What Does the Future Hold for Tuition Fees?
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FR IDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER, 2018 – Keep the Cat Free – ISSUE 1706 Felix The Student Newspaper of Imperial College London NEWS In conversation with Professor Stephen Curry PAGE 4 COMMENT Homelessness: A Harsh Reality PAGE 7 Tackling student debts has become a key pledge for politicians trying to secure the youth vote // Quinn Dombrowski MUSIC Augar review: what does the future hold for tuition fees? good value for money for of accommodation and in students applying for from poorer backgrounds Joanna Wormald students and taxpayers. living costs. However, hardship funds, the uni- are less likely to pay off Bangers, bops Deputy Editor The panel, chaired by this plan would require a versity intends to halve the full amount of their Philip Augar, has also been vote in parliament to lift tuition fees for its four- student loans than their and chunes charged with looking at the £9,250 fee cap. Lec- year part-time courses. well-off peers. Lowering Suggestions include the accessibility of further turers are also reluctant to The plan to reduce fees tuition fees would not PAGE 15 lower fees and shorter and higher education, provide classes during the from £7,000 to £3,500 – for most low-earning courses. incentivising competition summer holidays, which is intended to increase graduates – make any dif- across the sector, and how would be necessary to support for part-time ference to the total amount uition fees to provide students with avoid compromising on degrees, which are popular repaid before the debt is SPORT could be cut “the skills that we need as quality and content. As among mature students written off. For graduates to £6,500 per a country”. one university leader told and those in work. The with salaries above the year as part of The universities min- the Times: “In the summer master of Birkbeck, David current £25,000 repay- Tthe latest government ister, Sam Gyimah, has holidays academics write Latchman, believes the ment threshold, however, review into higher edu- also called on universities their books. They do government would be able the amount they pay back cation. The government to provide two-year “fast- not want to spend their to subsidise the cuts at “no will reduce in line with is also urging shorter track” degrees, which summer vacations teach- – or minimal – additional tuition fees (interest rate degrees to keep overall could charge £11,150 ing undergraduates.” cost”. changes notwithstanding). costs down. per year. Overall, this Birkbeck, University As Felix has previously An analysis by The Times ICXC regains The year-long Augar works out as £5,450 of London is focusing reported, any move to suggests that low-earning review will examine cheaper than a standard on longer degrees, not lower tuition fees would graduates would save an Bannister Cup whether or not the current three year degree, as shorter ones. Following predominantly benefit average of £1 each year. funding situation provides well as saving on a year "heartbreaking" increases wealthy students. Students Cont. pg 3 PAGE 40 FR IDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER, 2018 FELIX FR IDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER, 2018 FELIX EDITORIAL NEWS [email protected] CONTENTS EDITORIAL 2 I concede defeat Imperial students sound the alarm on fossil fuel NEWS 3-5 roducing this jaba – Felix In other news, Tuesday The Felix Team y D Ed investments POLITICS 6 week's issue of d ito sees Imperial host its An r Editor-in-Chief Felix started off first joint event with The Andy Djaba COMMENT 7 so well. So so Times. As reported in last • NEWS the climate crisis" and to the right side of history, Pwell... It was looking like week's Felix, Imperial and Deputy Editor "call out universities that removes its funding from SCIENCE 8 I might actually make it The Times have launched Joanna Wormald Andy Djaba are behind the curve on the fossil fuel industry and home in good time on a a collaboration which sees • Editor-in-Chief climate action". re-invests in our future". TECH 9 Thursday evening. Alas, staff and students receive News Editors Jeff Clark, the Presi- I must concede defeat. Joanna Wormald dent of Imperial College a year-long free digital Frank Leggett FOOD 10 After 22 years of trying, subscription to The Times • Environmental Society, “Imperial I will never beat my and Sunday Times. Tues- Politics Editors Divest Imperial joins told Felix the following: FILM 11 crippling procrastination. day's launch event, "What Avirup Banerjee universities across the "No environmental needs to take a From what was looking the Hell is Going on?" Divyen Vanniasegaram UK in protest as part issue is more pressing Juan Rubio Gorrochategui long, hard look GAMES 12-13 like the earliest I'd ever promises to be a riveting of National Day of than climate change. I am get the paper done by a affair, hosted by political • yet to hear a convincing at itself... and MUSIC 14-19 few short hours ago to satirist Matt Chorley. Uni- Comment Editors Action argument in favour of Aida Manzano Kharman me sat here frantically versities minister, Sam Charlie Titmuss continuing to fund the decide if it is ARTS 22-27 waffling once again so I Gyimah, will also be in at- • fossil fuel industry." can send the paper off to tendance and there will be Science Editors ivest Imperi- Divest Imperial has serving people LIBERATION 28-29 print only two hours after free food and drink. There Rosie Dutt al, an Imperial accused Imperial College the "print deadline". They are literally no downsides Eyad Abuelgasim College Un- of being "complicit in or profit ” C&S 32-33 should have never told me here, so come along! Henry Alman ion-affiliated this crisis for too long" the print deadline was not I've run out of things to Sânziana Foia Denvironmental campaign and is calling for Impe- HANGMAN 34-35 • a firm one. That was the Im honest, I was scepti- by the lovely journalists say now so all that's left to Tech Editor group, held an on-cam- rial to "fulfil its stated Despite over 1800 pe- first mistake. As you can cal about including the over at The Guardian and do is award Andy's section Krithika Balaji pus protest demanding purpose - working to tition signatures, manage- INVESTMENT 36 probably tell if you are Sustainability Section. they did a wonderful job of the week. This week, Haaris Asghar Imperial divests from solve humanity's greatest ment at Imperial College unfortunate enough to still One question plagued my ofhighlighting just how it's the Music section! I • fossil fuels. challenges" by ending London has previously Students occupied the Sherfield building, with chants of "no more coal, no more oil, PUZZLES 37 be reading this garbage, I mind... is it sustainable? amateurish my attempts at might be slightly biased Arts Editors The protest, which took its "uncritical support for refused to move its keep that carbon in the soil" and "divest now" // Divest Imperial don't really have anything (Pardon the awful pun, it's News articles are. but I love to see my guys Claire Chan place on Tuesday 20th climate-wrecking compa- money, claiming that, "by SPORTS 38-40 to say. Once again. late and I'm very tired). winning. Music has been Helen Money-Kyrle November, was part of the nies". The campaigners working with fossil fuel responsible for the crisis." ever more extreme forms "We're in a period of This week's issue of However, members of the awarded for putting up a Vaishnavi Gnanananthan National Day of Action wish to see "full divest- companies, Imperial helps In a statement provided of extraction incompatible ecological collapse and • Felix sees the birth of Environmental Society valiant fight against the Books Editors for Divestment. Targeting ment" of Imperial's £8.9m to solve climate change". to Felix on behalf of with the Paris Agreement global humanitarian a new Sustainability have assured me that “One day, this almost indomitable Arts universities across the fossil fuel holdings. Chris Wells, a campaigner Divest Imperial, Imperial goals". crisis, perpetuated in part Felix Office JJ Cheng Beit Quad, Prince Consort Section. This section there is a demand for section. Congratulations! • UK, including Oxford, This protest is just the at Divest Imperial, called was accused of legiti- When approached for by companies whose Road will be organised by the this amongst the student editorial will Music Editors Cambridge, Leeds, latest in a campaign of Imperial out for what he mising "climate denial, comment, Naomi Pratt, logos adorn this campus. London, SW7 2BB Environmental society body and there will be no Simran Kukran Aberdeen, Newcastle student action which has feels is hypocrisy, stating: neo-colonialism and a campaigner at Divest Imperial needs to take a Tel: 020 79548072 and aims to provide shortage of content in the be all pull Adrian LaMoury and UCL, which have a spanned four years and "As a PhD student violence" by continuing Imperial who recently long, hard look at itself Email: [email protected] news on the environment coming weeks. Henry Eshbaugh combined £600m in fossil shows no signs of abating. at Imperial working on to provide support (both gave an interview to The and its strategic relation- quote and Asad Raja felixonline.co.uk ("Going on in the world In a similar vein, this fuels, students across the Members of Divest Im- climate change, I find it financial and through re- Guardian about universi- ships, and decide if it is @feliximperial • this week"), to give a week we also reported on there's nothing Film Editors country came together to perial have promised to obscenely hypocritical search) to firms that "have ties' continued affiliation serving people or profit".