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A mass meeting of the A s s o c i a t i o n of S c i e n t i f i c , Technic a l and Managerial S t a f f s on Tuesday voted"almost unanimously i n support of t h e i r leadership s t r i k e proposals which back a u n i v e r s i t y t e c h n i c i a n pay c l a i m . The 500 s t r ong Imperial College branch w i l l take part in. a national., one day s t r i k e on 29th A p r i l and a three day stoppage at t h i s college from 6 t h to 8 t h May (to c o - i n c i d e w i t h the college open day on 8 t h May which i s designed to further the £2 m i l l i o n I . C , appeal launched i n January). I s o l a t e d stoppages at other u n i v e r s i t i e s w i l l a l s o take p l a c e . . The salary c l a i m i s f o r a 20> i n reply t o w h i c h the u n i v e r s i t i e s n a t i o n a l l y have o f f e r e d 10 from t h e i r own resources and i n d i c a t e d t h a t any s o r e would have t o come f r o m t h e Government, The ASBIS see t h e i r a c t i o n as the most s e r ious s t e p t h e y c a n tak© t o persuade th«j u n iversities t o ' s e r i o u s l y a n d p u b l i c a l l y press the government for more funds*, AS2MS Branch S e c r e t a r y , L i r , H a r r y F a i r b r o t h a r , a lecturer i n +Maths b e l i e v e s i t i s * e x t r e m e l y moral to be t h e spearhead w h i c h f o r c e s the u n i v e r s i t i e s to s t a n d up t o the g o v e r n ment1 . lie s t a t e s . t h a t u n i v e r s i t y s a l a r i e s have n o t k e p t pace w i t h e i t h e r the c o s t o f l i v i n g o r s a l a r i e s i n © o i r o a r a t i v s employment ( s i n c e J a n u a r y 1 9 6 6 - M e d i c a l T e c h n i c ians have had a 15$ i n c r e a s e a g a i n s t 7»9& f o r the U n i v e r s i t y t e c h n i c i a n s ) , and on2y c a r e e r p r o s p e c t s and l o y a l t y t o the c o l l e g e keeps t e c h n i c i a n s o n . There i s a ifOfi a n n u a l turnover i n j u n i o r t e c h n i c a l s t a f f at 1*0. Fundamental d i f f e r e n c e s e x i s t between t h e two s i d e s on t h e q u e s t i o n o f the s a l a r y i n c r e a s e s and i t i s hoped a meeting today at the Department f o r E m p l o y ment and P r o d u c t i v i t y w i l l s e t t l e them b u t this seems u n l i k e l y . M e a n w h i l e , i m p e r i a l
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jthato: Dave Chant C o l l e g e say that they w i l l o n l y abide by what i s n a t i o n a l l y n e g o t i a t e d and a p p r o v e d . A t t h e m e e t i n g , A r t h u r S i e r , movi n g thai m o t i o n f o r s t r i k e a c t i o n , accused t h e U n i v e r s i t i e s CoBWitteo f o r Tecnnio&l S t a f f s o f d i s t o r t i n g the f a c t s i n a •ent t h e y a r e c i r c u l a t i n g , and t r y i n g t o dermine t h e t e c h n i c i a n s . After discussion the JO0 members p r e s e n t vots^d almost to a man t o come out on strike. . K.TJ.S.-rhas asked" i t s members n o t t o take o v e r t e c h n i c i a n s * work d u r i n g s t r i k e p e r i o d s end ASTMS hope t h a t s t u d e n t s here w i l l f o l l o w t h i s l e a d . The A s s o c i a t i o n o f U n i v e r s i t y Teachers has made a s i m i l a r r e q u e s t t o i t s members, JS»air*hile, t h e r e a r e t h r e a t s o f more a c t i o n i n t h e a i r i f t h e S t r i k e * have no a f f e c t .
Sunk**/ fmtm^Mssrs B e r n a r d S o n l e y House was once again v i s i t e d by f i r e m e n l a s t weekend when a n e w l y w i r e d E n t r y p h o n e s t a r t e d to smould e r , H o l e a t the Student House the f iremea. n o t i c e d t h e bad c h a r r i n g of wallpaper b e h i n d the l a n d i n g h e a t e r s , a danger r e p o r t e d i n F E L I X a s l o n g as 7 weeks ago A l s o the p r i o r i t y j o b of removing bars a c r o s s basement windows has s t i l l n o t been c a r r i e d o u t . R e s i d e n t s a t the House who have been u s i n g u n a u t h o r i s e d • (and. uuaetered) e l e c t r i c fires have now been presented w i t h a n electricity b i l l . I n many oases
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B l i s t e r i n g a t t a c k s a n the exaza s y s t e m and s p e c i a l i s a t i o n of science c o u r s e s wore made a t to* i s day c o n f e r e n c e on • T e a c h i n g and l e a r n i n g methods' h o l d a t t h e t a i z£ l a s t term i n Slew, Bug* A c h i l d o f JURGO t h e c o n f e r e n c e was ar$aniaod b y P r o f s , ' Blag and Cherry with s t \ i d o n t help. About Ifi p e o p l e ( h a l f s t a f f ) attended t o hear s p e a k e r s , 6 f r e m outside I..0. t o try a n d * i n c r e a s e awareness throughmt I.C. a t t h e need f o r more e f f e c t i v e teaching, t o • d i s c u s s t h © a p p l i c a t i o n of now t e c h n i q u e s i n I . C . , t o i n q u i r e into th© content and s t r u c t u r e of c o u r s e and to create a cadre o f p e o p l e who w i l l generate interest i n the ideas a i r e d a t tho conference*, fho f i r s t session on F r i d a y aaorni a g , 2 1 s t M a r c h , , was c h a i r e d by I.O.*s L o r d J a c k s o n . L r , R u t h Beard, o f the I n s t i t u t e o f E d u o a t i e n spoke on ' E l e c t i v e l e a shi ng*, w h i c h she defined a s ' t h e l u a i e e s f u l a t t o B » t t o Modify b e h a v i o u r * . L r . .. S o p p i n g , Vice-Che.?'.cel3or o f B r u n e i , and an e x - I . G , man examined t h e c o n f l i c t b e t ween G c a e r a l i s t a n d S p e c i a l i s t E d u c a t i o n , W h i l e S o p p i n g alanmed s p e c i a l i s t w w i i w h i c h do n o t t e a c h o f tho 'web o f human r e l a t i o n s ' . s c i e n c e i s involved i n ' , ©r e n c o t t a g e f l e x i b i l i t y I . C V ' s Reotaar, L o r d Fenney,? r e s a i n e d l a p a s s x v * i n t h e c h a i r , . 7
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S M B c h a l l e n g e to t h e e x i s t i n g o r d e r a t I . C . was c o n t i n u e d by Prof * B l t e » o f S u r r e y was> gave a b l i s t e r i n g a t t o o k on tho exam s y s t e m , The f i n a l r e p o r t en. a s t u d e n t s h o u l d fee a p r o f i l e 'anil not,;* "tag* r o e c l a s s * • Ksams s h o u l d measure a o l u o v s a e n t , p r e d i c t f u t u r e p e r f o r m a n c e , snoouraate' work a n d h e l p t h e s t u d e n t ..assess M s p r o g r e s s . E l t o n s u g g e s t e d exams s h o u l d b e r e p l a c e d by a number o f methods o f assessment, t e s t s , p r o j e c t s and v i v a s t o give a p r o f i l e . • The c o u r s e *anwt be f i t t e d to t h e s t u d e n t * . C l a i m s were, auu&a that steps towards t h i s had been t a k e n i n Guilda, SaiAirdty* a. . s e s s i o n , c o n c e r n e d p r i m a r i l y w i t h I . C . , was c h o i r e d by Br o f . R i n g . J o n S h i e l d s {BBS Acad. O f f i c e r ) desc r i b e d t h e f u n c t i o n s o f s t a f f - s t u d e n t coma i t t e e s and Academic O f f i c e r s . He r e p o r t ed t h a t RCS q u e s t i o n a i r e s shev; a c o n s i d e r 3ifeX© l « a a d f o r t h e i a o l u a i o n of nei**teel»iieal'' subjects i a the d o s ^ course * ( & • a l l I . C . q u e s t i o n a i r o , w h i c h has s o t b e e n f t O J y a n a l y s e d y e t , shows Otrerwhelaasg s u p p o r t i n f a v o u r o f * o t h e r s u b j e c t s - e s p e c i a l l y ©con®®N
teeaaique w e a l d a^r«w© whan l e c t u r e r s saw tiWaeiiiivsa -in action *a a vLaee-tape r e c ording*
She use of films as teaehing aids was deaaDBtrated by tho mm from the Anilfe Visual Centre. Films of oxperineats can often reveal far a«r® than paper recordj Animated films for illustrating theoretical 'models are under preparation by the centre, •which remains to ie fully explored by 1.0, flm purpose and method® of lecturing w«ra carefully analysed by Dr. C . J . Carpenter (leetsrer i n Elee, Bag,), Basica l l y , he said that - we should allow students to show sore i n i t i a t i v e , encourage ihm to read, and teach thaa now to. learn. Kris oouM be done by cwnspletely re-structuring the eeurses. The lecture would have a coat plstely new status whioh would eupplemant the main ta^k work* Further
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The c o n f e r e n c e f i n i s h e d w i t h a g e n e r a l d i s c u s s i o n * i a E l e c . E n g prnmm room. BaS p r e s e n t t u t o r i a l s y s t e m earner under s t r o n g a t t a c k ; t h e r e i s no g e n e r a l s e t method f o r t u t o r s t o w o r k t o , s o t h e y go about t h e i r d i v e r g i n g ways; many t u t o r i a l s a r e becoming more p r o b l e m s o l v i n g classes, l i s was c l e a r l y shown t h a t s t u d ents w i l l continue to avoid t u t o r i a l s w h i l s t t h e i r f u n c t i o n remains o u t s i d e the exam s y s t e m , h e n o e . a r e f o r m i n the t i t f & r * i a l s system must be c o u p l e d . w i t h a r e f ©na Seme s t a f f and studi n t h e exam s y s t e m . e n t s f e l t t h a t ' d i r e c t a c t i o n * m i g h t bo n e x t t o persuade soma l e c t u r e r s t ? VeQusoe a e r o e f f e c t i v e and t o achieve r e a l p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n t h e l e a r n i n g p r o c e s s , Many o t h e r p r o p o s i t i o n s f o r a c t i o n were d i s c u s s e d , S « © o f t h e a & i n ones blengs 1, The s e t t i n g up o f a r e g u l a r open f o r u m t o c o n s i d e r t e a c h i n g m a t t e r s . 2, She a r r a n g i n g o f A u d i o V i s u a l demeoatrations* 3, Spreading of i n f o r m a t i o n on new d e v e l o p m e n t s . -
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Dear S i r , Looking from my Southside window, I am disgusted by the l i t t e r to be seen diaf ignring the face of Princes hardens. The usual imbeciles are to feline - the irresponsible, untidy and despicable dartthrowers. Cannot something "be done about these anti-social menaces ? Writing the day after, the axmuS, Aeronautical Society Dart Contest however, I i n no way blame them, for they cleared . up their mess i n a moat praiseworthy Muu*r« Tours faithfully, M. B. Sogers (368, Keogh)
BSSRS She British Society for Social Res- . ponsibility i n Science, founded by a group of scientists #10 sought to do something about the increasing brutality and menace of science, held its* inaugural conference at th® Roval Society last Saturday* Addresses were given on "the drift from science" and attention ws drawn to th© isolationism of scientists, which has lead to errors i n government and public decisions* Members were shocked to hear of the use of the social. soienose,. often unconsciously, to suppress democratic ideas e.g. i n the US, A number of plans for action by the BSSRS were put forward and i t was agreed the* society could not afford to be timid, P o l i t i c a l and educational activity were discussed. The aims of BSSRS include the stimulation of awarenes a of science's social sigdfficance and the effect of politicoeconomic pressures on i t . They intend to urge the reform of science education at a l l levels, ICO students can join BSSRS at a special 10/~ rate (forms from the Union Office)« IC's Br» Stephen Rose, a founder member ©f BSSRS, has recently been" appointed to the chair of Moohemistry at the Open University,
Physics 1 Swim Ireparations are well adv&need for the Phys. I Channel Swim. J.Bowler, R, Fisher, P. lonnen, P. Sfarwoodj, J*Singh, and V, steiner hope to leave France on the 3rd, 4-th or 5th of Slay to raise money for Carnival. Southern T.Y. are h®2|>isfg with publicity ©n 2nd May but beoanas af £1J0 expenses more sponsors are needed. So far, a clear £120 have been raided and. Stev® Cann, Phys. I , i s keen to find more,'
Delegates from I.C* arc- urgentl y needed to attend a conference from 28th Sept, to 5th Oct, organised by the Lund Institute ©f leohnology i n Sweden te MB* pare the technical education of European "countries, I.C. has been invited to send 2 delegates,, one each from Slec. Eng. and Civ. Eng, who must have studied here for at least 2 years. A H expenses w i l l be covered i n Lund, Apart from discussions and lectures, there w i l l be two parties, dinners, travel arouag Southern Sweden, and several free afternoons and evening* Anyone interested should see Mas Eughea in the Union Office as soon as possible, preferably before tomorrow.
France Students are aLs© required to take part i n two events i n France this summer, organised by the Central Bureau for E&uteatioaal Visits am ^XS&ahgea. The f i r s t i s she International Youth Keotinge of Avignon during July* fbe other is th® offer of free places to t*@ British Students to v i s i t various parts of France. Details of these and a i l ftthar exchange schemes can be seen i n the Union, Travel Bureau, open Monday 1.0 - 2,0 p,m, and Thursday 1*0 - 2, J) p.m. in Coassittee Room B (next to the bar) or from the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges at $1 Victoria Street, S.W.l.
COMMITTEE MISS I.C. "PROTESTERS" Sub-Committee C of the Bu?liamentary Select Committee on Education ant Science enquiry into 'student relations' popularly said to be enquiring into student protest, has postponed a proposal v i s i t to I.C. yesterday, 3 M ooraaittee including Fred Willey and Van Straubenaese asked to meet ' a wide-spread of opinion from staff, students and the authorities*• The staff reps, were t© have included Brofs. Coles and Ford, Dr. Sewey (A0f Secretary) and Sinclair Gkxjdlad, the authoritiesincludod Lords Sherf ield and Penney and Dave Harris. ICU President Sox Lowin ohtsa Lilas Campion, Martin Bland, Dermott Gorr, Rob Colling©, Jon Shields and himself as 'representative* cf student opinion. Members of the left-wing have expressed surprise 'chat the committe© w i l l not meet any real proteaters.
LSE SACKINGS S E L K I R K S T O R M UNITE STUDENTS Following the sackings cf LSS leeturers, Robin Blackburn and Nicholas Bateson for supporting the students earlier this year, fresh troubles plague LSE. Bateson and Blackburn w i l l probably fight the dismissals i n the courts as LSE articles of association grant staff members the right to hold and promulgate any opinions •whatsoever. She apparent attack on academic freedom by Walter Adams (LSE Director) and Lord Rob bins (Governor's chairman} lias; provoked opposi t i o n from staff, workers and a l l types of student. Right-wing LSE 'resident Chris Bryce condemned the sackings as a "deliberate provocation" end the stud- . ents voted 2jJS8 to 2*2 for a lecture boycott which started last licnday. Support from the staff union (AUT) and the workers (AS1US) i s expected. MJS has already "fully supported" the action of the LSI Union. Latest FELIX reports from LSE suggest both moderate and militant opinion i s united and the boycott i s going well «».th growing staff support.
George Assimakis has resigned from Selkirk Hall Committee after a stor; over .the appointment of the three man s a ecticn corxiittee to review next year's applications. !Eb.e selection committee consists of three well known Rugby Club stalwarts and George says: "Ir i s not exactly representative" . Selkirk Warden, Carl Seaford,, on thanking George for his letter of resignation expressed the opinion that he was 'mad*.
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A Linstead resident has had £ 36 of H i - F i Speakers stolen from the basement storage area in the H a l l . He had left them there as instructed over the Easter Yac. I t i s not clear whether goods left in the care of the K a i l are left at the owner's risk or not, and so i t i s not yet known whether the owner can get any compensation.
EISEW AGAIN with twice i t s former glory i s the literary magazine of I . C , , the HDEHIX* Yes, the new issue of no less than % . pages wi.ll soon b© out. s
With the literary content more than doubled, this issue I represents even better value at only 2/6, Show of hands shows .overwhelming support for A.S.a?.l!.S.. strike. See front page article. Saturday
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