On Thursday the 27th October, the Jordanstown Órga Shinn Féin society held aprotest against the British army at the careers and placement convention. This protest was to oppose the presence of the British army at this event but also to highlight the hypocrisy of the University of Ulster to allow the British army to promote, and recruit potential students yet refusing political parties or societies to even distribute leaflets to fellow students during the Fresher’s Fayre.
Chairperson of Jordanstown Ógra, Emmett Mullin commented:
“I think this is a complete sham that professional bodies from the British Army are allowed to come to the university to talk and recruit, while we the students are forbidden to simply hand out party leaflets to other students. Where is the equality there?” He went on to say: “I am pleased with our protest today and believe that we were successful in highlighting the hypocrisy of censorship of political societies by the university.”
The protest was received positively by students, sparking one student to cover the British Army stall with Ógra posters.
Mr. Mullin finished by commenting:
"We now believe that our success with this protest and our continuous opposition to the political protocol that we will achieve our goal of overturning this biased policy within the University of Ulster. We will also not give up and are now even more determined in our struggle."
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