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 LONDON WEIGHTING
With Top-up Fees coming into force from September 2006, the Government has reformed the way students are funded in Higher Education. This has made it harder for students to receive adequate funding. In particular students who are based in London under the new system are only entitled to the same level of funding as a student from anywhere else up and down the country. However, living and studying in London costs a lot of money. Whether you travel into London to study from the suburbs as a commuter or a student who is living away from home in Halls of Residence, the cost of living in London is immense. On top of the cost of living are the fees that students have to pay. Then there are the costs of socialising, buying books, lap tops and other forms of necessary expenditure. The aim of this campaign is to lobby the Department of Education and Skills, with the help of the GLA and the Mayor, to introduce London Weighting into the new Higher Education maintenance grant.  HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL WEEKThis is an event that happens every year to remember the inhumanity of fascism against an entire race of people. The focus of this will not only be to educate people about the actions of the Nazis against the Jews, but also to look at discrimination and persecution of other groups of people within society over the course of our history. The Holocaust Memorial Week will take the format of keynote speeches, presentations and stalls where external groups can promote the work that they do and to raise awareness about certain issues that their organisation aims to resolve. POSTGRADUATE WELFARE CENTRE ULU prides itself on the level of expertise given in academic advice to postgraduate students. We have a full time researcher who analyses issues regarding postgraduate students and they work alongside Daniel Snowdon, VP Welfare & Student Affairs Officer, in order to ensure that the academic lives of students at postgraduate level are as hassle free as possible. The brand new Postgraduate Welfare Centre aims to act as a support base for postgraduates across the University of London and serves as an information tool to help postgraduates who find themselves in awkward situations. These can be anything from poor relations with supervisors to more specific problems to do with the course of study. STUDENT SAFETY ULU will be complementing the GLA/Mayors campaign about safe cabbies which will encourage students to use approved cabbies only. Hopefully this will avoid attacks on students, especially female students, when coming home from nightclubs. Also, this campaign is an opportunity to establish links with the local and Metropolitan police in order to create a police hut around the Bloomsbury area so that Police Community Support Officer’s (PCSO’s) can patrol the Bloomsbury area at night. Moreover, we will be exploring the possibility of getting a Citizens Advice Bureau set up here in ULU. STOP CLIMATE CHAOS The environment and more specifically climate change has been an issue that many students have an opinion on. Daniel Snowdon, the VP Welfare and Student Affairs Officer, will be working with the Stop Climate Chaos coalition to organise a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, due to take place, on Saturday November 4th. There will also be many campaigns on the issue of climate change that will be run in conjunction with the other college Students’ Unions across the University of London. For more information on these campaigns or to get involved, please contact Daniel Snowdon, VP Welfare & Student  |