The National Union of Students (NUS) have declared that a national day of action will be held on may the 2nd to protest the federal government’s refusal to support university students. The day of action will be apart of the wider “demand a better future” campaign.
NUS claim that since 1995 the federal government has reduced funding to tertiary education by 7%. This represents a decrease of $1550 for each and every university student. Despite John Howard’s promises to the contrary there are now over 60 higher education degrees that cost over $100,000.
The “demand a better future” aims to force the government to confront the lack of support for uni students and also address a number of other issues that threat the futures of current university students. The campaign’s demands include;
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Internet failure boosts Flinders Uni student productivity.
A recent failure of the university network today has had a dramatic and sudden affect on the productivity of students. Faced with the prospect of a lack of Google, Youtube Myspace and Freindster students suddenly found themselves with nothing to do except their work.
Flinders uni social sciences student, Melanie said, “I was sitting in the Flinders University Library When it first went down, I wasn’t sure what to do. I was midway through a comment to a friend I had just made on Myspace when it happened. For the first few minutes I was in shock,, I just had to tell my new friend how great their pimped up page was and post a bulletin to tell my 349 close and personal friends about how awesome my weekend is going to be. Then I suddenly realised that I had other things that I could do, like my assignment that is due tomorrow, I was sceptical at first but after trying for a few minutes I totally forgot about Myspace and actually manage to finish the assignment.”
Experts estimate that in the brief 15 minutes that the network was down more work was completed on campus than in the preceding week. University lecturers are astounded by the positive results of the outage and are calling on the university IT department to institute a regular switching off of the university network to encourage students to actually complete work within deadlines.
Flinders uni social sciences student, Melanie said, “I was sitting in the Flinders University Library When it first went down, I wasn’t sure what to do. I was midway through a comment to a friend I had just made on Myspace when it happened. For the first few minutes I was in shock,, I just had to tell my new friend how great their pimped up page was and post a bulletin to tell my 349 close and personal friends about how awesome my weekend is going to be. Then I suddenly realised that I had other things that I could do, like my assignment that is due tomorrow, I was sceptical at first but after trying for a few minutes I totally forgot about Myspace and actually manage to finish the assignment.”
Experts estimate that in the brief 15 minutes that the network was down more work was completed on campus than in the preceding week. University lecturers are astounded by the positive results of the outage and are calling on the university IT department to institute a regular switching off of the university network to encourage students to actually complete work within deadlines.
Uni students demand a better future.
The National Union of Students (NUS) have declared that a national day of action will be held on may the 2nd to protest the federal government’s refusal to support university students. The day of action will be apart of the wider “demand a better future” campaign.
NUS claim that since 1995 the federal government has reduced funding to tertiary education by 7%. This represents a decrease of $1550 for each and every university student. Despite John Howard’s promises to the contrary there are now over 60 higher education degrees that cost over $100,000.
The “demand a better future” aims to force the government to confront the lack of support for uni students and also address a number of other issues that threat the futures of current university students. The campaign’s demands include;
• Universities should be fully publicly funded to at least OECD best practice
• University funding increase at minimum at the rate of inflation
• The cost of HECS begin to be reduced
• Domestic full fee undergraduate places be replaced with new HECS places
• Any specialisation or increased diversity, also encourages a breadth of course offerings
• Any specialisation should not produce teaching only institutions or reduce equitable access to Universities
• Universal membership of student organisations be reinstated
• Australia ratify the Kyoto Protocol
• A national target to reduce greenhouse emissions be legislated
• A renewable energy target be legislated
• Australia commit to no new coal mines and a phase out of coal-fired power stations
• Australia prohibit any nuclear power expansion in Australia and commence disengagement from the nuclear fuel cycle, for non-medical purposes
• Australia assist those countries most vulnerable to climate change in the Asia Pacific region
• The WorkChoices legislation be scrapped
• Student Centrelink benefits be increased to at least the poverty line,
• The income bank and parental income threshold be increased,
• The Centrelink age of independence be lowered to 18
Flinders university students who wish to participate in the national day of action can meet on May the 2nd at midday on the Adelaide uni Barr smith lawns.
NUS claim that since 1995 the federal government has reduced funding to tertiary education by 7%. This represents a decrease of $1550 for each and every university student. Despite John Howard’s promises to the contrary there are now over 60 higher education degrees that cost over $100,000.
The “demand a better future” aims to force the government to confront the lack of support for uni students and also address a number of other issues that threat the futures of current university students. The campaign’s demands include;
• Universities should be fully publicly funded to at least OECD best practice
• University funding increase at minimum at the rate of inflation
• The cost of HECS begin to be reduced
• Domestic full fee undergraduate places be replaced with new HECS places
• Any specialisation or increased diversity, also encourages a breadth of course offerings
• Any specialisation should not produce teaching only institutions or reduce equitable access to Universities
• Universal membership of student organisations be reinstated
• Australia ratify the Kyoto Protocol
• A national target to reduce greenhouse emissions be legislated
• A renewable energy target be legislated
• Australia commit to no new coal mines and a phase out of coal-fired power stations
• Australia prohibit any nuclear power expansion in Australia and commence disengagement from the nuclear fuel cycle, for non-medical purposes
• Australia assist those countries most vulnerable to climate change in the Asia Pacific region
• The WorkChoices legislation be scrapped
• Student Centrelink benefits be increased to at least the poverty line,
• The income bank and parental income threshold be increased,
• The Centrelink age of independence be lowered to 18
Flinders university students who wish to participate in the national day of action can meet on May the 2nd at midday on the Adelaide uni Barr smith lawns.
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