Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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SPÖ finally shows her true political face

Krank zuhausesitzend grad aus dem Urlaub heimgekommen und immer noch nicht in der besetzten SoWi Aula muss ich mir jetzt doch mal meinen Frust von der Seele schreiben. Während Hahn nach Brüssel weggelobt wird während seine Inkompetenz durch die momentanen Ereignisse oder etwa auch sein Cern-Debakel ausreichend bewiesen wurde, entlarvt sich nun auch die SPÖ bzw. Kanzler Faymann als bloßer unipolitischer Populist. Beim SPÖ-Wahlkampfthema Tuition remains the Registrar on line and now the issue of access restrictions discovered for themselves. In terms of policy approach to the universities is down to a mere expression of will by 2020 to increase the funding of the tertiary education sector to 2% of GDP, unfortunately non-existent.

The 34 million euros, the valve from its "contingency reserve" of course, only a drop in the ocean for years stone that the principals themselves must fight for the distribution of funds probably political calculations of the Minister. What will come out of the Federal Government that is now the bottom line is therefore not even a dialogue on the future of universities, let alone fight have left the catastrophic conditions that the nearly 15 years of "education". Due to access restrictions Austria loses not only continue to join Europe in terms of proportion of university graduates is also the real problems of the universities are not even addressed to some extent. The buildings remain dilapidated, leases (which alone such as are already a multiple of 34 million) and construction projects of the Federal Real Estate Company will remain expensive and unfair, of funding "competitive" research (except in the most externally-financed some areas) or the Adequate funding of personnel and associated urgent need to improve the care and training densities and scientific perspectives for the teacher's question. Even a seemingly paradoxical reduction in the number of students would bring, especially for the students now nothing.

This supposed populist final stroke of the federal government can neither the students nor the teachers and staff are accepted up to the Rectors. Even all the "studying instead of blocking" supporters and the Students Union, including all University agencies should be clear that, thanks to cast the situation in our universities are finally on again - "obviously" they're so disastrous that the occupation of a single classroom with a uni with over 20,000 students in Innsbruck is permanently impaired. Now offers the students and the universities the possibility of clear demands, and by the general public supports the necessary pressure on the federal government and / the new Minister of clear commitments and a U-turn in education policy away from measures at the expense of education hungry to more to achieve democracy, and open more opportunities and quality education in our universities and colleges.

What I would like to see in Innsbruck would be an action group the Students' Union respectively, now work to ensure at least a minimum consensus with the squatters and joint action for Thursday to reach. Everything Else would - for all political differences and prejudices that may exist within the students - a missed opportunity.