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  • NUS-USI calls for fair pay, investment and respect for Further Education staff across Northern Ireland.

    UCU have announced that its members in Further Education colleges across Northern Ireland will be engaged in strike action, for the week commencing 18th September. Following UCU’s announcement, NUS-USI President Chloe Ferguson commented: “Staff teaching conditions are students’ learning conditions. Students stand in solidarity with the striking lecturers across Northern...
    September 21, 2023

  • Young people and learners collateral damage in devastating cuts

    NUS-USI has said that proposed cuts to higher and further education are set to undermine progress on widening participation and result in an exodus of young people from universities and colleges as learning becomes an “unaffordable luxury” for thousands of students in Northern Ireland.  
    May 17, 2023

  • Press Statement | NUS-USI President Condemns Proposed Cuts to Nursing Student Places in Northern Ireland

    NUS-USI is deeply concerned at the Department of Health's decision to cut the number of nursing student places in Northern Ireland.
    May 15, 2023

  • Local Elections 2023

    There are local council elections coming up on 18th May 2023 and we have made a mini manifesto for students from our Cost of Survival Report calling on candidates to use their powers if elected to stand up for students in their council area.  It is also really important you...
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    April 26, 2023