Academics reject pay deal

ACADEMICS at one of the country’s biggest universities have rejected the Croke Park proposals on public services.

The staff at NUI Galway, who are members of SIPTU, say the proposed cuts will have a big impact on students.

“The Government is trying to shift even more of the burden of the financial crisis on to the backs of working families and in so doing will undermine educational standards and ensure further bail-outs for bankers and developers,” the academics said in a statement.

“Students will face cuts to services, higher class sizes, lower standards of teaching, greater stress, less support,” they said of the proposals.