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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 29, No. 6. 1966.

General Policy

General Policy

Salient asked Mr. F. K. Ken. of the University Grants Committee, to outline the general policy on such projects.

He was not asked to comment on this specific project, which was not mentioned to him.

He stated that subsidies', were not available for projects promoted by firms. As to loans, no policy existed, and there is no Government loan policy applying to education.

Each such case would be a matter of separate negotiation with the State Advances Corporation, he said.

It is apparent that the University Grants Committee had to reject this plan on financial grounds.

This hostel may not have been feasible as student accommodation. It may have hidden financial defects, the design may be unsatisfactory, many other still unknown factors could count against it.

But it is Salient's view that the reception accorded this project shows a deficiency in the Government's attitude to student housing.

In this area, on realistic rents, it would seem that students can pay their way.

This scheme and this site are now lost to the university, will this be the fate of future projects?