Comments on: NUS is full of Cnuts http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/ “ferocity with a purpose” Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:30:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stop the Podulants http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/comment-page-1/#comment-173141 Stop the Podulants Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:12:08 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/#comment-173141 Student's Union members from my experience do not exist for students at all. I notified various depts from various parts of the country over an ongoing campaign to change the University complaints system into something decent. ie something n o t run by the old boy/girl network. The students union dont want to know. Student Union reps from Bournemouth University sat in my complaints hearing and did nothing to stop dishonest members of staff from fixing my hearings. Even worse, one member of the 'independent' panel was, yes, president of the students union and he voted with the staff! Since then I have tried to get this system changed as Universities are free to do this to their students time over. there is no protection from the OIA or through the legal system. There is certainly no assistance or support from the student's union who are fully aware of what this system is doing to students. You can see evidence at www.podulantpeople.co.uk about what is happening under this system and what the SU, government, OIA and legal system is turning a blind eye to. Student’s Union members from my experience do not exist for students at all. I notified various depts from various parts of the country over an ongoing campaign to change
the University complaints system into something decent. ie something n o t run by the old boy/girl network. The students union dont want to know. Student Union reps from Bournemouth University sat in my complaints hearing and did nothing to stop dishonest members of staff from fixing my hearings. Even worse, one member of the ‘independent’ panel was, yes, president of the students union and he voted with the staff! Since then I have tried to get this system changed as Universities are free to do this to their students time over. there is no protection from the OIA or through the legal system. There is certainly no assistance or support from the student’s union who are fully aware of what this system is doing to students. You can see evidence at http://www.podulantpeople.co.uk about what is happening under this system and what the SU, government, OIA and legal system is turning a blind eye to.

]]> By: On Democracy and Participation http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/comment-page-1/#comment-172498 On Democracy and Participation Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:03:10 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/#comment-172498 [...] some approaches to NUS reform has recieved a reply from one of the texts it linked to: from Quaequam blog. You have to scroll down to the end of the article to read the reply as it has been pencilled in as [...] [...] some approaches to NUS reform has recieved a reply from one of the texts it linked to: from Quaequam blog. You have to scroll down to the end of the article to read the reply as it has been pencilled in as [...]

]]> By: Labour Students, Old Mother Hubbard and the NUS Cupboard http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/comment-page-1/#comment-172431 Labour Students, Old Mother Hubbard and the NUS Cupboard Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:02:26 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/#comment-172431 [...] the reforms. To give three examples, here is the view that students themselves sold their souls. Here is the view that these reforms are positively awful but we can’t possibly, y’know, [...] [...] the reforms. To give three examples, here is the view that students themselves sold their souls. Here is the view that these reforms are positively awful but we can’t possibly, y’know, [...]

]]> By: sanbikinoraion http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/comment-page-1/#comment-172426 sanbikinoraion Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:38:36 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/#comment-172426 Ah yes, that well-known pedantic point "the truth". If someone always points it out, perhaps you should start respecting it? :P Ah yes, that well-known pedantic point “the truth”. If someone always points it out, perhaps you should start respecting it? :P

]]> By: James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/comment-page-1/#comment-172417 James Graham Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:14:04 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/#comment-172417 El Fat: I'm ten years out of date but back when I was a student that deal was close to collapse. Sandy: You can always guarantee that if you mention Cnut/whatever that someone will always make that pedantic point. The legend is better than the truth: print the legend. El Fat: I’m ten years out of date but back when I was a student that deal was close to collapse.

Sandy: You can always guarantee that if you mention Cnut/whatever that someone will always make that pedantic point. The legend is better than the truth: print the legend.

]]> By: sanbikinoraion http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/comment-page-1/#comment-172416 sanbikinoraion Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:08:06 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/#comment-172416 King Knut / Cnut / Canute stood on the shore and attempted to command the tide to not come in, in order to prove to his syncopantic courtiers that he *couldn't* do it, to show that not everything must always obey his every command. Furthermore, he brought decades of peace and stability to England, ended the Dangeld, and was generally considered smart and politically astute. So perhaps not the metaphor you were looking for. King Knut / Cnut / Canute stood on the shore and attempted to command the tide to not come in, in order to prove to his syncopantic courtiers that he *couldn’t* do it, to show that not everything must always obey his every command. Furthermore, he brought decades of peace and stability to England, ended the Dangeld, and was generally considered smart and politically astute.

So perhaps not the metaphor you were looking for.

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/comment-page-1/#comment-172415 Letters From A Tory Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:53:49 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/04/10/nus-is-full-of-cnuts/#comment-172415 Who cares if they represent students - my NUS card got me cheaper drinks for three years! http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com Who cares if they represent students – my NUS card got me cheaper drinks for three years!

http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com

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