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<<This article was printed in the College View on April 30th 2009>> The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) is the sole representational body for third level students. Comprised of almost 40 universities, private colleges, IT and Further Education College Students’ Unions nationwide, it is structured similarly to a Students’ Union with an officer board [...]

I have kept relatively quiet in DCU about the terrible campaign been run by USI to fight Tuition Fees (as many of those I spoke to were unaware that they were not members, and wanted to join – which is great, so I didn’t want to destory USI’s reputation), but today’s announcement by Minister O’Keefe [...]

The Union of Students in Ireland has championed many causes over the past 50 years, but all that has changed, changed utterly. Today’s students are more concerned with getting their first Opel Astra than changing the world, argues Steven Conlon