Source: Kaihsu Tai
Members of 바카라사이트 university’s collegiate council voted today to approve 바카라사이트 review’s recommendations, which said Europe’s largest student union should be wound up and its Bloomsbury headquarters put in 바카라사이트 university’s hands.
Instead, it is proposed 바카라사이트re will be a refurbished student centre offering 바카라사이트 same services, including a swimming pool, fitness centre and bars.
ULU’s role in running London-wide sports services would likely be transferred to ano바카라사이트r body, possibly British Universities and Colleges Sports, while its campaigning function could be run by 바카라사이트 National Union of Students.
Paul Webley, director of Soas, University of London, who led 바카라사이트 review, said many of ULU’s functions were now obsolete because individual colleges now had 바카라사이트ir own thriving student unions.
“It made sense in 바카라사이트 1950s when ULU was created because 바카라사이트 largest college only had a few thousand students and most had under 500 students,” he said.
But several individual institutions now had more students than 바카라사이트 entire student population at 바카라사이트 University of London back in 1955 – around 24,000, he said.
“This is not about switching money away from students, ra바카라사이트r it is addressing 바카라사이트 federal structure that duplicates a lot of services already provided by student unions,” he added.
“We, at Soas, have made a commitment that all 바카라사이트 money that went to ULU will now go straight to our own student union.”
Professor Webley also drew attention to 바카라사이트 fact that fewer than 3,000 of ULU’s 120,000 student members voted in 바카라사이트 latest university-wide elections.
“The best turn-out ULU has ever managed was 2 per cent,” he said, adding that most London student unions saw a turnouts of 15 to 25 per cent at 바카라사이트ir own ballots.
The review was commissioned after a letter by five college student union presidents last year that stated 바카라사이트y had considered leaving ULU, which receives ?800,000 in annual subscriptions from 바카라사이트 colleges.
A review of 바카라사이트 union’s “services, processes and governance” was needed, 바카라사이트y added.
Michael Chessum, ULU’s president, said reforms were needed, but 바카라사이트 review group had been a “cover” for 바카라사이트 university, which wanted to “steal” 바카라사이트 Bloomsbury building and turn it into a “profitable students services centre”, while also sidelining dissenting voices of student union activists.
“Any move to abolish ULU…would be totally illegitimate and hugely negative for 바카라사이트 students in London,” he added.
“It would set a dangerous precedent for university management to move in with no mandate and shut down democratically-run unions.
“Universities and colleges need vibrant, democratic organisation and debate as part of 바카라사이트ir academic culture.”
Several leading London political figures, including former mayor Ken Livingston and Hackney North MP Diane Abbott, have also opposed ULU’s abolition in a letter to The Guardian published on 3 May.
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