The University Express - Vol.23, Issue 6

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Volume 24 | Issue 6 | Tuesday 26th November 2019

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UCCSU Claim Huge Victory As Capitation Increase Reversed

the University decided to review was found that the majority of the and ultimately revoke the decision. money was to be dedicated to the UCC Sports Strategy, centering The capitation fee was increased on building a new facility. Referfor all new students in 2019/20, endums to increase the capitation UCC’s Students’ Union (UCCSU) with further increases planned fee for this reason have been carhave successfully reversed a €200 for the coming years. As the SUSI ried out twice, once in 2009 and increase in the student capitation grant and tuition fee grant do not again in 2017, and were rejected fee, reducing the cost to €170 for all cover capitation fees or levies, by the student body both times. incoming students. The increase all students would be required to was announced in June 2019, in- pay the extra money, and would Sources close to the SU inciting protest from the Students’ not be permitted to use facilities formed the Express of the uniUnion, who staged a sit-in protest or sit exams if they could not. versity’s plans, which the UCCSU in the following days; following First-year students of 2019/20 confirmed when approached. the increase being implemented, will have the fee increase reimthe UCCSU began negotiations bursed to them in the form of “At its core, this fee represented with the university in an attempt credit on next year’s capitation fee. a blatant attempt by UCC to force undergraduate students to fund to reverse the decision, eventually While UCC defended the increase a capital development project,” threatening legal action. In Octoas being for student services, it commented Welfare Officer Naober, after 4 months of negotiation,

Writes Samantha Calthrop, News Editor

UCC Students’ Union 2019/20

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ise Crowley, “UCC referred to the benefits this fee would have for ‘counselling and support, student health services and sports and recreational facilities’, implying an equal balancing of their priorities. “Student services are certainly under-funded, however, by not simply opting to run a referendum for a €10 increase to the Student Capitation Fee for counselling services (a referendum likely to pass based on recent trends ) it would appear to me that the University have effectively attempted to use the services as an excuse to get a capital development project across the line.” Story Continued on Page 4

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