Students of NUIG pepper-sprayed on their own campus Last Saturday, Free Education for Everyone Galway was involved in a protest march from Eyre Square to NUI Galway, which resulted in over a 1000 students, turf-cutters, single parents, anti-war activists and others breaking through a Gardai & Private Security barrier erected to stop the Labour Party…
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Thoughts on the Preferendum…
By FEE UCD As has been well documented, when Labour became the balance of power under the Spring Tide, one of their lasting achievements was the abolishment of third level fees for all undergraduates. Next week, students of UCD will be asked whether or not they want to abandon this principle in favour of…
Calling all Believers of Free Education
Free Education for Everyone is calling on all those who believe in universal education to attend this USI Congress next week – delegate or not.
FEE Activists and Maynooth Student’s Union Protest Minister Visit to NUIM
Maynooth Student’s Union held a protest outside the Iontas building on North Campus on Monday the 12th March, when Minister of State and European affairs Lucinda Creighton was visiting to give a lecture on opportunities for graduates in Europe. This followed an open letter they sent to the President of the College, Professor Philip Nolan,…
FEE Galway Occupy AIB
A combination of secondary and university students have occupied AIB, Lynchs Castle Galway. Shop Street was peacefully occupied! There are students occupying the foyer, with a large crowd supporting them outside. Bank has had to shut down 15.03: Parents and primary school children have arrived to support the occupation Food denied to occupiers…
To whom it may concern…
Since the start of the school year in 2008 and the financial crisis which swept the globe, the government and the institutions mandated and constituted to administer and develop the education system have taken many radical steps to reform and reshape the education system. This is achieved within a framework derivative of the neo-liberal philosophy…
Angry Students Set to March Against Education Cuts
Galway, Ireland. 22ú Feabhra/February 2011 Students, led by the group Free Education for Everyone Galway, are set to march against the planned increase of Third-Level fees to €3000 by 2015 and the abolition of the Postgraduate grant. The march will take place in Galway on Wednesday, 29 February at 1pm, with participants marching from NUIG’s campus…
National Day of Action Against All Education Cuts
To whom it may concern, Since the start of the school year in 2008 and the financial crisis which swept the globe, the government and the institutions mandated and constituted to administer and develop the education system have taken many radical steps to reform and reshape the education system. This is achieved within a…
Angry Students Set to March Against Education Cuts
Students, led by the group Free Education for Everyone Galway and NUI Galway Students Union, are set to march against the planned increase of Third-Level fees to €3000 by 2015 and the abolition of the Postgraduate grant. The march will take place in Galway on Wednesday, 29 February at 1pm, with participants marching from NUIG’s…
The University isn’t a factory
By Joseph Loughnane (FEE Galway) Education should be about teaching people how to think, not what to think. Third level education today however has become no more than state subsidised training. Universities are now just a huge assembly line churning out regimented workers for the benefit of corporations, banks and big business. Terms such as…