Oh no, where to start!? I haven't blogged in two weeks...so much has been happening! I will chop it into bitesize chunks and write a new blog for each topic.
Firstly the 'A' bus situation has been 'resolved'. Mr President negotiated with the Estates Manager, Stuart Laird, for a cost effective alternative, as motioned in the BIG Student Meeting in October. 7-day travel pass for £6 can now be bought from bus drivers for use on the M1, M2, U1, U2 and U3 buses.
This could work out cheaper than the 'A' bus as it can be used an unlimited amount of times a day.
Students still aren't happy with this resolution though as it still means some students have to take 2 buses into University and for one unlucky lady it has taken her nearly an hour and a half to travel into University. Joanna Szulc has submitted an e-petition to get students to sign to agree that something more needs to be done. It reads:
"Although we understand the financial difficulty in maintaining full bus services on less popular routes, there is a considerable number of students who have been cut off from essential travel links to the University. Several areas of town, including Alum Chine, Westbourne and the centre of Bournemouth are left without the University bus service. Many students rented their accommodation along the bus route, only to find out at the start of the academic year that the A-bus service had ceased to exist. Although the recent University offer to help with the transport costs by way of weekly tickets is appreciated (as without it the cost of daily travel comes up to £6 per day!), this does not solve the fundamental problem for all affected students. Travel from Alum Chine, for example, requires 20 minutes walk to the nearest designated bus service (M1 or M2) in Westbourne, a 1/2 hour bus journey to Landsdowne, catching the University bus from there and another 1/2 hour's travel, which totals 1,5 hour's journey time each way. This means 3 hours a day in travel time! The A-route buses were always full in the mornings and early evenings and we strongly feel that at least for these times of the day the service should be reinstated."
If you agree please go online and sign the petition...even if you signed the first one for the 'A' bus, this one is new and different: http://subudemocracy.bournemouth.ac.uk
Also on the e-petition front Natalie Sparks sumitted an e-petition yesterday regarding a "review of academic delivery across the institution." In full description it says:
"- Assignments hand in dates are being put too close together - Not enough contact time - MyBU has been a major issue, especially in the way that ConSci students are having problems receiving e-mails - Changes in schools are not being properly communicated to students I propose that the Students' Union pushes for a review of the way that all academic delivery and dealings with students are approached so that the institution has the best interests of the students as central in all of their thoughts and dealings."]
Again if you agree with this and want something done about it please visit SUBU's e-democracy site: http://subudemocracy.bournemouth.ac.uk
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