THIRD LEVEL STUDENTS have occupied the dining hall and two entrances of Trinity College in protest of new fees added to the fee structure of attending the university.
The Nassau Street entrance and the College Green door in bids to protest the new fee of 450 to repeat an exam.
Nassau Street entrance has been shut down #TakeBackTrinity #TakeBackTrinity pic.twitter.com/DGzSO58Sye
— TCD Students' Union (@tcdsu) March 13, 2018
According to The Journal , in January of this year Trinity College offered fees of repeat exams at €200 per exam with a cap of €1000 to the student's union of the university.
The proposal was forward from the SU to the Student Council and it was put to a vote. 82% of all who voted, 3,504 Trinity students said they didn't want the new supplemental fees.
Despite the outcome of the student vote, the College Board of Trinity made the decision to introduce a flat rate of €450 for any exam a student must repeat.
The hashtag '#TakeBackTrinity' was trending on Twitter today, showing the veracity of the protestors in protest.
50 Trinity Students are occupying the Dining Hall today in protest of the introduction of a 450e flat charge for repeat exams. We have had enough and it is time to #TakeBackTrinity !!!
— Liaterally snowpe (@dayhlia) March 13, 2018
Solidarity from students who can’t be there with you because we’re working to try and afford those fees.#TAKEBACKTRINITY https://t.co/3qT2c2Uc89
— H. Harrington (@HiramEphraim) March 9, 2018
SO PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS #takebacktrinity pic.twitter.com/9NQj9REExw
— Aoife (@AoifeeO) March 13, 2018
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Resit fees of €450 in Trinity is a joke. Fair play #TakeBackTrinity .
‘Don’t fail then’ say those with a complete lack of empathy as to a number of unselfish reasons a student may fail an exam.
— Stephen Fagan (@StephenFagan117) March 13, 2018
we have shut down front arch. we have shut down the book of kells. we will not accept a €450 flat fee for supplemental fees. we’re going to #TakeBackTrinity pic.twitter.com/J2ilDXPMon
— TCD Students' Union (@tcdsu) March 9, 2018
#takebacktrinity WE WONT PAY pic.twitter.com/wP9e84e8au
— Aoife (@AoifeeO) March 13, 2018
