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…
Free Education for Everyone is calling on all those who believe in universal education to attend this USI Congress next week – delegate or not.
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 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…
This article originally appeared in the Student Observer (2/2/12) In his first article for the Student Observer, Eoin Griffin writes of the need for a coherent and empathetic student leadership in the wake of serious problems locally and nationally. Recently in UCD some 300 students marched in protest at cut backs to student services. This…
Today, Tuesday the 29th of November, several officers from the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) took part in consecutive occupations of two government buildings, that of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation for 15 minutes, and the Department of Social Protection for a longer period. The Free Education for Everyone (FEE) student campaign…
In this article posted on the USI website on February 21st USI President Gary Redmond stated the following ““USI is delighted that the Labour Party has signed our pledge not to re-introduce third level fees if they form part of the next Government…….USI is now asking all political parties to follow the example of the…
On Saturday 11th December, USI National Council passed a motion allowing the USI leadership to call for the renegotiation of the Croke Park Deal, so that public-sector pay can be reduced. Dr Paula Gilligan, Head of the Department of Humanities in IADT gives her personal opinion on USIs move. ****** This is a really outrageous…
Words: Aidan Rowe On Saturday 11th December, USI National Council passed a motion allowing the USI leadership to call for the renegotiation of the Croke Park Deal, so that public-sector pay can be further cut in the hope of protecting students’ frontline services. The motion was proposed by UCD Student’s Union, who recently released a…
Photo credit: Barry Whelan Changes to the qualifying criteria for the adjacent rate of the student maintenance grant, announced in the Budget for 2011, will lead to thousands of students facing up to the prospect of an almost 60% decrease in financial support. Currently students have to reside more than 24km from their place of study in…
