Victoria Delegates are taking nearly 20 remits to NZUSA's Winter Council which starts tomorrow.

Along with those from other universities the remits will be considered by one of four commissions who will pass recommendations on to the council.

If Adopted by council these remits will go to make up much of NZUSA's policy and the resident executive of NZUSA will endeavour to implement these resolutions before Easter Council next year.

Education

The education committee has produced six remits on university matters.

The first urges NZUSA to adopt a university education policy on an outline (provided) and that this policy be given to all political parties and be publicised during the election campaign.

The suggested outline, among other things, notes that university salaries should remain on a par with Australian levels. The advantages of an improved staff-student ratio and the necessity for further auxiliary staff to alleviate administrative burdens of the academic staff are also pointed out.

NZUSA is also to be asked to reaffirm its stand on bonded studentships and make further moves to get such studentships abolished.

The main arguments against the studentships are that they force students to make decisions on their careers too early in life and some students with no real desire to teach use them as a means to financing' a university career.

Dissatisfaction

Another remit expresses dissatisfaction with the university grants committer annual report recently tabled in Parliament.

It asks for a more detailed and comprehensive report.

One advocates raising the. value of postgraduate scholarships to a sum comparable with commonwealth scholarships.

A further remit suggests the university grants committee forms a comprehensive policy on the courses that need to be taught in New Zealand universities in response to the special needs of the New Zealand community, and to this end advocates the creation of special schools.

The last requests NZUSA to make submissions to the university grants committee salaries committee when it sits.

This committee was set up this year to make recommendations on university staff salaries and allied matters direct to the Government.

A report is expected within the next two months.

International

There are eight international affairs remits.

The first urges NZUSA to take positive steps to implement its policy of seeking observer status at conferences of the International Union of Students (Communist-dominated). The feeling behind this move is that the "east-west" split should be broken down and observer status at these meetings would further this end.

One condemns the unilateral declaration of independence by Rhodesia. Another urges the reconvention of the Geneva Conference as a basis for the settlement of the Vietnam conflict.

Security Police

One that should arouse comment is "that NZUSA executive be mandated to ascertain the extent and significance of the Security Police interest in the "International Union of Students and International Students Conference (non Communist) manoeuvring." The quotation is taken from a press release by Brigadier Gilbert.

NZUSA is to be asked to cooperate with the Australian Union of students to offer help to the students of the recently-established university in New Guinea, in setting up a student union.

Victoria students will also urge NZUSA investigate the

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