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-AKING 5%! MORE BREAST AWARE P (OWDY PARTNER 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR 3TUDENTS WHO HELPED FRESHERS MOVE IN ON ARRIVALS WEEKEND HAVE YET TO BE PAID BY THE 5NIVERSITY 4HE 5N ION WHO HELP RECRUIT STUDENTS TO THESE JOBS AND ORGANISE THEIR PAY SLIPS HAS DESCRIBED THE SITUATION AS A hFARCEv ! NUMBER OF STUDENT gHELPERSg ARE AROUND ALL WEEKEND BETWEEN WEEKS ZERO AND ONE 4HEY CARRY BAGS DI RECT CARS GIVE DIRECTIONS AND ANSWER ANY NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FROM NEW FRESHERS AND THEIR FAMILIES 3ECOND AND THIRD YEAR STUDENTS ARE PERFECT FOR THE JOB BECAUSE THEY ARE EASY CASUAL LABOUR FOR THE 5NI VERSITY HAVE AN EXPERT KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAMPUS AND ARE HAPPY TO WORK FOR LITTLE MONEY 4HE STUDENTS WHO ARE PAID AT THE RATE OF a AN HOUR WERE
TOLD THEY WOULD BE PAID AT THE END OF /CTOBER AS THIS WAS THE l RST PAY DATE THAT ALL THEIR PAPERWORK WOULD BE READY FOR (AZEL 7HITE A THIRD YEAR HISTORY STUDENT SAID h)T S RIDICULOUS 7E ALL WORKED HARD TO CREATE A POSITIVE IM PRESSION OF 5%! AND TO MAKE THE FRESHERS FEEL WELCOME AND THE 5NI VERSITY CAN T EVEN PAY US PROPERLY v 7HEN #ONCRETE ASKED HER WHAT ADVICE SHE WOULD GIVE TO PEOPLE LOOKING INTO BEING A HELPER NEXT YEAR SHE SAID h) WOULD ADVISE PEO PLE AGAINST WORKING DURING FRESHERS WEEK AGAINv 4HE 5NIVERSITYgS $EAN OF 3TU DENTS /Fl CE COMMENTED h7E ARE CONCERNED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DELAY IN PAYING THE STUDENT HELPERS THIS YEAR AS WE PLACE GREAT VALUE ON THE WONDERFUL HELP WE RECEIVE FROM THEM DURING THE !RRIVALS PERIOD AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESS OF
SUCH AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN 5%! S CALENDAR v h)T IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE LARGE VOLUME OF PAYMENT REQUESTS AND ASSOCIATED PAPERWORK RECEIVED BY THE &INANCE $EPARTMENT IN /C TOBER LED TO REGRETTABLE DELAYS IN THE PROCESSING OF PAYMENTS 7E HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT THE HELPERS WILL BE PAID AT THE END OF THIS MONTHv (OWEVER 2OWENA "ODDINGTON THE #OMMUNICATIONS /Fl CER OF THE 5NION SAID h)N ALL HONESTY IT HAP PENS EVERY YEAR THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT 3TUDENTS WORK THEIR GUTS OUT FOR THE 5NIVERSITY SO ) CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THEY FEEL FRUSTRATEDv (AZEL EXPLAINED h4HE WORST THING IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE RE CEIVED ABSOLUTELY NO COMMUNICA TION FROM THE 5NIVERSITY AND ) HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY ARE EXPECTING TO PAY US ) HAVE A PART TIME JOB SO ) M NOT AS BADLY AFFECTED AS SOME STU
DENTS BUT ) KNOW OF MANY PEOPLE WHO ONLY WORK IN THE SUMMER SO NOT GETTING PAID MEANS THAT THEY ARE l NDING IT DIFl CULT TO PAY BILLS AND RENTv 4HE $EAN OF 3TUDENTS /Fl CE SUGGESTED THAT STUDENTS WHO WERE HAVING CASH m OW PROBLEMS COULD APPLY FOR INTEREST FREE LOANS FROM THEM 2OWENA RESPONDED h)T SEEMS A BIT RIDICULOUS THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO APPLY FOR LOANS WHICH THEY ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO GET PURELY BECAUSE OF 5NIVERSITY BUREAUCRACY v 7HEN ASKED IF THE 5NION WOULD BE CONTINUING WITH THEIR INVOLVE MENT 2OWENA SAID WHILE ) CANNOT GIVE A FORMAL POSITION FOR THE 5N ION IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT SORTED OUT ) PERSONALLY WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE PARTICIPATE IN SUCH A FARCE NEXT YEAR v
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