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Tuition fees should not fund university finance black hole
University development projects must be reigned in to preserve liquidity, whilst student services should not suffer in any financial readjustment
Vice-Chancellor’s pay should not be contrasted with that of living wage
The recent criticism regarding the disparity between the Vice-Chancellor’s wage and that of other university employees should not be held as valid reflection of the Vice-Chancellor’s contribution towards University.
You Run Us
“You run us” is the slogan for the elections page of the YUSU website, and never were there truer words said, albeit in garish, mismatched fonts. We the students will vote for the team that will make up this year’s union
Increasing salary discrepancy is unacceptable
We should not dismiss the increasing disparity in the amount paid to university employers as a hyperbolic inflation of the figures, or as an invalid comparison to be ignored as over-zealous journalism. Our Vice-Chancellor’s wage is unacceptable because of the disproportionate salary increases, not because of his nominal salary.
God save our Queen (and her consort)
“I don’t think that she could do it without him,” Prince Harry tells Marr, reflecting on the Queen and Prince Philip, “especially when they’re both at this age”. And, to be completely honest, I agree. There is no way that the Queen would be able to carry out her duties as Queen without the aid of her husband
Land of the free, home of the detained
Guantánamo makes a mockery of progress in securing human rights, and shows the extent to which national security is now an excuse for removing common freedoms.
Anti-piracy law a danger for freedom to share
A number of notable websites, including Wikipedia, recently conducted an ‘internet blackout’ protest in order to raise awareness of two bills moving through the US congress: PIPA and SOPA. The short-term defeat of SOPA and PIPA has been met with jubilation amongst the sites that participated in the demonstrations – the most notable of which was Wikipedia ‘blacking out’ for a day. It seems internet-based opposition has been strong enough to overturn the propositions – for now.
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