BROWN, STATIONERS ~ .STl)JdeNt WE'RE BETTER Thursday. November 3. 1988 • 20p IFILM 'The Fruit Machine, Edinburgh On Shortlist · For Vouchers Scheme EUSA Picsident Malcolm byCnte.meWilson Mcleod strongly attacked the proposals,Hc said: '" I am very . EDINBURGH Univc,-ity unh11ppy about the idea of stu­ would one of th e fi rst institu­ dents paying ror Higher Educ."1· tions in the country to adopt .:r tion. ... recently leaked Government .. II goes back 10 the pre-war proposals for the funding of situation where universit y educa­ tion was only open to those who Higher Education by a vou­ could afford it and lhen a small cher system. number of bursaries were given 10 Sources in the Dcpanmcnt of bright grammar school boys. Educa1ion and Science rc,·calcd " It will exaggerate 1hc injustii:c that Mr Rohen Jackson, Minister al ready inhcren1 in our system for Higher Education. has drawn under which those who can afford • up a provisional list of univer­ 10 attend fee-paying schools arc sities. including Edinburgh, which already srntistically more likely 10 would pilot the proposals. achieve excellence at 'A" lcvcU The disclosures have embarras­ Higher. sed Mr Kenneth Baker. Educa­ tion Sccrctry who is thought to "Under 1hesc proposals those apprO\'C in principle of this kind of students from wc:1lthy solution for the problem of 1hc backgrounds will receive more fundin.2of Hi.2hcr Education. and money than disadvantaged <; tu· who has now temporarily shelved dents. which makes no sense at thcplnns. all. Jacbon's proposals arc for a ..,n my opinion 1hc ·Robbins three leve l voucher system under principle' of free educatio.n ror all which the amoun1 of money going qualified students must be to individual studcnis ror fees adhered to ... 1would depend on his or her pcr­ The papcroonccdcs for the firsl formaocc :i1 ·A· levels or in High­ 1ime that lheGovcrnmer;u·s policy ers and would require students 10 for education spending is causing oon1ributc £500 pa towards their a .. progressive degradation" o r rw;. un~;sit~~·vcmment wanis Mtmorial St~kc for Stanza Bopape., a South Arrican adhist vd'° is pnsunwd lo han bttn murdtred by The 1op 100.000 s1udents. those 10 ~ith the higher 'A' lcveVHighcr reslrict education spreading, 1he IM police. Jo"ull rtpor1 on pagt 5, Edilorial pa~ 5. grades reportedly could exp«1 10 Treasury in particular is arguing receive vouchers worth t:7 ,500 that lhc DES hould rela te slale each pa. provisio n of education to the Administration blocks 'bizarre' fund raiser Those who perform less well. requirements or industry and bus­ conccnlrnte o n his newest projcc1 "Finally. hC simply put 1hc iness for sk illed staff nationwide. by Cathy MIiton the bonom 750,IXX>. could expect - a nigh1club 10 be called The phone down on me. What sort of Mr Jackson is known 10 be per­ O.SOOpa. Starshi p En1erprisc. an example is that 10 set some­ As the cost of the cheapest sonally agains1 a radical oVcrhaul A PROPOSAL to play rustic · Speaking toSwdem, T1Z.Cr~id: one? It's a fun idea and would course currently s1ands at 0.950 ofthcsystcmof HigherEducation roulette. with s tudents to be HMr Anderson call ed the project have made a lot of money for a pa the majori1y o r students would worthy cause. be rorccd to make-up the di ffer­ ru~i~n~~oposals arc for the gov- offered odds on which part or ·bizarre and dislastcJul'. bul I ence 1hemsclves or 10 borrow ernmen1 10 fund 3 pcrceniage or Bristo Square a cow would think that's exactly what Edin­ " He didn't gh·c any reason ro r burgh needs. from their parents o r banks. University places. through the cra p first , was b locked by the withholding permission apart This would mean 1hat less well voucher sys1em of paying recs. University on the grounds "To be met by lhis sort of from his personal dis1as1e fo r the qualified students who arc finan­ which the Government would that the idea is "bizarre and apathy. the one time students ge1 project. I don't think thal's very ciall y disudvantagcd would be control. distasteful". their fingers o u1 o r their arscs. is professional." depressing. unable 10 take up their uni vtrsity Bursaries would then be made Speaking 10 St11dmt. Mr available 10 needy but qualified Harry Tizcr, who. las1 )'Car ran "I even suggc.,;ted tha1 some or places while less well qualified Anderson said: '" Ifs the most uudents from relatively IA-'Callhy s1udcnts and richer students The Hip Operatio n. says he has the moneY could go 10 ESCA and fami lie would be able effectively would be allowed to ~buy" their no plans to challenge Mr Andcr­ h~ ¥1id 1hat , J wa, lowering the 10 buy their places. placcs. · son's decision and will instead lone-of 1hcconversa tion. Continued on P. J 2 Thursday, November 3, 1988 Treasurer Flouts GM Mandate SJ-IONA EASON GIBSON. issue , effectively blocked Man­ EUSA Treasurer. last night dela"s chances as the motion can­ flouted a General Meeting not now be considered at next motion o rdering her to press weck"s General Meeting and no Nelson Ma ndela's nomina- policy ca n be formed either way. tion for tl}e Honorary Presi- c:~;~~n~;:t~n~~~Yth':y i:;:,~a\~ : dcncy o f the Students' 1wo-third majority in 1heir ravour Association - an act which from the SRC. ·could lead to her eventual At last night's meeting votes recall from office. were cast 25 in favour and 14 The General Meeting is the against. Had Gibson voted in supcreme decision-making body accordance with her mandate vot­ ofthe Association and Sabbaticals ing would have been 26 in favour nll&St ac1 on its mandates. fail ure and 13 against with the chair"s At Alphie's in Flesh market Close last wednesday was Garry Dobson, 1st year Malhs and Psychology stu­ to do so is usual ly held on grou nds casti ng vote carrying the motion . dent who had his head shoed for charity. Garry is the you nger brother of Ken Dobson who is the General for their reca ll from office. Gibson defended her action. Convener of ESCA. The event raised .£230. ' A campaign 10 promote Man- calling the issue a mauer for "indi­ C~~ry was persuaded to do lhis by h.is father, who dislikes long hair, and his brother, Ken, who thinks dcla's nomination was launched vidu al choice .. and argui ng that chant1 es get lots or dosh. this week by EUSA Secretary the mandate applies 10 the Sab- ---------- ----~ Mark Wheatley. baticals as a whole. Gibson·s vote at last night"s mce1- She maintained that Wheatle)'·s ing of the students" Reprcsc nta- satifics the General Meeting Man­ tive Council held 10 discu~ the da le. Campus to Campus Aids Research WH ILE Oxford University's rhinoce r0s in South Africa and Broadcasting Freedom. fund-raiser has been grab- whilst studying the primatol-, travelled from England to address A TEAM of AIDS resear­ Life and Health , see their first bi ng the imagination of the ogy of baboons. the conference. He spoke on the task as 10 establish the fac1s of the · I She was shadowing the rcce~t . Hurd ban on Sinn Fein chers fro m Edinburgh U ni­ nattona press over the past baboons accompanied by a lee- tel~v1s1on _ap~ar~nccs. and versity will be going to Zaire present situation, as no proper survey has yet been carried out. week , Cambridge had just turcr from the University of Natal ~mtcd out 1t~ s1gmficance, par­ with a £190,CXX> grant from Research will be hampered by revealed a much lower-key when the rhin0 was upset and 11 cul~rly at a time wh~n t~e.der~­ the Medical Research Coun­ the difficulty in diagnosing the effort to fund the university charged. striking the 23-year-old gulat1on of broadcasting 1s 1mm1- cil. virus in children in Africa. The into the year 2000. student with its horn. nent. · They will be 100king at the inci­ virus shares its symptoms with a In the spring of next year. it is Although Queen's Student dence of HIV (the AIDS virus) in number of other condilions com­ hoped a Cambridge Foundation, Union is unable to directly fund African mothers living in rural mon in African children. :~:fis~:;b7~~l~~~t':~i~i:i~: BELF~ST -:-La~t weekend, ·~:!t~~~~~t~;o~h areas. the pattern or transmission ··whether in Europe or 1 ~:! ";!C:e~ todian of funds Cambridge hope Queens University, Belfast, mcnt and provided facilities for from mothers 10 children , the Africa," he said. '"our ultimate progress of the disease and the purpose mus! be to identify effec­ 10 raise, and then la rgct appropi- played host to a Students the weekend free of charge. effects of standard immunisations tive methods of prevention and. if rately. Against Oppression Confer- on infected and controlled groups possible. cure. These need to be ··ours will be a series of linked ence, which was run by a !Jf children. sociall y acceptable. scientifically campaignswithspecificobjcctivcs campaigning body I of the DUNDEE - The Principal The team, led by Dr William sound and reasonably economi­ in mind,M declared a spokesman same name~ of Dundee University, Cutting, se11ior lecturer in the cal. I hope our basic study will be for the present Cambridge A generalised student cam- Michael Hawkin , is reported Uni~_ersity's Department of Child a small step towards this." ::r~eil~t~~nt~is~:~;, i~hcct~~~~ hi~t:u:~;~\~~ri~;~~:i;1:J to want to expel David Shay- tank currently formulating the ror, and an anti-extradition march ter, the editor of A1111asach, objectives for 1he FQundation.