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Stop UC Postgraduate Printing Allowance Policy Change

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Hannah Petrie Peter
9 years ago

I'd really appreciate if we didn't have to pay, I really can't afford to pay for printing as well as the rest of my expenses.

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Hina Ismail
9 years ago

Unfair and unacceptable

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Huimin
9 years ago

Why not you cut off the staff free printing as well? let's be fair. I agree free printing is not a good policy, but the new one neither. Uni and students can work together to find out a better option. Life of postgraduate students is struggle already, so even if a small change can have detrimental impact on them.

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Marcella Herrera
9 years ago Featured

Changing a contract without the agreement of BOTH parties is completely unacceptable and unethical! Only incoming students who knowingly sign a contract with this policy in it, should be charged for printing. I'm suprised it isn't illegal.

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Pavan Kumar
9 years ago

This is not a good decision as it will affect research progress and output

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Uzma
9 years ago

This is a totally unfair and dishonest decision!!!

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James Thorne
9 years ago

ENG postgrad

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Laura King
9 years ago Featured

This is a totally unfair decision made entirely for cost-cutting reasons. I'm also disappointed by the lack of consultation and notice. I am writing my thesis at the moment and need to regularly print draft copies of chapters for editing. Not having free printing will make my research harder in so many ways!

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Yvette Bensemann
9 years ago

C'mon UC - at least pretend to care about the needs of the student body...

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Louise Orcheston-Findlay
9 years ago

The postgraduate population should have been included in the conversation that lead to this policy change. Two weeks notice for a significant change like this is not enough.

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Hazel Usmar
9 years ago

Postgrad students are already at a financial disadvantage because we can't get student allowance any more.

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Lance McBride
9 years ago

Considering that the tuition we have paid for comes largely in forms that can require printing or photocopying, forcing us to pay again seems problematic.

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Om
9 years ago

I wish that Uni finds better ways to reduce printing. This shouldn't be the first step for sure.

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Sarah
9 years ago

Rude UC! Plain rude!

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Garrett Mueller
9 years ago

As a postgraduate commerce student doing an honors year, I have been told nothing at all about how to even access free printing facilities let alone hearing about it being cut until the two week announcement.

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Daniel Blake
9 years ago

I'm all for reducing excessive printing. However, taking such a rash approach with minimal consultation or warning, and when alternative systems required aren't in place, seems completely wrong.

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Xavier Bellagamba
9 years ago

Maybe a better, more fair idea and less radical change would have been an allowance of 500-1000 pages per person per year.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Nice.

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Ashleigh Alberts
9 years ago

As a postgraduate student, these changes affect me significantly.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

It has huge cost implications on students. Every staff and meeting required papers to present. There is no laptop provided by the university to take everywhere to display your results and work