Posts Tagged ‘Ben Finch’
NEWS: School of English has “failed its students utterly”
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
The School of English has caused panic among students by stating that bibliographies should be included in the word-counts of essays. This guidance was given via email on January 6, just three days before a deadline. This information is not contained in the rubric of essay questions. One second year student said: “The school has failed its students utterly.”
BY BEN FINCH AND ROMANO MULLIN
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Tags: Ben Finch, Gown, newspaper, Nuala McAdams, Philip McGowan, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, Romano Mullin, School of English, student, students, su, The Gown
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RAG turns 69
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
RAG at Queen’s University celebrated turning 69 on 22 November with a birthday party that appealed to the youth in all those who attended.
BY BEN FINCH (more…)
Tags: Ben Finch, Gown, newspaper, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, rag, student, students, su, The Gown
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EDITORIAL: Strike while the iron is hot
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
This week will see the largest strike action in generations taking place. It will not just be limited to Queen’s, almost every public sector worker will be joining the pickets. There will be demonstrations, marches and lots of angry managers. The government is trying its best to put out propaganda about how much it will cost the economy, how it’s going to stop an already non-existent recovery. They are threatening that if workers strike negotiations will be halted and plans will implemented as they are.
BY BEN FINCH (more…)
Tags: Ben Finch, newspaper, NUS-USI, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, The Gown, UCU
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NEWS: Strikes to hit Queen’s University
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Queen’s University is set to be rocked by strikes over changes to the staff pension plan that have been described as “high-handed” and could see members of staff losing £400,000 for their retirement.
BY BEN FINCH (more…)
Tags: Ben Finch, Gown, newspaper, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, su, The Gown
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NEWS: Protestors ‘probably Catholics’ says Queen’s report
Monday, October 17th, 2011
A group of protestors who disrupted a lecture at Queen’s have been described by a disciplinary report as “probably Catholic”.
BY BEN FINCH (more…)
Tags: Adam McGibbon, Ben Finch, Gary Spedding, Gown, Helen Hart, Israel, Jason O'Neill, Michael Uprichard, News, newspaper, NIFI, Northern Ireland Friends of Israel, Ogra Shinn Fein, Palestine, palestine Solidarity Society, Peter Irwin, pss, qub, QUBSU, Queen's, queen's university, Sally Wheeler, Sandra Bailie, Solon Solomon, Steven Jaffe, student, students, su, Terry McCorran, The Gown, Treasa Harkin, Tyler McNally
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NEWS: Queen’s climbs in world rankings
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Queen’s has climbed four places in the QS World Ranking’s, one of 29 UK establishments to place in the top 200.
BY BEN FINCH
Tags: Ben Finch, Gown, John O'Leary, News, qub, queen's university
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NEWS: Students sleep rough to protest over rogue landlords
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Students climbed railings to pitch thirty tents in Dublin last night for a Sleep Out protest over rogue landlords. There may be plans for a similar protest at Queen’s.
BY BEN FINCH (more…)
Tags: Ben Finch, Fiona Kidd, Gary Redmond, Justyn Mackay, USI
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