10000 marched their way around for 2011 Belfast Pride. The 21st annual march was watched by 20000 in the city centre.
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NEWS: Alliance HQ targeted as dissidents strike in university area
Two men were arrested and a viable device was defused in the early hours of Friday morning in an alley opening on Eblana Street, just off University Street. The alley opening lies just behind the headquarters of the Alliance Party. This building also doubles as the constituency office of Anna Lo, MLA.
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NEWS: Motions for PRP and support of UCU strike carried at SU Council
Motions for PRP and support of UCU strike carried at SU Council
The first SU Council meeting since the sabbatical elections witnessed a number of constitutional amendments passed as well as the inclusion of two new societies. The meeting also featured a number of heated debates between councillors over the proposal of performance related pay (PRP) and an emergency motion relating to the upcoming University College Union (UCU) strikes on the 21 and 24 March.
BY SEAN AHFORD AND KERRI-ANNE CAMPBELL
NEWS: Candidates emerge for SU sabbatical elections (updated)
Candidates for the upcoming Students’ Union sabbatical elections are beginning to emerge in what is shaping up to be a closely contested campaign. Five of the seven current officers will seek re-election. SU President Gareth McGreevy and VP Education Nathan Anderson on the other hand have decided against standing.
BY SEAN ASHFORD
NEWS: Hundreds at Queen’s protest against Browne review
Hundreds of Queen’s students today protested against the recent Browne review at Mandela Hall and outside the university. Student representatives from NUS-USI and the Students’ Union initiated the Union General Meeting at noon and asked students to back their motion to reject Lord Browne’s proposals. NUS-USI President Ciarnan Helferty called not only on students but on families as well to outright reject any proposal to increase tuition charges at Northern Ireland universities.
BY SEAN ASHFORD AND LAURA MCANENEY
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Open House Festival: Modest Mouse
Dear reader, as your trusted reviewer I feel compelled to be honest from the outset. A competent, well-liked, well-travelled band playing a moderately warmly received set in a bright, benign setting isn’t exactly the best material for an entertaining article. I just thought a warning would be…prudent. Anyway, all set? Good.
BY LORCAN MULLEN
NEWS: Mixed reactions to graduate tax proposals
In a major speech yesterday, Business Secretary Vince Cable has suggested that the current top-up fees system should be replaced with an alternative graduate tax. This graduate tax would see students pay a marginally higher income tax than non-graduates. While details have not yet emerged, student leaders hope that the Cable proposals will mirror those of the NUS ‘Blueprint’. In this document, the NUS outlined a similar idea, where the more a graduate earns, the more they pay back – but even then it is a small percentage at 2.5%.
BY EMMA GALLEN