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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 13. June 15 1981

Victoria Students' Sit-In

Victoria Students' Sit-In

On Wednesday June 10, twenty Victoria students staged a sit-in at Government Buildings in Wellington. The sit-in coincided with a meeting between the Education Department, the New Zealand Vice Chancellor's committee and NZUSA.

Student asked to speak to Mr Geoff Henry, the Department's assistant director of general services, who is responsible for the administering of the scheme. Mr Henry eventually appeared (following a threat from the students that they would march through the building).

In answer to criticisms regarding anomalies in the scheme, he stated he was not prepared to discuss individual cases in a public forum - but welcomed correspondence. He did not accept claims from VUWSA's Education Officer, Shelley Hibbert, that the rejection rate for SHG this year is 35% higher than last year.

In reply to allegations that department correspondence was incorrectly dated, he stated that this occurred during a two week long "administrative error".

Having put their grievances to Mr Henry, it was back to lectures with no arrests made. A review of the TAG is presently being conducted and it would seem we can only hope that (he welfare of students will be taken into account.

Paul Wiggins