Falling student satisfaction page 14
The Big Music Debate: Kate Tempest page 48
Five a side here to stay page 55
Issue 279 Monday 10th November 2014 www.epigram.org.uk
Donervan in danger? Philip Bruland
Alexander Evans Online News Editor Oscar Cunnington Online News Editor Senior figures within university management have discussed ‘worries’ over Bristol’s favourite kebab vendor, Jason Donervan, trading close to the University’s new development on the Triangle, and some privately suggested they ‘wanted it gone’, Epigram can reveal. Epigram heard directly from a senior university
figure that there were strong voices within higher management calling for Jason Donervan to be removed from public land in front of the building as part of the University development. And sources confirmed that university management met with Bristol City Council recently explicitly to discuss ways to take ‘control of the forecourt’ area. The owner of Jason Donervan, 45-year-old Mustafa Durdu, told Epigram this was the first he had heard about University authorities discussing moving the van. ‘They can’t do something like this behind our back. ‘If they attempt something like this behind our
backs, I will go there and sit outside in protest, I will take them to court, to the High Court, to the European Court of Human Rights if need be. ‘This is my livelihood, it pays my mortgage and pays the wages of the four people that work for me.’ The kebab van, which has been trading in Bristol for over 15 years, pitches in front of the Beacon House building at 8pm every evening and remains a famous student landmark, regularly featured on sites such as Buzzfeed.
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New VC appointed University of Bristol has appointed Professor Hugh Brady - formerly President of University College Dublin (UCD) - as its next Vice-Chancellor. Brady will succeed the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Eric Thomas, in September 2015 to become the 13th man to hold the University’s top job. continued on page 3