What's happening?

Before the ministers of education arrive in Vienna on the 11th of March, there will be a demonstration at 3pm starting at the Westbahnhof (train station - west). After that we will do peaceful mass blockades at importent traffic points in the streets of Vienna.

On Friday the 12th, 1pm, the alternative summit will start on the campus, and will continue until Sunday.

There will be cultural events at several locations every evening.

Hope to see you all!

 

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  • What's bolognaburns?
  • is burning - why?
  • why in Vienna?
  • Bologna criticism
  • #unibrennt?

What's bolognaburns? bologna burns

“Bolognaburns” is the continuation of the “#unibrennt” protests which started in Vienna in October 2009. Now the movement is preparing counter-actions against the “Bologna Ministerial Anniversary Conference and Ball”. Considering the current situation and the ongoing protests in many European universities this celebration is a mockery for all of us.

Bologna is burning uni protest

The Bologna Process and its realization is a “burning” issue, because we don't think the half-hearted attempts at creating a European Higher Education Area are sufficient. We demand a total change of the ideas and the logic with which the Bologna agreement is interpreted. Not only has the Bologna Process clearly failed to achieve the agreed goals of improved mobility; it has also led to more restrictions for students and within individual curricula as well as limited access to higher education in general.

... and why in Vienna? Vienna protest

The ministers' party is in Vienna, because Austria has realized the basis for the Bologna system with outstandingly repressive laws. And this seems to be reason enough that on March 11 and 12 2010 the education ministers of 46 European countries will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Bologna process in Vienna and Budapest.

... a problem out of many you might have with the bologna process:

The fact that the entire process is based on the understanding of education as only producing workforce dictated by the market is reflected in the agreed goals. Therefore our aim is not only to measure success or failure of the Bologna process, but furthermore to question the process and its foundations itself. Master and Ph.D. as elite programs which especially exclude women, introduction of tution fees and under-financing of universities as well as de-democratization within the university system are obvious symptoms. 
The difficult financial situation increases the corporate influence on education and scientific research. The orientation of teaching towards corporate interests does not only affect universities, but the entire education sector in general. Hence the possibilities of self-determined and critical learning are restricted.

#unibrennt Occupied Audimax

#unibrennt means university is burning.

This is the name the student movement which started in the fall of 2009 gave to itself in the first days of the occupation of the “Audimax” (Auditorium Maximum) of the University of Vienna. The movement fights against the undemocratic situation and other “burning” issues educational institutions in Austria have to deal with.

Our demands (in German)