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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 7. April 13 1981

The Issues in Question were:

The Issues in Question were:

  • The reduction in 1980 of the Fees Grant to cover only 75% of fees.
  • The increase in tuition fees by 15% per year as announced in the Quinquennial Grant.
  • Inadequate funding of all library services.
  • The possibility of the raising of the discriminatory Overseas Students Fee.
  • The imposition of the $12 Welfare Levy this year.
  • The $3 million budget cut at Victoria, which has meant direct loss to the student in terms of reduction of course hours, course restrictions and slashing of courses.
  • The inadequate level of the TSG, and the ridiculously petty SHG scheme.

Virginia, and Brian Small (NZUSA), gave Mr Wellington's desk (the man himself "wasn't available", but I guess his desk does as good a job as he does) letters expressing our dissatisfaction with cuts to education funding, and outlining the reasons.