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Friday, May 25, 1984 Page 3 Co-op students under the by Shirley Stacey allowed to work at any federally or Alternate solutions to work term provincially funded programs." placements for Engineering students This means foreign students have to abound, but "Career Related Job Ex­ compete only within the private perience'' that includes a salary is business sector. Young estimated that •• tougher to get. 10-12 per cent of Engineering students Co-ordination has to place around are foreign students, making it harder 40 Engineering students in career­ to get a job in a smaller area. related jobs by Monday, May 28th. Young said this is a growing problem Paul Young, Director of Co­ that could seriously affect co-op ordination, said although there are students in the future because of the more unplaced Engineering students large number of foreign students the every semester, this is not their fault. Federal government allows into the ''Three years ago we started adding high schools. 60 more students to the program each ''What foreign students do now is year. This means that there are 60 more complete their fmal year of high school students to place in jobs each work in St. John's, then do Junior Division · term. There are actually more and at Mun and enter the engineering facul­ more students employed if you look at ty. Then they can receive a work visa. it in absolute terms." This is basically why so many foreign Young said most of the 40 unplaced students are attracted to our co-op pro:­ students are junior students, and the gram.'' main reason they can't find jobs is Young did not say how many of this their low level of skill. term's 40 unplaced students were foreign students. Co-ordination's answer to this is to The CSU is also concerned with give them more marketable skills. In unplaced co-op students. Last June, 1981, they started a Special Placement CSU President Deb Thiel (82-83) began Group, where unplaced students have work on creating a federally funded the opportunity to study surveying, program specifically for co-op students computer programming and report to work in non-profit organisations writing. and municipalities. If these students are not placed by In March 1984, federal funding () . the drop and add date, they will have came through. The CSU received !1 . to work on a special project within the about one-quarter of a million dollars MUN area. These projects are created to hire 72 co-op students this year. through either Co-ordination or the This week, the CSU has finished particular faculty, and the student will placing the full 22 students in jobs work with a professor. around the province for this semester. These projects, if appropriate, are Both the Engineering and Commerce accepted by co-ordination ' s job­ faculties received equal number sof The CSU plans to apply for - we to place. Also, because it is related experience, although they are jobs. gram next year to make it an ongoing federally funded, it does not give jobs not paying jobs. Students who do not Sharon Noseworthy, a Commerce process. However, the program will to foreign students." take a special projects must leave their student working as the program ad­ have to be evaluated and modified this ' Although engineering is still primari­ programs. ministrator, explained that although year to insure that it fits into Federal ly a male area of study, co-ordination This causes a problem with students the CSU works with Co-ordination on grant criteria. does not have a problem . placing receiving student aid. Student aid the project, it is different from other There are some problems with the female students. "Most employers try automatically deducts $1448 from a established programs. program, however. Because it is fund- to give women a fair run," Young said. coo-op student's loan application as "We have to screen non-profit ed by the government, and students ''There are some employers who are • Student Contribution over work terms organisations who want students to work for non-profit organisations that antagonistic towards women, but we regardless of whether or not the stu­ make sure they need the students, and wouldn't ordinarily hire a · profes- generally try and avoid those.'' dent actually worked. aren't just draining the funding. sional, short-term jobs being created Young said that women have only Co-op students must then have con­ 'We would also have to avoid taking are not there in the long run. become involved in Engineering within firmation that they were eligible for jobs away from students that co­ Students who are placed this the past ten years, and today they still work, through the student aid appeals ordination would otherwise gets." semester cannot count on returning to make up only 10 per cent of the total procedure. the same job at their next work term, Engineering population at MUN. D. Samsome, Assistant deputy and creating a basis for ~ career with Regardless, he said, in the past ten minister of Education, said that Deferrals the employer is virtually impossible. years four women have won the gold suitable proof would be a registration Co-ordiniation is pleased with the medal for academic excellence upon notice with Manpower and five letters by Shirley Stacey project, but Young questioned its ef- graduation.· · from employers who didn't hire the Of the 500 students who used the fectiveness. ''When you consider the low student. power failure as a reason to apply for "This project provides us with 15 or so numbers of women enrolled, you Co-op students have to find career deferred exams, 95 per cent have been jobs a semester, but this is only a small realise that we've had some exceptional related work, which cuts down on the accepted. component in the total of 600 students women in the program at MUN." . number of prospective employers that The storm, which cut off electricity Manpower could provide. Besides this, through~ut the Avalon peninsula, left the student would have to refuse any many students in the dark when they other type of work that isn't career­ would have been studying for exams. New timeta related because the Co-operative will On the Saturday of the storm, the not recognise it as a work-term. Council of the Students' Union set up a by Heather Roberts give students some choice. Sansome acknowledged this pro­ committee with representatives of stu­ Starting this fall, the average day of In addition to these changes, there blem, but wasn't sure of the procedure dent affairs to decide what would be a MUN student will end at 6:00. will be five slots for labs instead of the for dealing with these students. He done with the upcoming week of ex­ This is the major difference in the usual two. questioned the credibility of a special ams. The committee decided to cancel new timetable, which will start this fall University Registrar Glenn Collins project as being 'career-related job ex­ the following Monday's exams and due to the expected increase in first­ said that, until about 8 years ago, the perience.' rearranged the schedule to accomodate year students. MUN timetable ran from 9 to 6. Norm Snelgrove, director of Student the displaced finals. In the senior division timetable, the Collins feels the new timetable is the Aid, was unavailable for comment. · Ed Byrne and Anne Jackman of the morning slots will remain the same, best alternative for a hectic situation. Young also blames part of the up lac­ CSU propsed that students with just running from 9 to 12. Lunch time slots '' Jt will give some students a better ed engineering students on foreign cause be allowed to either drop courses will be increased another hour from choice. They can now come to universi­ students. without prejudice or have their exams noon till three.