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Success: Hiatt Baker residents to receive fee reduction
Uni technician jailed for using physics lab to prepare cocaine A university lab technician has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after using university equipment to manufacture £10,000 worth of cocaine. Timothy Newbury, 53, who worked in the university’s Physics Department, used one of the labs as a ‘pressing workshop’ using a hydraulic press to prepare the class A drug for sale. continued on page 3
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Bristol students slam UNITE’s ‘inadequate safety ’ after break-in
Some students will be reimbursed up to £700 due to the disruption. Laura Webb News Reporter Hiatt Baker Hall students have finally succeeded in receiving a part-refund on accommodation fees due to the huge disruption caused by the construction of an additional 339 rooms which has taken place throughout the year. Students in the most affected rooms will receive compensation ranging from £140 to a maximum of £700, but Epigram understands that some will receive nothing. While many residents welcome the results, not all students are satisfied. Dom Walker, Hiatt Baker JCR President, told Epigram it is ‘fair that the reductions are staggered but a shame that not all will be compensated because the overall quality of life has been compromised for everyone’. Compensation will be given to rooms facing the site, which Walker explained ‘does not take into account noise pollution that has affected many more who will not get compensation.’
One resident told Epigram, ‘I’m glad some people are getting compensation, but I do feel those of us who are not have been cheated somewhat, as we have paid a considerable amount more than the accommodation has been worth.’ She explained that while students were aware of the construction works when they applied, the extent of disruption was not clear and many Hiatt Baker residents ended up there despite specifically applying to other halls to avoid the building work. Throughout the campaign, UBU Community Officer Alice Peck has been in contact with Neil Sapsworth, Director of Residences, who was drafting the final details regarding the reduced rent as Epigram went to print. ‘I think it is a fortunate and fair result’ said Peck. ‘I am proud of the way in which students at Hiatt Baker organised and campaigned on as issue that really affected them.’ Peck also said she was pleased with the University’s decision because she did not expect them to reduce rents. ‘I think the University are now aware that any future
building works must be clearly communicated to students, with constant updates of likely disruptions.’ Since the motion to gain compensation and improve living conditions passed at the Annual Members Meeting in February, communication between students, the warden, the University and contractors has improved. The University will take steps to prevent students from being seriously affected by building works in the future, particularly with the large amount of reconstruction that will be going on around the University campus over the next few years. Patrick Finch, Bursar and Director of Estates told Epigram ‘We try hard to do as much as we can outside the academic year. We will try and ensure that we issue regular updates and identify issues that may be particularly disruptive to give as much early warning as possible. We will also try and divert students and indeed staff away from areas that are difficult to access we have been doing with the Cantock Steps renovation and the Life Sciences project area.’
A group of international students have criticised the property group UNITE for ‘inadequate safety measures’ after witnessing a break-in to their accommodation. One student was awoken at 4am by the presence of a burglar, who had been trying to climb into her room until he realised that she was awake and fled. The group of students told Epigram that they did not feel that UNITE has ‘taken the incident seriously’. continued on page 3
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