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ARE YOU SURE YOU PAY £9K?
6TH FEBRUARY | ISSUE 34 | FREE
WEMBLEY STUDENT STABBING
BY TOOBA HAQ
VP for Harrow Dan Seamarks is campaigning for upfront course costs.
• STUDENTS SPENDING UP TO OWN MONEY ON FINAL PROJECTS
OF THEIR
• SU PUSH FOR TRANSPARENT COURSE COSTS BY NICOLE EL-HELOU
Hidden costs on some University of Westminster courses have been identified by the Students’ Union. The SU are using the National Union Of Students’ campaign #CutTheCosts to highlight them to incoming students. The Vice President of Harrow, Dan Seamarks, who has campaigned extensively
on this topic, said, “The costs existed prior to the fee increase but sadly we’re never incorporated into them.” “The four areas that we identified in our Hidden Course Costs Survey, were printing, project funding, books and communications of costs”, Seamarks said. “While these may not apply to every student, the Students’ Union is campaigning to create equality across all faculties by working with the University’s
stakeholders to remove these costs. Students have told the Students Union that they spent up to £2000 on a final project with funding of just £500.” The sabbatical officers are writing a report to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor about these hidden costs to aid the removal of them. Students can also sign the Sabbatical Officers’ open letter to the university to show their solidarity with these efforts on uwsu.com. The National Union of
Students first identified these costs in a report using data from 2011 to 2014. Activities and resources students need to carry out their studies are not factored into the £9000 tuition, as reported in their #CutTheCosts campaign. An NUS report highlighted the problem, saying, “It’s ridiculous that many students pay so much for their education in tuition fees in the first place. MORE ON PAGE 3...
Student Djodo Nsaka was attacked near Wembley Stadium on Friday, 20th January. Police and ambulance services were called at approximately 1:00am to the scene of the crime at Fulton Road. Officers and Ambulance services fought to save the young man’s life, but he passed away at the scene of the crime. A post-mortem report stated that the 19 year old was killed with a single stab wound in his chest. Detectives believed that the University of Middlesex student was involved in a fight between a group of men at Fulton road. Another 20-year-old man was also involved in the fight but escaped with minor injuries. The roads close to student accommodations such as Felda House, Victoria Halls and Unite Students were closed while forensic officers investigated the scene until the early hours of the morning. Eyewitnesses say that crime tape and police cars were there until 5am. The business student’s family was heartbroken. They told the Evening Standard that he “He had a big heart, he was so forgiving. He had no hate inside his heart.” The family pleads for anyone to come forward with any sort of news. His eldest sister Falone Nsaka, 26, said: “If anyone was where the criminals were they should let the police know. We want justice. He was our only brother, losing him is so painful.” MORE ON PAGE 3...