Protest in front of the University of Vienna: Students defend themselves against planned cuts!

Protest in front of the University of Vienna: Students defend themselves against planned cuts!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - Activists of the Greens & Alternative Students (Grass) protested today with a glued mouth in front of the University of Vienna to demonstrate against the impending cuts into the student's say. This protest is a reaction to the recently leaked negotiation protocols from FPÖ and ÖVP, which provide a significant decline in the rights of students in the Senate. Viktoria Kudrna, Federal Proterer of the Gras, explained that the planned measures such as the exclusion of students from the Senate and the elimination of ÖH compulsory membership are a serious risk to democracy at the universities. "We do not allow FPÖ and ÖVP to step our self -confection rights at the universities with their feet," Kudrna called to the colleagues and made it clear that they will fight with all your might, like APA-OTS reported .

dangerous plans for the universities

The documents received describe a worrying picture: the disempowerment of the students could result in increasing the tuition fees to 1000 euros and other threatening changes in the education system. Critics see these proposals an immediate danger to free and open university culture. Furthermore, there were curious ideas during the negotiations, such as the FPÖ's demand to write research only in German. This caused bewilderness at the universities. However, the FPÖ pointed out that there should be no actual German specification. Instead, the leaked protocols only showed that a summary in German is required for master's and doctoral theses, which is often part of the process anyway. These details were made by addressed.