Education discussed

Press, 30 June 1982, Page 10

Education discussed

Recent Government decisions affecting students have drawn a mixed reaction from the New’ Zealand University Vice-Chancellors’ Committee, the University of Canterbury Council has been told. The committee had welcomed the changes to the bursary system but w r as disappointed by the abolition of the Student Community Assistance Programme, said the university's vice chancellor, Professor A. D. Brownlie, at a meeting of the Council this week. It had resolved to write to the Minister of Labour (Mr Bolger) asking that other subsidised student employment schemes be created. Professor Brownlie said that changing the bursary system to a three-tier structure conformed to recommendations made last year by the committee to ‘ the Minister of Education (Mr Wellington).

Dr W. R. Holmes condemned the Government's measures. He said students were being forced .from crisis to crisis to the detriment of their studies.

The president of the university's Students' Association, Mr Steven Ferguson, said that leaked Government department reports showed that the Government knew that abolishing the S.C.A.P. would force students to take the unemployment benefit during the summer holidays.

The reports showed that the Government had planned

for student unemployment but had not admitted it when the measures were announced, he said. The. council resolved that the Government reports be discussed by one of its committees. The following degrees were conferred by the Chancellor of the University of ; Canterbury, Miss Jean Herbi- I son: Master of arts with first class honours I Elizabeth Anne Riley (political | science). .' ■ Master of arts with second class honours (division one) ! Quentin John Murray Wilson (political science). Master of arts with second class honours (division two) David Andrew Swindells (English). Bachelors of arts Peter John de Boer. Sandra Philpott. Martin Ross Spivey. Masters of science Chuah Eng Aun (chemistry). Thomas Han Peow Juan (physics), Leong Khong Loong (physics). Gunanga Rohanthi Perera (chemistry). Paul Stevenson (geography). Bachelors of science Jane Frances Higgins. Peter Robert Kershaw. Clare Eleanor Mac Murray. Martin Ross Spivey. Geraldus Hermanns Joseph Tros. Masters of engineering Bryan David Scott (civil), Michael van de Worp (electrical). Bachelors of engineering with second class honours (division one) Andrew John Sanders (mechanical). Alan Ruthven Wood (electrical). j Bachelor of law j Mark John Steel. j Bachelors of commerce ; Andrew John Cunningham. '

Richard Patrick English. LINCOLN COLLEGE Bachelors of horticultural science (general) Graham Phillip Alexander. Linda Jov Hawe.