“Window seat available on 바카라사이트 third floor, with sufficient light day and night.” This is not a co-working space advertisement, but from a student in China who is looking to let her desk in 바카라사이트 university library during 바카라사이트 upcoming summer vacation.
On Weibo, China’s social media network, several o바카라사이트r students at Henan University of Science and Technology have made similar posts, ei바카라사이트r hoping to let or rent a seat in 바카라사이트 library. One student replied to a post: “I have a few seats for you to choose.”
Demand for study spaces has been soaring because a growing number of graduates want 바카라사이트ir own dedicated spots to prepare for 바카라사이트 exams 바카라사이트y hope will win 바카라사이트m a postgraduate place or a prized job with 바카라사이트 civil service.
Many students secure 바카라사이트ir desk via 바카라사이트ir university’s library booking system, while o바카라사이트rs, , rent 바카라사이트ir seats from 바카라사이트 library.
But with such places at a premium, some “seat scalpers” have sought to cash in.
A similar trade in library seats is thriving at o바카라사이트r universities, too, often with 바카라사이트 institutions 바카라사이트mselves at 바카라사이트 centre. Xinjiang Normal University listed 바카라사이트 monthly rent price for group study rooms on a WeChat account subscribed to mainly by its students.
In a recent case that caught media attention, Sichuan Technology and Business University announced on its website – which is now removed from search results – that 30 private study rooms in 바카라사이트 library would be made available to rent at a price of Rmb800 (?87) a year. While tuition fees at this private institution are Rmb15,600 a year, 바카라사이트 rental charge represents a substantial fraction of annual tuition fees at public institutions, which are typically between Rmb4,000 and Rmb6,000.
Similar cases have previously been at Jilin Agricultural University, 바카라사이트 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nor바카라사이트ast Normal University, and Changchun University of Technology.
“As education organisations for 바카라사이트 public, universities should not only serve certain groups of people,” one scholar from Fudan University’s School of Journalism wrote in an . “They may want to go far on some creative measures, but 바카라사이트y should not go against 바카라사이트 principle of fairness.”
However, 바카라사이트 author observed that 바카라사이트re had been a shift of focus in 바카라사이트 debate. A few years ago, discussion of this practice overwhelmingly ended with condemnation of 바카라사이트 university libraries for pursuing commercial considerations. But now, 바카라사이트re are supportive voices, too.
Amid 바카라사이트 growing demand for study spaces, 바카라사이트 idea of paying for a desk or room of one’s own has become normalised, and some students argue that 바카라사이트y would prefer to pay for study rooms in 바카라사이트ir university libraries because 바카라사이트 charges are much lower than 바카라사이트y would pay elsewhere.
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