The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is today holding a national day of protest against pay cuts in the public and private sectors, as well as cuts in public services.

The move marks the beginning of an ICTU campaign to fight any move to cut workers’ pay and pensions or to slash funding for public services. Several trade unions in the education sector are calling on workers to join a protest, starting at Parnell Square at 2:30pm.

Staff and students in UCD are assembling outside the Arts Block today at 1pm before heading into Trinity College to join up with other members of the Siptu education branch at 2:15pm.

• 1pm UCD Arts Block: students & students and staff meet up to head into Trinity College
• 2:15pm Trinity College: SIPTU Education Branch meets before heading to Parnell Square for the march.
• 2:30pm Parnell Square: The march kicks-off

FEE Maynooth will also be joining the demonstration.

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Universities are being subjected to the same market-based, profit driven policies that caused the crisis in the financial markets and face an increasing risk of a crisis in academic standards and credibility, David Robinson, Associate Executive Director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), stated at a conference organised by the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) in Dublin today (Saturday, 31 October). Read more »

A PROPOSAL to restrict the number of university science places because some students aren’t good enough for the subject has been roundly condemned.

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REGISTRATION fees charged by Irish colleges are higher than third-level tuition fees charged in most other EU countries.

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PUPILS in a Co Cork school are being asked to bring their own toilet paper to school to help offset funding cutbacks.

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