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Student newspaper[edit]

The Globe is the University's student newspaper? From what I recall Farrago was the student newspaper. --Robert Merkel 23:55, 15 November 2003 (UTC)[reply]

The Universities Newspaper is Uni News, it comes out fortnightly on a Friday and contains a wealth of information about the University, highlighting, council and research activities — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.250.6.244 (talk) 02:13, 1 March 2005 (UTC)[reply]

compulsory collection of fee[edit]

This is the actual text of the bill. It prohibits "compulsory collection" not "collection":

(1) A higher education provider must not: (a) require a person to be or to become a member of an organisation of students, or of students and other persons; or (b) require a person enrolled with, or seeking to enrol with, the provider to pay to the provider or any other entity an amount in respect of an organisation of students, or of students and other persons; unless the person has chosen to be or to become a member of the organisation. (2) A higher education provider must not require a person enrolled with, or seeking to enrol with, the provider to pay to the provider or any other entity an amount for the provision to students of an amenity, facility or service that is not of an academic nature, unless the person has chosen to use the amenity, facility or service.

So don't try to make it seem anything different. Xtra 12:37, 6 June 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Founding[edit]

Is it really accurate to say that the university was "founded by Hugh Chilvers" or was he merely the first vice-chancellor? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fat Red (talk • contribs) 05:36, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Logo vs Coat of Arms[edit]

It's vaguely insane to represent the university with its coat of arms instead of its logo. Whilst its coat of arms may be used on the physical copies of degrees that are issued to graduates, the university itself primarily represents itself to the public with its more modernised logo. In the interest of a public encyclopedia then, it makes more sense to use its logo as the main image for the article instead of the coat of arms.

I'm not saying we should remove the coat of arms from the article entirely, just that it should not be the feature image in the infobox. I won't change it without wider consensus, but the switch to the coat of arms seems to only be a relatively recent one anyway, so switching back shouldn't be a big deal. EskyThief (talk) 13:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]