University Councils
Sir, —As “The Press" is apparently unable or unwilling to state its opinion regarding university council representation, I feel a gentle compulsion to balance out the rather one-sided point of view you have already presented. When all the other issues have been debated one crucial factor remains: when matters which do concern them are being discussed, will the voice of the students be heard? It seems to me that, regardless of other suggestions which have been made, there is no alternative to having a representative of the students, who can clarify and explain student opinion, sitting on the chief administrative body of the university; and ideally, of course, this representative ought him or herself to be a student. It is this absolute priority of bridging the gap between government and governed which has induced Canterbury University Council to co-opt on to its ranks a member of the student body.—Yours, etc., PAUL H. GROCOTT, Executive member of the Students’ Association. April 16, 1968.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31656, 17 April 1968, Page 10
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