Defend the University 1: Ronnie Munck opens the forum
Channel: DCUUnion
Date: 2013-10-31

The DCU Section Committee hosted a public forum on October 23rd. 2013, to highlight and discuss the ongoing attacks on the public university in Ireland and elsewhere. The forum was the opening event in a new campaign to Defend the University (http://www.defendtheuniversity.ie) 

Emma O Kelly, Education Correspondent, RTÉ, chaired the discussion, with principal speakersProf. Mary Gallagher of UCD, author, Academic Armageddon, an Irish Requiem for Higher Education, and Prof. Des Freedman of Goldsmiths, London, co-editor, The Assault on Universities: a Manifesto for Resistance. Dr Brendan Walsh of DCU responded. 
(Amateur video)