“A student at the centre of a global investigation into computer hacking was back in college yesterday, and working on his laptop …” (more)
[Tom Brady and Barry Duggan, Independent, 8 March]
“The working assumption across the sector – and among his senior officials – has been that Ruairí Quinn would leave Marlborough Street in the summer of 2013. There has even been some speculation that Quinn is en route to Brussels as Ireland’s EU commissioner …” (more)
[Irish Times, 6 March]
“NUI Galway has been awarded a five-star rating from the latest international QS Stars rating system. The university recorded top marks in the new rating, designed as an alternative to university rankings …” (more)
[Marie Madden, Galway Independent, 3 March]
“Between thirty and thirty-five students from Galway universities are currently engaged in an occupation of a branch of Allied Irish Bank (AIB) on Shop Street in the city. The occupation is being led by left-wing students group Free Education for Everyone (FEE) but also includes members of Occupy Galway, Labour Youth and at least two officers from NUI Galway Students’ Union …” (more)
[Rónán Burtenshaw, University Times, 29 February]
“… But when I saw the YouTube videos displaying the students of NUI Galway and GMIT making thorough idiots of themselves, I was more than slightly annoyed. Where was the majority that voted to get rid of Rag Week altogether? Were they there setting off flares and dancing on tables in Supermacs? Probably …” (more)
[Katy Quinn, Studenty_Galway, 29 February]
“The NUI Galway authorities have pledged to object to the licences of city pubs who deliberately target students with low cost alcohol promotions after unofficial ‘Rag Week’ celebrations resulted in 41 arrests last week …” (more)
[Ciaran Tierney, Connacht Sentinel, 28 February]
“Three people have been charged with the unlawful killing of NUI Galway student Andrew Dolan last December. Mr Dolan, 20, was assaulted outside a fast-food outlet in Mullingar on December 23 last. He sustained head injuries in the unprovoked attack and died ten days later in Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital …” (more)
[Studenty_Galway, 28 February]
“Galway’s students are set to march against the introduction of third-level fees this Wednesday. The demonstration is being organised by Free Education for Everyone Galway and is taking place in opposition to the planned increase of fees to €3,000 by 2015 and the abolition of the Postgraduate grant …” (more)
[Marie Madden, Galway Independent, 27 February]
“Opportunist publicans slammed for booze promotions. Gardai were forced to clear a city centre pub of customers this week as an all-day drinking session got out of hand while students celebrated an unofficial Rag Week which has no backing from the city’s two third level colleges …” (more)
[Ciaran Tierney, Galway City Tribune, 24 February]
“As I mentioned in my last blog post, I’ve been attending the iClicker Pedagogy Webinar series over the last few weeks, and find them very interesting. On 25th January, Roger Freedman spoke about Pedagogical Best Practices …” (more)
[Learning Technologies, 24 February]
“A large crowd of drunken students set a flare alight outside Supermac’s during an unofficial Rag Week which has no backing from NUI Galway or GMIT. The flare was set alight in the early hours of Thursday morning; outside Supermac’s where a large crowd of students had gathered. This incident has attracted a lot of negative attention from the citizens of Galway …” (more)
[Studenty_Galway, 24 February]
“Three students have brought a High Court challenge to an ‘unfair and unjust’ decision by the Minister for Education to cut their maintenance grants. Their action is regarded as a test case brought on behalf of students attending third-level colleges, and is supported by the Union of Students of Ireland (USI) …” (more)
[Irish Times, 24 February]
“Three students claim the Education Minister Ruairi Quinn’s decision to cut their maintenance grants is unfair and unjust. The outcome is likely to affect thousands of people attending third-level colleges …” (more)
[Tim Healy, Independent, 24 February]
“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 to Eyre Square …” (more)
[Irish Left Review, 23 February]
“Good luck with that. Inside Supermac’s in Eyre Square, Galway (video and top), and on the square itself (above) last night. We did warn them.” (video, pictures)
[Broadsheet.ie, 23 February]
“A Co Galway woman is one of three students who have today taken a legal case to the High Court, calling for a reversal of cuts to their third-level maintenance grants …” (more)
[Marie Madden, Galway Independent, 23 February]
“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 …” (more)
[Studenty_Galway, 23 February]
“A case taken by two Galway students and a student at Dundalk Institute of Technology will be heard in the High Court tomorrow. [23/2] The students, supported by the Union of Students in Ireland, want cuts to the Higher Education Maintenance Grant reversed …” (more)
[Galway Bay FM, 22 February]
“In a press release issued yesterday, it has been announced by the Free Education for Everyone Galway Group that students are set to march against the arranged increase of third-level fees to €3000 by 2015 and the abolition of the Postgraduate grant …” (more)
[College Tribune, 21 February]
“GMIT has officially voted to discontinue its Raise and Give week, after a similar decision was taken by NUIG authorities last year. The move has been heralded as the ‘end of an era’ in Galway …” (more)
[Roisín Callnan, StudentNews.ie, 20 February]
