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Union of Students in Ireland (USI)

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Union of Students in Ireland (USI)

USI is the national representative body for 374,000 students across the island of Ireland. USI is a membership organisation: their members are their affiliated Students’ Unions throughout Ireland, north and south.

Their mission

Throughout its history, USI has worked relentlessly in the pursuit of student rights in all areas of the student experience. Some of the main activities that USI engages in as an organisation are:

  • Educating and training students and Students’ Union officers;
  • Fighting and protesting for the rights of students to a decent standard of living, including the right to adequate financial support, proper housing and future prospects of employment in Ireland through lobbying the government;
  • Defending and promoting all democratic and human rights;
  • Representing the interests of the students of Ireland at international level.

Their mission

Throughout its history, USI has worked relentlessly in the pursuit of student rights in all areas of the student experience. Some of the main activities that USI engages in as an organisation are:

  • Educating and training students and Students’ Union officers;
  • Fighting and protesting for the rights of students to a decent standard of living, including the right to adequate financial support, proper housing and future prospects of employment in Ireland through lobbying the government;
  • Defending and promoting all democratic and human rights;
  • Representing the interests of the students of Ireland at international level.
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