<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92"> <channel><title>Edufactory Ireland&#187; Edufactory Ireland &#8211; Against the commercialisation of education</title><link>http://free-education.info</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:22:05 +0000</lastBuildDate> <docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs> <language>en</language><item><title>Irish Daily Mail Report: A Fianna Fail Professor Who Helped Bertie Land His Role.</title> <description><![CDATA[A MAYNOOTH professor helped get Bertie Ahern appointed as an honorary professor &#8211; just weeks after he attended the Fianna Fail Ard Fheis. The former taoiseach was named as an &#8216;Honorary Adjunct Professor&#8217; of NUI Maynooth&#8217;s new Mediation and Conflict Intervention programme on April 7. He was proposed for the post by the head of the [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/irish-daily-mail-report-a-fianna-fail-professor-who-helped-bertie-land-his-role/</link> </item> <item><title>NUIM defends Ahern appointment</title> <description><![CDATA[NUI Maynooth has defended its decision to appoint former taoiseach Bertie Ahern as a visiting professor to the college, after more than 1,200 students and a number of academics signed a petition to protest at the appointment. Mr Ahern was appointed an honorary adjunct professor by the School of Business and Law and is expected [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/nuim-defends-ahern-appointment/</link> </item> <item><title>NUIM &#8216;Professor&#8217; Ahern Petition Delivered To University President</title> <description><![CDATA[On  December 2nd 2009, over 250 students and staff marched together to the office of John Hughes, the President  of the University, to deliver a petition signed by over 1100 students, demonstrating their opposition to the appointment of Bertie Ahern as an Honorary ‘Adjunct’ Professor. originally published on indymedia See also: The Irish Times and [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/nuim-professor-ahern-petition-delivered-to-university-president/</link> </item> <item><title>Protest over Ahern&#8217;s professorship</title> <description><![CDATA[Angry students have protested in NUI Maynooth over former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern&#8217;s appointment as visiting professor in mediation and conflict studies. About 1,200 people, including lecturers, signed a petition opposing the university&#8217;s decision to invite Mr Ahern to take up the honorary, unpaid role. &#8220;This demonstration cannot be ignored,&#8221; a spokesman for the Free Education [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/protest-over-aherns-professorship/</link> </item> <item><title>NUIM Opposition To Bertie Ahern On Campus.</title> <description><![CDATA[Irish Times Front Page Piece (26/11/2009) A GROUP of academics and students at NUI Maynooth has called on the university to suspend its appointment of former taoiseach Bertie Ahern as a visiting professor pending the outcome of the Mahon tribunal. Campaigners said up to 1,000 signatures opposing the appointment had been collected among the student [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/irish-times-front-page-piece-26112009-on-nuim-opposition-to-bertie-ahern-on-campus/</link> </item> <item><title>A Report From The Picket Lines: NUI Maynooth.</title> <description><![CDATA[At universities across Ireland (such as  NUIM, UCD and NUIG) students took time today to offer solidarity to education workers in a real,practical way- by joining them on picket lines. The failure of the NUI Maynooth Student Union to support the one day strike did not deter a group of over 60 students from joining [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/a-report-from-the-picket-lines-nui-maynooth/</link> </item> <item><title>A letter from trade unionists on campus regarding November24th</title> <description><![CDATA[STRIKE ACTION BY CAMPUS TRADE UNIONISTS, 24 NOVEMBER 2009 All of the trade unions representing staff working on the Maynooth campus are taking part in a one-day strike on Tuesday November 24th. The strike is protesting against the threat of further government-imposed cuts in the pay of university employees. Action is being taken following ballots [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/letter-from-trade-unionists-on-campus/</link> </item> <item><title>NUI Maynooth News: Bertie Ahern Meeting/ November 24th Strike</title> <description><![CDATA[In the last two weeks, activists (both staff and students) from the Social Solidarity Network and Free Education for Everyone have been attempting to organise against the  honorary professorship awarded to Bertie Ahern T.D by the National University of Ireland Maynooth. On the 16th of November, a meeting called to plan future actions attracted a [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/nui-maynooth-news-bertie-ahern-meeting-november-24th-strike/</link> </item> <item><title>Defend Public Services &#8211; National Day of Action, Nov 6th @ 2:30pm</title> <description><![CDATA[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&#8217; pay and pensions or to slash funding for public [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/defend-public-serives-national-day-of-action/</link> </item> <item><title>Solidarity Appeal – Protesters threatened with cautions for anti-fees occupation</title> <description><![CDATA[FEE (Free Education for Everyone) activists in Ireland involved in an occupation of Paul Gogarty TD&#8217;s offices (Green Party Education Spokesperson) in December 2008 have now been threatened almost a year later with &#8220;adult cautions&#8221; by the Gardai. This is an appeal for solidarity emails and phone calls to remove that threat. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Update from [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/solidarity-appeal-%e2%80%93-protesters-threatened-with-cautions-for-anti-fees-occupation/</link> </item> <item><title>Universities threatened by market-based funding, warn international experts</title> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/universities-threatened-by-market-based-funding-warn-international-experts/</link> </item> <item><title>Support The Student Occupation in Vienna.</title> <description><![CDATA[The occupation at the University of Vienna continues today.  Messages of support can be left at the solidarity page on Facebook, and are much appreciated. The students are demanding free education,  and banners with slogans like &#8216;EDUCATION IS NOT FOR SALE&#8217; are hanging from the University. The students have the support of many lecturers, and [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/support-the-student-occupation-in-vienna/</link> </item> <item><title>FEE NUIM urges Maynooth Students to march on November 6th.</title> <description><![CDATA[On November 6th, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions is staging a series of nationwide demonstrations. Many students  return home on Thursday night and Friday morning, with Friday traditionally the quiestest day on campus. We would urge students, and their families, to attend one of the demonstrations on November sixth. There are 8 regional protests, [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/fee-nuim-urges-maynooth-students-to-march-on-november-6th/</link> </item> <item><title>FEE NUIM: Cautious welcome to the news on fees, still no welcome for Bertie Ahern T.D</title> <description><![CDATA[Free Education for Everyone, NUI Maynooth welcome the concessions won by the Green Party in relation to education, but encourage students to continue the campaign against education cutbacks and remain cautious of this governments policies in relation to education. The Green Party have voted with Fianna Fail on education cuts in the past, and there [...]]]></description><link>http://free-education.info/fee-nuim-cautious-welcome-to-the-news-on-fees-still-no-welcome-for-bertie-ahern-td/</link> </item> <item><title>Donec Ultricies Lectus</title> <description><![CDATA[Suspendisse eros velit, rutrum nec congue in, viverra ac leo. Suspendisse potenti. Duis fermentum arcu at sem hendrerit auctor. 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