Leeds FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7th 1984 O.G.M. Tuesday, Dec 11th StudentINDEPENDENT LEEDS AREA STUDENT NEWSPAPER — 1.00pm - Riley Smith Hall LECTURE BOYCOTT AT POLY FEES SCRAPPED Day of action against the grant proposals which are to come into opera- tion next year, is to be held on December 10th at Leeds Polytechnic. The students union has called BUT GRANT AXE for a peaceful rally outside the Governers meeting at Beckett Park at 2 O'clock on December 10th. as a reaction against the proposals. It has also called for a boycott of all classes and lec- tures that afternoon. Whilst the .proposals have been widely criticised Dr. Pat- REMAINS rick Nuttgens. Director of Sir Keith Joseph appeases Leeds Polytechnic, has re- mained uncritical of the cuts. He stated. "It reflects the mood back benchers but not students of the country and its about Sir Keith Joseph has been ernment came to power. time those who can afford it There is now no possibility financed their children through forced into a 'humiliat- ing' U-turn over student of parents being forced to pay college". tuition fees and grant cuts President, Bill Cooke says, grants this week but it have been scaled down. "The time has come to show could mean that the prop- Although the minimum grant Dr_ Nuttgens we are not chil- • Phew Sonar. 0,piser osals to axe the minimum of £205 is still to be abolished "11-tnr, is ettAnn rued:. fits n dren. To tell him that he seems and the increase in grants will 5 i•-• grant will be passed by furidmental review of the rare bashing'. ThirT . -s to have no idea of hardship that still he lower than inflation. the Commons. grants system and that has out of forty speakcrs .0 the students suffer in this Opposition spokesperson licen done", he said. noisy meeting told Sir Keith polytechnic". By scrapping his proposals on Education, Giles Radice that he had no option but to He stressed the necessity of to introduce tuition fees. Sir described the compromise as a withdraw his scheme_ It is he • students' support, and the sup- Keith Joseph has effectively elimbdown for Report by humiliating lieved that it was the larger port of parents, on whom the squashed the biggest hack- the Government'. but Sir TINA OGLE private meeting of Tory alit's financial burden will fall. bench revolt since the Gov- Keith has emerged from an since the Falklands war. Sim- Alan Spencer issue that could have The announced concessions Keith emerged saying. "I am t hreatened his resignation. arc to cost the Government an deaf and dumb". Sir Keith': siiprisingiy well. estimated 1:21 million and sav- response, the nest tlar, "He has done the least he ings arc to he made elsewhere appears to have appeased his could do to satisfy the - notably in the slashing of back benchers. Tories". said Leeds University University. equipment grants However, he has not quel- and a reduction Union President. Martin by di million led all criticism. Leeds Uni- Glancy. in funding to scientific re- versity Vice Chancellor, Sir In his speech to the Com- search bodies which will Edward Parkes, still objects to mons, Sir Keith Joseph said amount to E3 million. the fundamental principle be- that there were two main con- Feeling among Ton back hind the proposals. "Science against the origin- cerns which prompted his bench MP's and Higher Education should compromise. Firstly. that the al proposals had run very not he in competition", he strongly, largely because of increase in parental contribu- said. tions was 'too sharp and too the wealth of protest from Although National Union sudden'. Secondly. he said their traditional middle class of Students President. Phil that there had to he, "a radical supporters who were hit har- Woolas, welcomed the TIJfil change in the student support dest by the grant proposals. around, he was still critical. system which might include Scenes at a private meeting in NUS still plans to go ahead loans". the Commons on Tuesday with its campaign against cuts Tory MP's Leader of the back bench night. in which 250 in student grants. revolt. Dr. Keith Hampson. attacked Sir Keith's propos- welcomed the new statement. als, have been described a Tina Ogle LEEDS ALIGHT - SEE P.2 The Polytechnic Union Iws condemned Dr Patrick Nuttgens' his own through college. tie saw no reason why other parent's who could comments in last week's National Student. afford it shouldn't. The Poly Director, reacting to the Government's proposed grants cuts, An NUS survey shows that an% of students do not receive a full grant. said the move was "an extraordinary act of socialism by a Conservative Such abuses to the system aren't a reason for refuting the general Poly government. It reflects the mood of the country and it's about time those principle that parents should pay". responded Nutlgens. who can afford it financed their own children through college". Deputy Director. Mr Wright. agreed with the theory of parental He added that he had more sympathy with the Polytechnic's poorly paid contributions, that richer parents should pay more, but added that in porters. practise the proposals would he a nightmare. Boss "Such tinkering with the system is inadequate; the whole thing needs These comments have provoked an angry response from the Student's Union. "He's living in an ivory tower", said Union President. Bill Cooke. rethinking", he said. Their anger arises not only from the lack of support shown by Dr. The Union Exec.. have called for a day of action on Monday in response Nuttgens for the students campaign against the cuts, but also for his •io Dr. Nuttgens' statements, although he himself told Leeds Student that Speaks the Exec. had not actually approached him since he made his comments. apparent lack of concern for students' eyeryday conditions, While Dr. Nuttgens claims he has seen -no evidence to suggest that low On the part of the Exec they feel the lack of any active support from value grants discourage students. Poly Welfare are dealing with over 150 their Director. Out cases of financial hardship each week. "It is very sad to see that such a profound challenge to free education "Only today two people told me they would he unable to continue their for those who could benefit from it is endorsed by a few glib words from courses due to lack of finance", said Pill Cooke. someone who should know better", said Bill Cooke. Dr. Nuttgens told Leeds Student that, having supported five children of David Eley ETHI O PIA THE KILLING GREENHAM Plus complete INSIDE: OPINION FIELDS COMMON 'WHAT'S ON P.6 P.8 & 9 P.14 GUIDE' TO LEEDS PAGE TWO ENTRY PRISON SENTENCES FOR PROBLEMS A report soon to be pub- lished by the Further HARRINGTON PROTESTORS Education Unit says that Two students jailed for picketing students with vocational qualifications find it har- National Front activist. Pat- den the picketing of Harring- again and still refused to abide der to enter further educa- rick Harrington was back in ton's lectures. by the High Court ruling. The Judge sentenced them to two tion than those with A- the headlines this week after The students concerned Bureaucracy has reared its ugly were warned that if they con- weeks in Pentonville Prison. Levels. two students were jailed last head once more. An emergency mo- Wednesday for picketing tinued picketing they would The Socialist Worker Stu- The study was carried out in be in breach of court and tion to NUS Conference conde- thirty universities, twenty-four his lectures at North Lon- dent Society commented on . therefore liable to jail sent- mning NUS inefficiency at last polytechnics and ten colleges don Poly. the affair 'those at the North ence. When two of the stu- London Poly, have continual- week's demon, has EFFICIENTLY and concentrates on access to The students were named dents refused to give the been clamped down on by the NUS courses in physics. civil and ly been stabbed in the back by with four others in an injunc- undertaking that they would declaring the deadline for emergen- mechanical engineering and the N.U.S. leadership, their tion taken out by Harrington cease to picket Harrington's crime has been that in order to cy motions to be last Monday, business studies. early in November. They were lectures, the Judge suspended It says that although voca- prevent a Fascist organizer So denied the pleasure, the meet- identified as being on picket the hearing as he did not want tional qualifications are going onto the campus they ing has to be content with the mun- lines and reprimanded for to make martyrs of them. accepted by most institutions had to break the law.' dane ordinary business. Paul contravening a previous High Last Wednesday the two instead of A-Levels, actual de- Court ruling which has forbid- students appeared in court Justin Hunt Hubert wasn't just content with cri- partments often set their own, ticising NUS, he wanted our own different standards. bureaucracy, in the shape of Geller. The study said it had been al Secretary Marcus Sheff censured found that there were very few more abstract studying that is over the money to the miners saga. students with vocational qual- required at university and ifications going into higher hence simply do not apply to CHRISTMAS He was not allowed to discuss it, education although those who university. 'In my experience, and the meeting went hack to the did tended to do as well, if not those with FIND backgrounds demo last Wednesday.