegates elect the next year’s national officer board and debate on motions and policy for the upcoming three years, is the main decision-making event of the USI’s calendar year …” (more)
[Audrey Ellard Walsh, Studenty_Cork, 13 April]
“The Union of Students in Ireland’s (USI) ‘preferendum’ to decide what the national student stance on third-level education payment should be was postponed from last week’s Congress until the next National Council …” (more)
[University Observer, 11 April]
“… USI CONFERENCE 2012. ‘If USI end up taking the cop out of adopting any position other than 100% free education, the organisation will no longer have a reason to exist …’” (more)
[Irish Times, 10 April]
“One would usually associate them with supporting any trade union action and opposing any cuts, but this week the national students’ body, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), did us all a service by calling for the restrictive Croke Park deal, which protects the public sector, to be renegotiated …” (more)
[Eamon Delaney, Independent, 8 April]
“At the USI conference, outgoing president Garry Redmond claimed that ‘a lecturer starting in Ireland would earn many multiples of what a lecturer starting in the UK would’ …” (more)
[Michelle Norris, Irish Examiner, 7 April]
“A UCD law graduate from Donegal has been elected as the new president of the Union of Students in Ireland. John Logue (23), from Letterkenny, will take up his one-year term of office on July 1st …” (more)
[Donegal Daily, 5 April]
“A UCD law graduate has been elected as the new president of the Union of Students in Ireland. John Logue (23), from Letterkenny, Co Donegal, will take up his one-year term of office on July 1st …” (more)
[Irish Times, 5 April]
“The Irish higher education system is undergoing a transformation. The National Strategy for Higher Education (the Hunt Report) is no fine tome full of worthy rhetoric sitting gathering dust on a civil service shelf. Its implementation is in full flow and coming to a college near you – rapidly …” (more)
[Higher Education Authority, 5 April]
“Outgoing President of the Union of Students in Ireland Gary Redmond is today calling on the Education Minister to force high-earning academic staff to take a pay cut …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 5 April]
“The refusal by a number of high-paid academics to take a voluntary salary cut has been called ‘disgraceful’ by the Union of Students in Ireland …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 5 April]
“The following extract from a speech delivered by Ireland’s President, Michael D Higgins, to the annual congress of the Union of Students in Ireland caught my eye …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 5 April]
“There aren’t many guest speakers who could be confident of filling (almost) every seat at the annual congress of the Union of Students in Ireland at the ungodly, unsociable hour of 11 o’clock in the morning. But President Michael D Higgins isn’t just anyone …” (more)
[Independent, 5 April]
“The active and critical participation of young people in Irish life during economic and social upheaval can help generate hope and the evolution of society, President Michael D Higgins has said …” (more)
[Steven Carroll, Irish Times, 5 April]
“In his address to USI Congress, President Michael D Higgins said that quality of teaching should be the paramount concern for Irish universities in maintaining standards in third level education …” (more)
[Ronan Costello, University Times, 4 April]
“Trinity College Students’ Union President Ryan Bartlett has criticised the decision of a majority of USI Congress to put off deciding on USI’s new policy on third level funding …” (more)
[Ronan Costello, University Times, 4 April]
“Delegates at the Union of Students in Ireland national congress have called for the renegotiation of the Croke Park agreement. ‘The agreement has insulated the public service’, union president Gary Redmond …” (more)
[Steven Carroll, Irish Times, 4 April]
