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Students at Guy’s campus show the Government that they stand to defend the education they love
STUDENTS WIN FIGHT AGAINST
King’s News King’s Entertainment Vol 19, Issue 10 May 15th - Sept 20th 2012
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well... almost! Zoe Tipler
Over the last year, students’ unions across the country have been fighting against various proposals within the Government’s Higher Education White Paper. When £9000 fees were announced last summer, the National Union of Students (NUS) urged unions to use turn that disappointing set-back into a positive: and use the impending fee-rise as a way to pressure universities to ‘come clean’ on what that £9000 fees would actually include. KCLSU President Hannah Barlow, and Vice President Simi Smith, led the campaign against Hidden Course Costs at King’s. A survey ran through the autumn term for all students to fill in their course costs, and course-reps were also asked to feedback any suggestions for solutions. The results of these surveys - which Roar! reported on in the last issue - showed that many students arrived at King’s unaware that they would have to fork out for field trips, CRB checks,
Using this data collected at local unions, the NUS were able to put pressure on the QAA (Quality Assurance Agency) who create regulations for universities to follow. Following this pressure, the QAA have ruled within their UK Quality Code that universities are now required to provide information on any additional costs to prospective students. Indicator 2 of the Code states that universities must: ensure that they are transparent about the costs students have to meet, but also that they do not deter students as a result. Which is a clear push for universities to include as many costs as possible within their tuition fees.excellent news for students. Barlow will now be submitting the results of KCLSU’s survey, with solutions proposed to tackle the commonest problems at King’s, to the College education Committee to be discussed by Departments and Heads of Schools.
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travel to medical placements, books or lab equipment essential to their course. Unions across the country found the same.
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