It’s time to really protest, UVic April 12, 2018April 10, 2018 Martlet Staff Students must get radical to stop ever-rising tuition fees With it being the Martlet’s 70th anniversary, we’ve been doing a lot of digging through archives. What’s remarkable is how similar our...
Board of Governors approves budget, 20% hike for incoming international students March 27, 2018April 2, 2018 Cormac O’Brien Ignoring the shouting from the 50 or 60 students gathered outside the University Centre and eventually inside the Senate Chambers, the UVic Board of Governors passed their 2018–2019 budget which...
B.C. students pay tuition, Ontario students don’t November 2, 2017November 15, 2017 Josh Christopher This fall, some University of Victoria students are having their tuition paid by the province — the province of Ontario. This is the inaugural semester of the Ontario Student Grant, an initiative from...
International students thrilled at prospect of tuition hikes April 6, 2017April 5, 2017 Michelle Yun According to a recent poll commissioned by the UVic Board of Governors, 97 per cent of UVic’s international students reported feeling “moderately excited to completely thrilled” about the increase in...
EDITORIAL: Tuition hikes leave international students with a mountain to climb April 6, 2017April 5, 2017 Martlet Staff Last week, the UVic Board of Governors approved a $356-million balanced operating budget for the next year. As part of that budget, the university is implementing a six per cent...
Board of Governors approves international tuition hike March 28, 2017March 29, 2017 Myles Sauer The UVic Board of Governors (BoG) has voted in favour of increasing international student tuition fees by four per cent effective May 1, 2017, during open session at their meeting...
Students poised to protest international student fee increase March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 Myles Sauer On Tuesday, March 28, the UVic Board of Governors (BoG) will be asked to approve an increase of four per cent to international student fees. The proposed increase is part...
B.C. budget raises hopes when we should be raising questions March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Sarah Kilian On Feb. 21, the B.C. Liberals released their 2017 budget — the last before the provincial election on May 9. The budget includes increased funding for education, child welfare, and a ‘Prosperity...
Free tuition is not the ideal solution to student woes November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 Emily Fagan The #allnoutnov2 National Student Day of Action, a reactionary movement to ever-climbing tuition, sought foremost to push back against the notion that, as the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) puts...
UVSS directors defend National Student Day of Action absence November 8, 2016November 16, 2016 Myles Sauer The UVSS board of directors are once again at the centre of controversy after the UVSS's noted absence at last week's #alloutnov2 National Student Day of Action rally. The Nov....
