A fire alarm set off in the PEC has caused disruption for under 1000 students sitting exams on the morning of Tuesday 24 May.
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NEWS: Motions for PRP and support of UCU strike carried at SU Council
Motions for PRP and support of UCU strike carried at SU Council
The first SU Council meeting since the sabbatical elections witnessed a number of constitutional amendments passed as well as the inclusion of two new societies. The meeting also featured a number of heated debates between councillors over the proposal of performance related pay (PRP) and an emergency motion relating to the upcoming University College Union (UCU) strikes on the 21 and 24 March.
BY SEAN AHFORD AND KERRI-ANNE CAMPBELL
NEWS: Candidates emerge for SU sabbatical elections (updated)
Candidates for the upcoming Students’ Union sabbatical elections are beginning to emerge in what is shaping up to be a closely contested campaign. Five of the seven current officers will seek re-election. SU President Gareth McGreevy and VP Education Nathan Anderson on the other hand have decided against standing.
BY SEAN ASHFORD
NEWS: Mixed reactions to graduate tax proposals
In a major speech yesterday, Business Secretary Vince Cable has suggested that the current top-up fees system should be replaced with an alternative graduate tax. This graduate tax would see students pay a marginally higher income tax than non-graduates. While details have not yet emerged, student leaders hope that the Cable proposals will mirror those of the NUS ‘Blueprint’. In this document, the NUS outlined a similar idea, where the more a graduate earns, the more they pay back – but even then it is a small percentage at 2.5%.
BY EMMA GALLEN