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…
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…
By Alan Spencer (FEE Galway) On November 2nd, 2011 the Fine Gael / Labour government paid out over 700 million euro to the unsecured bondholders of Anglo Irish Bank – a bank that no longer effectively exists or functions as such, a bank that so far has swallowed up billions of euro of Irish taxpayers money…
By Sarah McCarthy (FEE Galway) Recently, Education Minister Ruarí Quinn and Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced that third-level fees will have reached €3,000 by 2015. Coupled with the recent removal of the maintenance grant for Post-Graduate degrees, this measure comes as a serious blow to current and prospective students. The same week as this revelation, FEE…
Press Release For Immediate Release 23/09/05 The Craic Society wish to thank everybody who turned up to the extravageansaí yesterday. Unfortunately, it did not go as planned. While various other societies are allowed to drink cans in any manner they choose, we are herded around the campus like pariahs and lepers. Once again, Craic Soc…
From the Sunday Mirror DRUNKEN Irish students went on a violent rampage and tried to burn down their college – SEVEN TIMES. A UCD staff member, who wishes to remain anonymous, claimed the beer-swilling teens have been out of control since the academic year started last month.
Did we have permission? Did we fuck! This is 200 students, a lake, a generator,a bonfire, cd-decks,speakers, dutch gold, buckfast, rubbish bags, trees, bushes, flowers and lots and lots and lots of fun. Coming together at the exhortation of Craic Soc, the last day of the academic year was celebrated by the students of UCD…
On Wednesday the 3rd of November there will be a ceremony in University College Dublin to celebrate the college’s 150th anniversary. Students calling themselves “Global Action” are determined to use the occasion to raise serious questions about the current state of higher education. Three days of teach-ins are planned which will discuss a wide range…
Yesterday, at twelve beside the lake in UCD, while bleak grey clouds gathered overhead, a ‘Reclaim the Campus’ banner was unfurled at the Belfield FM kiosk. Minutes later something of stereo come sound system was produced, with beats provided a reasonably small group gathered and proceeded towards Tony O’Reilly Hall, in an ensemble of color,…
