On the criteria of gaining for the student a better education, student representation has been worse than useless. Unfortunately, although the problem is common to most NZ universities, the strategy and tactics required to meet the problem are uncertain and found little agreement between universities. The following suggestions were made:

1.	Withdraw student reps. This would put politicised student leaders more in touch with ordinary students. The act of withdrawal would help show tokenism for the farce it is, student leaders would be free to divulge all they know. (VUW. UC, WU)
2.	A critique of course contents should be made available to students at the beginning of the year through (i) publications such as anti-calender, (ii) alternative universities, Especially during orientation, (iii) by lecture 'disrupters' (OU, AU, VUW, UC)
3.	A critique of the 'pacifying nature of course methods is required so that students are aware of this. This can be carried out by the same avenues as in no. 2. The alternative university should not use the same teaching methods as the lecture. It should be carried out on the basis of dialogue in small groups, and always be related to the experiences of the student.
4.	A critique of the power structure of the university in NZ needs to be undertaken so that students can see how the people who control the university control course structure, content and teaching methods. In this way students will become aware of who is 'colonizing' their minds.