Stephen Goulding analyses the referendum result which saw UCC remaining affiliated with the USI and asks what next for the organisation? After the gyre of slogans, facts and viewpoints that preceded the referendum, the students of UCC voted to stay affiliated with the USI last Tuesday. This landslide victory, however, may not be as unambiguous…
While negotiations over library hours for term two are still ongoing, UCC’s Director of Library Services, Colette McKenna, confirmed they will be reworked to ensure the library can cope with the impact of semesterisation. While library hours are set to change for the coming term and will be re-evaluated again in advance of the next…
27,000 students, past and present, have unpaid fines. UCC’s Boole Library is currently owed €74,363.75 in unpaid late-return fines, with over two-thirds of the sum made up of penalties attached to the accounts of current and former undergraduate students. Approximately 27,000 students are listed within the library system as having unpaid debts, meaning the average…
A motion calling for the Minister for Education to investigate the possibility of merging UCC and CIT was dismissed at the most recent sitting of Cork City Council, with only the motion’s proposer voting in favour. Fianna Fáil Councillor Tim Brosnan brought the motion to the City Council, arguing that if such an amalgamation took…
The results of a UCCSU-run survey on Wi-Fi connectivity issues in UCC during term one have been released, with 61% of respondents claiming that the Eduroam service was, at various points in time during the first term, unusable. The survey, which ran throughout the month of November, was organised after a UCCSU Council meeting on…
UCC students strongly voiced their support for Marriage Equality in last week’s campus-wide referendum with over 95% of voters in favour. However while UCCSU Equality Officer Rob O’Sullivan described the mass support for Marriage Equality as “incredibly reassuring to me, both personally and professionally,” he warned against students believing the issue would be easily won…
The proportion of female Trinity students who have had a non-consensual sexual experience, according to a TCDSU survey of 1,038 students. 5% of men have been subjected to a similar experience. The number of society balls held on the one night, Thursday January 22nd. The Strauss Ball was a surprise sell-out on a night which…
Robbie Byrne chats to Anglo-American DJ Secondcity about topping the UK charts It all began with one album. Disclosure’s debut LP Settle provided the perfect antidote to the immature, florescent and increasingly irritating monstrosity that was EDM. While Settle showcased nothing that hadn’t been seen before, its revival of immaculate production, driving bass rhythms…
The UCC Students’ Union has re-affiliated with the national union, the USI, after this week’s referendum passed by an overwhelming majority of voting students. The USI responded to questions raised over transparency by publishing accounts over the weekend, while their on-campus presence was met with no visible opposition; paying off with a 91.4% ‘Yes’ vote…
As part of the USI Referendum coverage the UCC Express sat down with Laura Harmon, USI President, and Martin Lynch, Vice President for the Southern Region, to discuss the Yes to USI Campaign. An interview with a No campaign representative is available here. How do you feel your campaign is going so far? Harmon: We’re…