Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 26. October 3 1977
Notices
Notices
Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Surveying
Applications for admission in 1978 to second year classes in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Surveying, must reach the undersigned not later than 1 November.
Forms of application for those enrolled at a University may be obtained from the Registrars of Universities in New Zealand.
Candidates sitting the Entrance Scholarships examination and applying for direct entry to second year classes in Medicine should obtain the form of application from the undersigned.
Applications are now open for Second Year Classes in Veterinary Science
Applications must reach the Registrar before the 1st December.
Please note that applications will be considered only from candidates completing B.Sc. or, possibly, from candidates completing the second year of the course. As from the beginning of 1977 the intermediate year of the course must be taken at Massey.
Vacancies in Flats after Finals
The Accommodation Officer, Mrs M. Brown, has written to other New Zealand universities offering to assist their students working in Wellington over the summer vacation to find temporary accommodation in student flats.
Victoria University students wishing to sublet their flats or requiring help in filling vacancies either on a temporary or permanent basis, should advise the Accommodation Officer of their requirements as soon as possible. Students from other universities planning to work in Wellington naturally want to finalise their accommodation well in advance of their arrival in Wellington; sometimes the acceptance of vacation work in Wellington depends on whether satisfactory digs can be arranged. Nearly all requests for accommodation ask for a fiat in the central city area, close to the Railway Station and rent as cheap as possible so savings can be made from vacation earnings.
The Accommodation Office is at 6 Kelburn Parade.
Summer Vacation Employment for Students
For the last two years students have experienced difficulty finding summer vacation jobs. The latest Department of Labour's statistics show that the number of people currently unemployed or on special work is larger than at this time last year so that it is likely that students will find vacation jobs are in short supply this coming summer.
Many students need a job over the summer months in order to save money to meet next year's living expenses. The tertiary bursary is fixed on the assumption that students will be able to save a substantial sum from their vacations earnings to help support themselves during the following academic year.
The Careers Advisory Service invites employers who are planning to take on students as temporary workers over the coming summer months to let the Service have details of the number of vacancies, duties, hours of work and rates of pay by 25 October, 1977 or as soon after this date as is practical as some students will finish their examinations by 11 November.
The University would be grateful if those employers who have not previously employed students over the summer or who are not planning to do so this year because of the economic situation, could re-examine their staffing requirements to see if some students could be employed during the vacation.
If you can employ students over the summer please telephone or write to Careers Advisory Service with the details preferably by 25 October, 1977 or as soon after is as practical. The address is:
Your assistance is greatly appreciated by both students and the University.
Vacation Work, Christmas 1977
Look Now Earn Later
We expect the coming Christmas vacation period to be a particularly difficult one for vacation work, certainly more difficult than last year (and last year was bad) as the unemployment and special work statistics show more people are out of work than at this time last year.
1. | Contact the employer who gave you a job last year. Do it soon. He might be able to fix a date for you to start work there again. But, if you can't do this, or if he has no jobs— | ||||||||
2. | If you are not able to find a job, when your last examination has finished, go to the Department of Labour (District Office, Tory St) and register for work. What will happen then is that—
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3. | The regulations require you to prove that you are looking for work, by collecting signatures of employers who could not give you a job. The Department of Labour will—
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4. | This procedure will get you work, but if you fail—
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5. | There will be a limited number of vacation jobs abailable from the Careers Advisory Board office, 6 Kelburn Parade, from about the 20th of October |
I. H. Boyd,
Director of Student Welfare Services.