Students and unemployed protest education cuts

In Budget 2010, the Government took away the Maintenance Grant for students on the Back To Work Allowance (BTEA) who are entering full time, 3rd level courses. In response to this, USI organised a protest at the Department of Education, Marlborough Street Dublin 28th April 2010 regarding this disgraceful attack on lifelong learning and education.

Watch this video from the event and listen to who and how people will be affected.

(c) Paula Geraghty 2010

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[colmtesticles]

Retarded Matt Damon

[edprotestvideos]

Outstanding video with great information.

[countrysfucked]

the cheek of that refugee, shes not gettin enough free shit in this country, she needs to be reminded of where shes from the cheeky fuck

[pandasftuw]

@colmog there is plenty of competition between grads

"substandard graduates declining in academic standard every year"

ern no they are the same programs many have attended there are just more graduates to say each one is substandard is a idiotic generalization

academic standard is not declining, there are loads of changelling degrees to say that they are less smarter than you really reflects your intellect

[colmog]

If we want a knowledge economy, we have to have competitive graduates, not just any graduates. That means properly funded universities.

That means the long overdue reintroduction of fees, abolition of repeats except in case of illness and the reform of the CAO to make sure the right candidate gets the right course. As it stands, our 3rd level institutions are just degree factories turning out thousands of substandard graduates declining in academic standard every year.