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Student Activities Centre Sets Precedent for 2002-2003 The University of Surrey Students’ Union Newspaper issue 1037 www.ussu.co.uk THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2002 free FRESHERS’ £40,000 refurbishment ensures USSU provides the best services for its students FESTIVAL All the details of what will be going Student activities centre sets on at the Union page 13 INDIVIDUAL precedent for 2002-2003 DEVELOPMENT THE UNIVERSITY OF Surrey Students’ By Richard Watts A more in depth look at the specifics of Union will open its brand new activities the pilot ID scheme run by USSU and centre tomorrow (Friday) morning and Butterworth during a ceremony which will the University | page 8 begin the first of many years providing the begin at 10:30am at the Stag Hill entrance students of the University of Surrey with to the area and will conclude with fresher’s all the services and facilities they require fayre - the annual celebration of the Union’s to reap the most benefit from their time at sports clubs and societies at which freshers OPMAN COMPETITION university. can sign-up for anything they wish T The £40,000 development will be opened The activities centre, which is to be known £100 worth of clothing vouchers to be by the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor Peter simply as the ‘Students’ Union’, is the result won by one lucky reader in this week’s of a succesful request by last year’s sabbati- competition | page 15 cal officers and the permanent staff to the University’s senior officials. The extensive The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Patrick Dowling, refurbishment work was carried out over admiring USSU’s new display boards IN THIS WEEK’S PAPER the summer and involved knocking through reach Co-ordinator and the Student Services what used to be the nursery and cloakroom Co-ordinator) and the new position of the Prevent the war on Iraq areas, creating one spacious open-plan area. Union receptionist. It is the hub from which “There is simply no justification for armed The centre will allow the non-commercial the DAVE project, the volunteering opportu- conflict” - the stop the war march occuring aspect of the Union to flourish and will pro- nites project and the Programme Represen- in London at the weekend News | page 3 vide a sound base from which all of these tation projects will run, alongside all of the activities can be co-ordinated, as well as a activities of the sabbatical officers. Keep Wednesday afternoons free point at which students can gather to use Students are encouraged to utilise the Stu- the computing, photocopying and printing dents’ Union in its new form for whatever Wednesday afternoons should be kept facilities. purposes they require, including welfare available for students to play sport Letters Located in the new area are the sabbati- issues, computer use or simply a place to to the Editor | page 5 cal officers, the non-commercial services relax. The Union is open to everyone and department (including the Marketing & Stu- can help you to achieve what you want out Careers help from Dr Russ The Students’ Union President Paul Wright and the dent Services Manager, the Support & Out- of your time at university. The head of the careers service says that it Vice-Chancellor in the new activties centre is possible to find a job which is right up your street Professional Page | page 9 barearts literature reviews A special look at the Franz Kafka short Sunday night is alright for Whigfield story Metamorphosis and its many themes and subtleties barearts | page 15 Danish euro-popper gets the freshers dancing on first Sunday night the surrey scoop THE EURO-POP singing Whigfield kicked off the fresher’s The brand new gossip column of barefacts, week entertainments in the Union on Sunday night with a rousing brought to you by A. Nonny Mouse and perfomance of her solitary hit “Saturday night”. Resplendent some very close friends... page 22 in a tethered skirt and sleeveles top, the Danish performer set the tone for the rest of the week’s entertainments by putting on Cricket and the English summer a quite spectacular show and cast aside thoughts of fatigue any A report from the cricket club of the Uni- of the audience may have had from the day’s tiring moving-in versity of Surrey as they embark on their experience. tour to Blackpool Sport | page 24 The Union itself was packed almost to capacity and the experience of the Union entertainments for continuing students was as good as it was for the first year students, with USSU’s stage crew doing a truly magnificent job wth the stage-rig for the event. INSIDE Page 3: freshers moving-in day and a look at their first week at UniS barefacts believes: succesfully making their way through countless talks is no simple task for your average new student 2 NEWS 26 September 2002 Skills development in schools NUS urges universities to think Volunteering opportunities in the local community carefully about private halls FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS of schemes By Ross Kelway By Richard Watts universities to think carefully before they run over the past few years, the UniS get involved with these companies.” Educational Liaison Centre is once again said “these schemes have been a successful THE NATIONAL UNION of Students Verity Coyle stressed the importance of running a series of projects for students to activity for the University for several years (NUS) today warned universities to give involving students in all parts of the process. participate in. now. They help students by providing an proper consideration to any plans to She said: “Ultimately it is students that will The Mentoring, Tutoring and Schools opportunity for skills accreditation, as well privatise halls of residence, following the be living in these halls therefore it is in Without Walls schemes all involve students as providing valuable role models for school spectacular collapse of a deal between the everyone’s interest to make sure they are working within schools and colleges in the pupils and help for teachers.” Unite Group and the University of Sheffield. fully consulted. Universities need to ensure local community. The Mentoring scheme For more information or to get involved in The deal was a ‘pathfinder’ pilot project set that the students’ union is involved from the sees students receive training as mentors the schemes, contact Ross Kelway on 01483 to be repeated across the country, with part- very start and what students want, on things before being placed within secondary 683177 or visit www.surrey.ac.uk/mets funding from the Higher Education Funding like safety issues and proper channels to air schools. Teachers at the school select pupils Council for England (HEFCE). grievances, are taken into account.” they believe would benefit from the scheme NUS Vice President for welfare Verity and the mentors meet them to provide Coyle said: “NUS’ main concerns with support and guidance for one hour a week. the privatisation of halls of residences is Meanwhile the Tutoring scheme trains the maintaining of high levels of provision students to go into primary and secondary for students. We fear that residences that schools to provide one to one tuition, small are left open to the highest bidder may not group activities and general classroom offer the same assurances on safety and assistance. The Schools Without Walls quality for students. We do not want student scheme runs differently to Mentoring and accommodation to be run by companies The Bank residences (below) are built by the Housing Tutoring. Local Sixth Formers are recruited more concerned with profit margins than Association, who then sub-let to UniS for thirty years. into small teams which are led by a trained students’ needs.” UniS student. The Sixth formers are then NUS, however, is keen to find examples placed in local schools to act as classroom of good practice where part-privatisation assistants. has worked. Verity Coyle said: “NUS For each of these schemes, after a minimum shall be commissioning research this year of 10 hours contact time the students can that pro-actively seeks good examples have their work assessed and achieve NVQ of part-privatisation, where good safe equivalent credits through the Open College accommodation that reflects students’ Network. needs is in place. We are not systematically Student Initiatives Officer, Ross Kelway, ruling out further partnerships, just asking 26 September 2002 NEWS 3 First year students arrive during good weather and a well-planned, well-executed moving-in procedure IT WAS ONCE again proved last Sunday that nearly two-thousand By Richard Watts new students into university accommodation does go. An army of some one hundred and fifty fresher’s ‘angels’ and some dedicated Welfare & Education Officer, Toni Borneo, who said af- “old hands” all mucked in to ensure that the moving-in process ran terwards: “The day has gone just as we hoped. Everyone as smoothly as it ever has over the past few years - the culmination worked really well with each other and we were very fortu- of months of hard work and endeavour. nate that the rain held off almost all day.” Ben Mac - a survi- Helpers were gathered in all of the university accommodation vor of no less than eight moving-in days - commented that it court reception areas and car-parks to guide new students and their had been “the best moving-in day” he could remember. families in the direction of the appropriate accommodation. A con- The day has set the tone for the rest of the week in and siderable van service was utilised to ferry all of the luggage from around the Union, with a notable turn-out at the first freshers car park four to each court; it was made up of five vans, a fair few event on the Sunday evening (see front page) and every sub- drivers, a vast array of walkie-talkies, some fifteen supervisors and sequent event.
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