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Monday 21 May 2012 • Issue 594 • www.exepose.com • Twitter: @Exepose • www.facebook.com/Exepose
The price of progress
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Forum flourishes amid café closures Zoe Bulaitis & Tom Payne Editors THE busy exam period has drawn an overwhelming amount of students onto campus, with the appeal of an updated library, extra study space and fresh Costa coffee. In the first 400 hours of use, Market Place has kept hard-working students fed and consistently sold out of key products, whilst Costa has already become the busiest branch in the South West. The initial success of the new Forum outlets has been marred by the announced closure of the highly popular cafes in the Queen’s, Harrison and Amory buildings. Has the changing footfall on campus had a detrimental affect to the takings of some of these University outlets? Jilly Court, Director of Campus Services Operations said: “We have continued to develop and invest in our facilities over recent years to provide new places for our students to eat, drink and socialize. Outlets such as La Touche and Terrace Restaurant have proved extremely popular.” “It will of course be sad to see some of the older outlets close at the end of the year, however I am confident that the outlets remaining continue to offer a diverse range of services.” Dr. Robert Mack, College of Humanities, does not see a correlation
between the Forum opening and the café closures. He argues that “in the mere handful of days imediately subsequent to the hype surrounding the festive and regal inauguration [...] the long-term impact made by one facility on another could not have been accurately assessed”. The cafés will be removed in favour of key social and learning areas for students and academic staff. No compulsory redundancies will be made, and existing staff are to be redeployed to other areas in the University. The news will come as a blow to students and staff who regularly use the cafés in their respective academic buildings. 2nd year History student, Tom Ling sees this as an example of the attitude towards Arts subjects in general: “Humanities are always neglected so this comes as no surprise. It was helpful being able to easily grab a coffee between lectures.” It cannot be denied that the new facilities have been highly successful additions to campus life. Nick Davis, Guild President remains optimistic about student opinion: “I think the Forum has been very well received by students and staff […] the feedback I am hearing is overwhelmingly positive”. Inside this week’s issue, Exeposé reports on evolving student opinion surrounding the Forum and the backlash from disrupted examinations.
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