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World First as Students raise Green Flag at UCC
Feb 22nd
University College Cork became the first 3rd level educational institution in the world to be accredited with the prestigious international ‘Green Flag’ award, on.
The award, presented by Minister John Gormley, on behalf of An Taisce, to UCC President Dr. Michael Murphy, is a direct result of the Green-Campus programme, a student-led initiative undertaken by UCC students and staff over the last 3 years.
The Green-Campus programme, operated in Ireland by An Taisce, has seen the University save €300,000 in waste management costs, reduce waste to landfill by nearly 400 tonnes and improve recycling from 21% to 60%. Furthermore, UCC has conserved almost enough water this year to fill the equivalent of the Lough of Cork.
Universities admit student charge is an unofficial fee
Jan 31st
UNIVERSITY heads have admitted publicly for the first time that student registration charges are fees by any other name.
They also confirmed that some library costs were now being taken from the student charge and, in the case of Trinity College Dublin (TCD), some costs associated with animal testing are also being funded from the charge.
And they disclosed that they had not sought the huge rise in the charge from €900 to €1,500 this academic year, and claimed the decision was taken by the Government.
Protesting students bombard O’Keeffe’s mobile with calls
Oct 8th
EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe will be forced to change his mobile phone number after students played a prank on him yesterday.
Mr O’Keeffe’s number had been read out loud by Cork Institute of Technology Students’ Union President Gearoid Buckley, who urged the crowd at the Grand Parade to text Mr O’Keeffe to express their opposition to cuts in education.
When Mr O’Keeffe answered his phone, all he could hear were students shouting “No to fees, No to Fianna Fail”.