York Vision 216

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Tuesday June 7, 2011 Issue 216 vision@yusu.org

a love-hate relationship p 17

South Sudan on the brink of independence p 14-15

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NOMINATED FOR FOUR GUARDIAN STUDENT MEDIA AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PUBLICATION

Frank Turner SPOTLIGHT

YORK STUDENTS IN

DEBT HELL NT

DE U T S K R O Y E N O Y B > £54K OWED

K 0 5 6 £ N A H T E R O M E W O P TWENTY YORK DEBTORS

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BY ADAM COE A STUDENT at the University owes an astronomical £54,000 to the Student Loans Company, making them the 12th highest debtor in the country, Vision has learnt. The revelation comes to the fore in Vision's last edition before the University's fees announcement due on the 24th June. YUSU President Tim Ngwena confirmed last weekend that discussions in Heslington Hall about the final top-band

figure to be set had essentially come to their conclusion. The £54,000 debtor is the only student based at an institution outside London in the top 20 debtors list for the entire country. In the last few days, Labour MP for York Central, Hugh Bayley, and NUS President Aaron Porter both reacted to the findings in reference to York's future students who can only expect to be overwhelmed by even higher levels of debt in the future.

- FULL STORY PAGE 5 -

PLUS: VISION SPEAKS EXCLUSIVELY TO ALCUIN COLLEGE 'MADAM' - PAGE 7


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