LEEDS 5 e ag p — t rp exce r he tc Ca INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Spy • Amazement as Minister visits Leeds `He knows nothing' A fact finding mission to Leeds io,• students Charles Riley and by new Minister for Higher David Shelling recited their Education Robert Jackson. poems against government turned into an acute embarrass- education policy, part of their ment when it became clear that repertoire as the comedy group he was painfully uninformed on 'Codmen Inc'. the country's education situa- The 'alternative' demo was tion. organised by the Students Un- Student leaders were clearly ion to avoid the more orthodox amazed at the ministers lack of method of jeering and egg knowledge. Poly Union presi- throwing . dent Ed Gamble said. "I fear At the University no such for Higher Education with this originality was in evidence. man at the helm. He know no- Near 150 people turned up to thing." the disappointingly small demo LUU general secretary Ger- outside the great Hall, which he maine Varnay was also none visited during the afternoon. too impressed. Nominated by the Exec to meet the minister LULI administration officer and put forward the Unions Austen Earth put the low turn- opposition to reduced govern- out down to the time of year, ment funding. she left the con- "It's very difficult to motivate frontation frustrated. people at this time of year. 'He was so patronising and They're heavily involved in condescending. Predictably he their social lives." he said. didn't listen to a word I said.' Nevertheless the crowd was The day long trip was heavily able to produce an astonishing punctuated by demonstrations volume of noise on the arrival • Robert Jackson MP. Is he 'on the case'? against the government under- of the Tory minister. As Mr Paul J. Greco funding of education and the Jackson neared the door to the University vice chancellor Sir people turning up to hear the He refused to confirm that threat of student loans, at three Great Hal he turned and faced Edward Parkes who preceeded cold and rain. the government would not he campuses in Leeds. the chanting protestors Mr Jackson into the building, The crowd was so small that a ihtroducing student loans, At Trinity and All Saints Col- apparently in an act of de- told Leeds Student that the best confident Jackson decided to Indeed little came out of the lege in Horsforth he was met by fiance. way to enter into discussion address his opposition perso- visit or the demonstrations that a crowd of over 100 angry stu- "I'm not impressed by this with him was to take one sub- nally. accompanied it. They arc dents. After a meeting with col- sort of thing," the minister told ject and concentrate on it. "If the argument comes down bound to he merely the first of a lege principals he was forced to Leeds Student. "This isjust The demonstration at the to this sort of rabble with ban- large number of similar protests walk to his car through a silent ritual. I'm more interested in Poly was the least well attended ners then it's not very worth- this year, cordon of students, whilst Trin- dialogue and discussion." of the three with only about 2(1 while is it." he said. Jay Rayner Edinburgh LESBIAN AND SPORT BOOKS GAY AWARENESS Festival report Lots of Leeds BOOKS All the world's INSIDE a stage Freedom to love Utd footy BOOKS Page Two NEWS LUU 4 NUS Leeds University Union has simply in keeping with the care- from the Union's budget." she emphasised its support for the ful check on Union expenditure said. National Union of Students af- that is always necessary and is One of the main aims of the ter threats from a number of completely unconnected with discontented unions is a decen- student unions around the this national action," said LUU tralisation of NUS, with region- country to disaffiliate from finance secretary. Tony Au- al councils. NUS. sten, The unions, led by Wol- This has already partly been verhampton Poly, are dissatis- LUU general secretary Ger- done with the creation of West fied with the high affiliation maine Varney, as well as reiter- Yorkshire area NUS and other charges and the services they ating the importance of a similar bodies around the coun- receive in return. national base to campaign try. And anyway. LUU execu- LUU. which pays over from, also explained how use- tive say it would be relatively £48.000 to NUS every year. has less disaffiliation is. "If LUU irrelevant to LUU which, due actually reduced its contribu- did disaffiliate from NUS then to its sheer size, can be fairly tion to West Yorkshire Area the University would simply re- effective on its own. GA NUS. "This reduction though is move the affiliation money Robin Perrie ERITREAN ACTION WEEK FLOPPY PHASE Working in war-torn Eritrea The latest campaign will take will be situated in the union for Leeds Poly has purchased a for which a two day training has encouraged Leeds student, place between October 27 — donations. new computer to improve its course is needed. The Beck- Dave Hampson to spearhead November 4, when students administration. ett Park and city sites are Exhibitions will be held in It was purchased at an un- also connected by the com- the repeat of the successful. will be asked to contribute one the Parkinson Court and Riley Eritrean Action Campaign held day's grant (£5.25) towards the disclosed price, to improve puter allowing greater com- Smith Hall, with guest speakers the Union's financial and munication. Installed last in the university from 1985-86. housing of refugees. "Every- also being invited. Last year, £5,(X)O was raised thing given will go towards the administrative efficiency. by summer, it still needs some by encouraging students to for- tent workshop, so people have Anyone willing to assist with placing records on floppy getting used to. but it is feit one days grant resulting in a decent place to live," empha- the campaign can go along to disks rather than in filing already pulling its weight, the establishment of a steel and sised Dave. the R.N. Evans lounge on cabinets. and will hopefully continue woodwork shop on the main Canvassers will visit universi- October 22 at 7.30. It enables the staff to use to do so. refugee camp in Eritrea. ty accommodation and a desk Lesley Maitland word processing facilities, Tom Walker The chaotic scenes and long staff under one roof and offer cess to be quite efficient and considerably down on last year. queues at Iast week's new Uni- more space for sports clubs and that this accounted for the less Meetings are already taking versity registration system in banks, rather than the maze of chaotic scenes on Thursday and place for next year with the QUEUE the sports hall. were described corridors in the Baynes Wing. Friday. inclusion of grant cheque pay- as ''a necessary evil" by deputy Dr Brookes freely admitted Austin Garth. Administra- ments and more photo booths registrar, Dr Andrew Brookes. that the queues on Wednesday tion on Exec agreed that the in the pipeline. 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