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seren Bangor’s Official English Language Paper
Fresher’s Issue 2002
Students left stranded
NEW STUDENTS are travelling in greater and greater volume from all over the world to study here at Bangor University. However with these everincreasing numbers come some severe housing problems. This is a record year for new students and the University is desperately trying to meet its pledge to house all first years. Fourteen students will stay in the British Hotel for days or even weeks before space in halls is found, just as newcomers were kept there last year. This time around it appears the situation will only worsen: students will be expected to commute to Bangor from Anglesey. During Freshers’ week, 39 students will be bussed the five mile journey from the Carreg Bran Hotel to the University in order to attend Freshers’ activities and even for meals. These first few weeks of term are the most important for any student, it is the time for them to settle in and make new friends. However, due to this current crisis these students will have a difficult time making friends at all. It is a problem that students will soldier on through, but should not have to endure. Two factors are to blame: irregular student intake and student services not being quite as organised as they should be. On perhaps a more positive note, the University is proposing the construction of new halls of residence in Dean Street. However, the University has been refused
HALLS OF RESIDENCE: Not enough to go round? planning permission from the council due to negative public opinion—the site being close to a place of worship and a residential site. It was to have around 200-300 rooms and was due to be opened for the 2004/05 academic year. Planning refusal will delay the project by at least 12 months whilst the University appeals to the National Assembly.
It is the opinion of the SU however that the new halls aren’t even needed. Student President Andrew Wilson commented that “...we just have to make full use of the accommodation we already have to solve the problem.” It seems the housing crisis will continue indefinitely until a solution that appeases all sides of the argument can be decided upon.
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