Campaigns and Current Issues
The 2010/11 officer board of the Union has tackled a number of issues:
- Tuition Fees: with a renewed unanimous mandate from its Council in 2011, and a 90% 'YES' vote by the student body in a plebiscite in 2011, opposition to Fees/Graduate Tax/Loans scheme in "any form" remains a central issue
- Aras na Mac Leinn/SFS Ltd.: for a long time the source of UCCSU's focus to gain managerial control of its operations, now the SU have 2 directorships on the company, and current President Ben Honan is Chair of the SFS Ltd Management Committee.
- Higher Education Grants: UCCSU successfully lobbied and achieved commitments on a centralised grant awarding administration by September 2011
- Union Organisation: UCCSU has engaged in a process of self reflection aimed at better organisational structures, more efficient officer roles, reform of student council and the Class Representative structure, increasing representation of various sections of the college population, greater focus on the equality agenda, and more.
In 2010 one of the most high-profile campaigns by UCCSU saw the then 2010/2011 Student's Union and the UCC Young Fine Gael Society mount a large scale media campaign against attempts by UCC to introduce a charge for students wishing to be conferred in 2010 ("Conferring Charge").
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