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Living Classical Analysis ANALYSIS LIVING CLASSICAL A freshers’ guide to Check out our all- Where, when and all things CUSU new living pullout how to get involved PAGE 04 PAGES L1-L8 PAGE 20 Issue: 562 www.varsity.cam.ac.uk 04 October 2002 THE CAMBRIDGE STUDENT NEWSPAPER CAMBRIDGE PLC bined HEFCE grant and a restricted Oly Duff, Luke Layfield & Jonny Mather fee is not sustainable”. Opposition in In the past week Varsity has dis- the Senate House meant that the line covered that Cambridge was eventually dropped. University is secretly lobbying An insider on the Joint Committee Rowan Huppert the government to allow the in- on Admissions, consisting of represen- troduction of top-up fees through tatives from the CAO and all of the col- the back door, in a desperate at- leges, pointedly confirmed that it had tempt to raise funds and address not been told of the University’s plans. their dire financial situation. “I would be interested in finding out just The University’s latest statement on what exactly is going on,” they said. the subject is that “at present we have Senior administration staff have been no plans to introduce top-up fees,” told that “top-up fees have not been and that, as published in the 16th ruled in, they have not been ruled out”. November 2001 edition of the Reporter, The University is a member of “any further increase in up-front costs the Russell Group, the top 20 re- for students could damage the advances search institutions in the country, already made in broadening participa- whose members have been openly tion”. This denial seems in stark contrast discussing top-up fees over the sum- to action behind the scenes. As mer. Sir Colin Campbell, Vice Cambridge University Student Union Chancellor of Nottingham President Paul Lewis told Varsity: “I am University has said that institutions certain that there are officials in the should be allowed to charge top-up University who are intent on solving fees of up to £4,000 to reverse “sys- their financial prediciment by going pri- tematic underfunding” of the sector. vate. He went on to say: “Top-up fees Cambridge’s financial problems are represent a huge step away from gov- particularly pressing, as revealed in ernment control and influence, and in August in a report by its own watchdog, this sense are akin to privatisation.” The Board of Scrutiny. “The projected MP for Cambridge Anne Campbell, deficit for the chest 2002-03 is £11.6m speaking exclusively to Varsity, con- and further deficits of £15.7m, £18m, firmed that the University is lobbying and £20.5m are projected for the next the government over the matter. “I un- three years,” it said. “This means that derstand that is the case,” she said when the chest will have drawn down £71.5m questioned. from the chest reserves over five years.” Campbell met recently with Higher The Board demanded a “root and Education Minister Margaret Hodge to branch” review of funding and urged express her fears over the damaging im- debate over a new building programme. pact that top-up fees, which could be as The Department for Education and much as £4,000 per year, would have Skills yesterday refused to rule out the upon university access. “I have grave possibility of top-up fees in the future. concerns about top-up fees which I have The report of the government’s on-go- systematically opposed due to their im- ing review into HE funding is due out plications upon access,” she said. “The in late November after a further post- perception of the University that top-up ponement. A spokesman promised: fees would create will put students from “Any impact from the strategy docu- low income families off applying.” ment will not deter students from going In addition a confidential draft of to university. We want to ensure that the University’s Annual Report, leaked debt doesn’t put people off applying”. to Varsity by an Old School’s official, Though Labour has ruled out changes… states: “the present system of com- Continued on page 2 The region’s best guide to what’s on – see next Thursday’s Cambridge Evening News 02 NEWS 04 October 2002 A www.varsity.cam.ac.uk Inside this issue… pg 3 Eye on Access PEMBROKE DINE AT HIGH TABLE We ask the head of Admissions what’s being done to the fall of St John’s from 4th to 11th ating a virtuous circle, but a vicious Jonny Mather wipe out Cambridge elitism position, who – along with Fitzwilliam circle at the other end of the scale.” Tompkins’ Table 2002 Rank This year’s Tompkins’ table of and Robinson - were the biggest los- Such a view might be echoed by 2002 2001 College Performance pg 4 Analysis individual colleges’ exam re- ers, is a notable exception. Corpus the two all-female colleges, New Hall 1 7 Pembroke 67.73% 2 2 Emmanuel 66.50% All you ever wanted to sults shows Pembroke as the Christi’s controversial policy of and Newnham, who have consis- 3 6 Clare 66.46% know about CUSU- and probably best-performing college for the awarding rooms based on the quali- tently languished at or near the bot- 4 1 Christ’s 65.98% 5 5 Queens 65.39% much more first time in the 22 year history ty of an undergraduate’s exam per- tom of the table, with this year’s re- 6 3 Trinity 65.38% of the rankings, replacing formance continues to bear little fruit. sults being no exception. Dr Owen 7 8 Gonville & Caius 64.44% Christ’s at the head of the The college, formerly one of the Saxton, admissions tutor at New Hall 8 10 Downing 64.41% 9 11 Jesus 63.87% University league table. University’s top performers, has (who finished bottom), was quick 10 9 Churchill 63.85% The table, published annually and shown little improvement on the 20th to question the value of a league table 11 4 St John’s 63.79% 12 18 St Catharine’s 63.13% based on exam results from every un- position that they achieved last year. based on the exam results of every 13 12 Selwyn 63.01% dergraduate year, is the brainchild of King’s and Magdalene showed the undergraduate year, rather than 14 21 King’s 62.68% 15 22 Magdalene 62.54% Pricewaterhouse Coopers partner best advance over the last twelve those of just final exams. “I wish they 16 17 Girton 61.55% Peter Tompkins, who first produced months, jumping from 21st to 14th could be based on the final year 17 15 Trinity Hall 61.33% pg 7 Perspective it “out of curiosity” in his final year as place and from 22nd to 15th respec- only,” he said, and went on to point 18 20 Corpus Christi 60.67% 19 16 Sidney Sussex 60.47% Should Britain join forces a maths undergraduate at Trinity in tively. Students at St Catherine’s, much- out that in their final exams New 20 13 Fitzwilliam 60.42% with the US and declare War 1981, and is now compiled for the harangued last year by college au- Hall students “do as well as women 21 14 Robinson 60.38% 22 24 Newnham 59.36% against Iraq ? Independent to assist sixth-form stu- thorities and the national media for anywhere in the University”. 23 19 Peterhouse 57.83% dents in choosing a college. excessive drinking and unsightly dis- As things stand, with the 24 23 New Hall 57.01% Points are allocated as follows: I - 5pts, II.1 - 3pts, II.2 - pg 10 News “We are of course delighted to plays of public nudity, also clearly did Tompkins table being used as the 2pts, III - 1pt. Performance percentages are calculated as The Union: a new coat of have come top,” said Pembroke sen- some things right as the college’s rank- principle yardstick for a college’s ac- the proportion of the maximum possible points score at- paint hiding the same problems or ior tutor Dr Mark Vormauld. “Over ing improved by six places, moving ademic record, Saxton sees the sys- tainable by a college. genuine reform? the last decade we have been steadi- from 18th in the table up to 12th. tem as “anti-access” believing that much into statistics in the league ly improving our performance with- However Mr Tompkins is keen to undue pressure is being put on ad- table culture that has grown up in pg 15 Theatre in the university, investing time and point out that it is unwise to read too missions tutors to admit candidates Britain: “what matters is that the The essential Fresher’s money in recruiting the best students much into the results, saying that “by who will perform well from the out- people and surroundings of a col- guide to Cambridge Drama and from a wide range of backgrounds and large the data is insufficiently large set of their degree, rather than im- lege or university are suitable for the how to get involved and making sure they have the sup- to give statistically significant results” proving over the course of their candidate’s ability to get the most port they need to succeed.” and recognising the fact that “they can three years. out of the time there. That is not pg 17 Film The top ten academic perform- have the effect of attracting more good Peter Tompkins also has a word something we can measure with sta- The Summer releases re- ers remain largely unchanged, though people to a college that does well, cre- of warning for those who read too tistics.” viewed: what was hot, and what wasn’t NUS CAMPAIGN ATTEMPTS TO CALL TIME ON STUDENT DRINKING pg 19 Music Fesitval frolics from France cash has gone into the campaign, fund- John West and the latest CDs as Varsity tells ed entirely by the Portman Group: “It you what’s worth listening to Over the summer the NUS is part of our welfare drive.
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