Andrew Chapman Education Officer

Nominated: P. R. Bradley.

Seconded: A. W. Easton, P. J. O'Conner.

Policy

(1) Revision of the present examination system.

(2) Assessment based upon years work.'Students pay considerable sums in enrolment, tuition and examination fees and therefore all students should be entitled to sit the final examinations.

(3) Dispense with the forsign language requirement.

(4) Student representation on all levels of University government.

(5) Bursaries, boarding allowances increased and tied to a cost of living index.

(6) Text book allowances

(7) Staff salaries be in-creased to overseas levels.

(8) More library and department accommodation.

(9) [unclear: Betr] town and gown relations.

Before coming to Wellington in 1967 Andrew Chapman was on the Warwickshire and Birmingham Universities' Arts and Science Committee. His studies and interests are education, maths, music, astronomy, travel and jazz.

Roger Martin Education Officer

Nominated: G. Davis.

Seconded: J. W. Thomson, B. Mulligan.

Policy Statement

As Education Officer I shall concentrate on three well defined objectives:

(1) The abolition of the foreign language requirement for B.A. degree.

(2) The diminution of the weight given to formal end-of-year examinations in final gradings.

(3) The further exploration of the possibilities for greater staff-student contact, especially at the departmental level.

I am this year studying Geography II, Sociology I and History [unclear: a] and hope to major in Geography. Last year I was at Wellington Teachers College and therefore have a fair background of the general aims of the educational process in the modern world.

Policy: as for presidency.

Nominated: J. W. Barwick.

Seconded: D. Turkington, J. V. Fugler.