Thursday, 27 October 2005, 10:56 am Press Release: Green Party
27 October 2005
Students being punished for university's
failures
It is unfair that students are to suffer the
consequences of Canterbury University's failure to secure
more adequate Government funding, Green Party Education
Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.
The university has
announced that it plans to increase student fees by 5
percent next year saying it needs to in order to maintain
quality education.
"Milking students for more and more is
a futile shell game that will do nothing for a quality
education. It is a growing trend for universities to punish
their students for failure to secure adequate funding from
the Government.
"I am disappointed that the university
has ignored the students' association's attempted to
negotiate a lower increase.
"It is clear that the students
understood the constraints on the university and were
prepared to do their bit.
"But the university's refusal
to accept that compromise showed that Canterbury has also
been infected with the increasing contempt for students that
is prevalent among many universities," Mrs Turei
says.
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