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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 14. June 13 1977

Action on Cutback

Action on Cutback

Over the past three weeks, the VUW Overseas Action Committee has been meeting to discuss proposals to oppose the cutbacks in numbers of overseas students which were brought in this year year. Approximately 45% of private students in the 1977 intake were cut and were forced to stay in their home countries where they have little prospect of attending a tertiary institution.

The Committee is comprised of the various representatives of the nationalities at Victoria — MSSA, MSA, Fijian students and so on. Already the committee has been visiting Professors, University administrators, MP's and external organisations to explain the case of the overseas students.

VUWOSAC send one representative to NOSAC (National Overseas Students Action Committee) which is a standing committee of NZUSA and which consists of one rep from each campus plus two NZUSA Officers. The chairman of this committee is James Movick who is also Victoria's Overseas Student Officer.

In collaboration with NZUSA, NOSAC has prepared a questionaire which will assess the economic contribution of overseas students to New Zealand. In this way it is hoped that NZUSA will be able to dispute the false figures put foward when the Government tries to justify the cutbacks.

NOSAC is hoping to get every overseas student to fill in the questionnaire. These will be distributed around the campus soon and boxes to return the forms will be provided. The questionnaires will not require a name on and will be fully confidential.

As this issue affects mainly Malaysian and Singaporean students, MSA and MSSA are playing the leading roles. MSA leaders have approached the Overseas Christian Fellowship to gather their support but as yet they have not committed themselves to the campaign. It is hoped that they can join in to fight the cutback which is an issue which affects all Malaysian and Singaporean students equally.