Questionable ethics?
Dear Editor,
We thank the Gair Rhydd for bringing the allegations to our attention, but overall we believe them to be grossly unfair. Though the reporting in the Gair Rhydd was weak and the inferences made about the Debating Society and its members were unfounded we feel that the writer of the article had a weak starting point. In understanding that this article was not well researched and essentially a rephrased version of an article from another source originally made by incorporating misleading and false information, we feel that the Gair Rhydd was not entirely at fault though they were surely negligent. It is not a surprise to us that the members of the media at Newsnight who originally broke the story are now subject to court proceedings for libel in relation to false and misleading statements.
Student Approval
Dear gair rhydd,
Regarding the article about lecturers inflating student’s marks (gair rhydd 898), I would have hoped that this kind of article wouldn’t appear in our student newspaper. Not that it was badly written, but because of what it’s saying about us as students. The message driven into us by mainstream media, every time any kind of results come out, from the time we start school, is that we are just given easier and easier exams every year. It’s not that we’ve gotten any smarter, or that our teaching is now better. No, because of course previous generations had it so much harder than we do.
Aborting Mis-Conceptions
Dear gair rhydd,
I write in response to Darryl Light’s article in last week’s issue.
Lifelong cuts again
Dear gair rhydd,
The cuts to humanities provisions at Cardiff University’s Lifelong Learning Centre are deeply worrying, and Plaid Cymru is opposing them. I have raised the cuts this week at the Assembly during questions to the First Minister, Rhodri Morgan. Lifelong Learning is the community aspect of the University and the courses on offer enable adults and mature students to access education.
Service With A Smile
Dear gair rhydd,
This may just be a personal complaint, and others might not have had the same problems. But the staff in The Kitchen. Yesterday I went in, and the service was just painful to watch. I’m not expecting full hospitality service, but I thought I might get served by an adult.
Library Girls
Dear gair rhydd,
In reference to the article about the Aberdare library (gair rhydd 897), I just want to complain about the complaints which the residents seem to have. Yes, ok, so they’ll be losing their exclusive library. But it is not ‘essential for study’ – every other student who doesn’t live at Aberdare somehow manages to pass their exams by walking to another library. Like the ASSL, just a few minutes up the road. Biosciences, ditto. And Bute. Aberdare is, in fact, in the best location out of any of the student residences when it comes to getting to libraries.
Lifelong Learning
Dear gair rhydd,
In response to the letter (11th May) from the Vice-Chancellor regarding the closure of Humanities at LEARN, I am concerned by his lack of attention to the main issues in hand.
Lifelong Learning
Dear gair rhydd,
How could the Welsh Assembly Government with a clear conscience possibly approve cutting the teaching of Welsh, of all subjects, plus the Humanities at Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning?
Thank You Nightline
Dear gair rhydd,
I attended the Society Awards on Saturday. I would firstly like to congratulate the organisers for a brilliant event, but I was disappointed to find that the Award for the ‘Most Charitable Society’ was judged on the amounts of money raised. Both the SVC and RAG have done a fantastic job and fully deserve their awards but I think the criteria is unnecessarily narrow.
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