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CYCLISTS’
VIEWS PLEASE (Melisa Slater,
transport co-ordinator) As part of its transport
plan, the University is conducting a survey
of facilities for cyclists and is developing
proposals for their enhancement. There has
already been wide consultation through schools
and departments and with the bicycle users’
group. We would like to thank those heads
of departments and others for taking the time
to complete the surveys. A meeting to discuss
the results of the survey and the first draft
of proposals is planned for early March. If
readers would like to attend they should email
me at m.j.slater@leeds.ac.uk with ‘cycle
facilities meeting’ as the subject line.
Any comments or suggestions on facilities
for cyclists on the Leeds campus can be emailed
to the same address before the end of February.
FAIRTRADE
AT LEEDS? (Dr Joanna Brown,
learning development unit) Our food purchasing
habits can literally mean life or death to
farmers in the developing world. As Leeds
is on the verge of becoming a Fairtrade city,
the time is ripe for Leeds University to become
a Fairtrade University. You can help by sending
the postcard enclosed in the Reporter to the
Vice-Chancellor requesting that the University
does all it can to become a Fairtrade University
by satisfying the goals laid down by the Fairtrade
Foundation. These include making Fairtrade
products available in food outlets on campus
and using Fairtrade foods at meetings and
in management offices, making a commitment
to campaign for increased Fairtrade consumption
on campus and establishing a Fairtrade steering
group. If you would like to purchase Fairtrade
products there is a recognised supplier on
campus: the LUU Food Co-Op Society (with a
shop in the Students Union).
POST
OFFICE CLOSURE (Professor
Roger Boyle, computing) I note that the Woodhouse
Lane sub post office is scheduled for closure.
Every time I visit it, there is a queue, so
demand does not seem to be an issue. I wonder
what scope there may be for the University
post-room to provide a stamp-selling service
for the many odd letters and parcels so many
of us wish to send. If they could duplicate
some other Post Office functions as well,
so much the better. Any chance?
Editor’s reply: We’ve received
other letters about the proposed closure.
The Post Office has now made the decision
to close Woodhouse Lane post office on March
25. The University mail room will consider
the suggestion to sell stamps when the post
office closes. The nearest post office is
ten minutes’ walk away at the St John’s
centre.
BAD
NEWS COMING? (Robert Sladdin,
director of estates, in reply to letter from
Chris Hammond, Reporter 495) I am sure that
most colleagues will agree that there has
been a significant improvement in the quality
of the campus and facilities since 1989, alongside
the reduction in the space per FTE student.
The current estates strategy identifies opportunities
to further improve the use of space and thus
release surplus space for new activities.
As part of this process, we shall also be
addressing the need to improve facilities
and hence a reduction in overall space per
FTE student is not at odds with the objective
of improving the student experience. Accordingly,
those with an excess of ‘chocolate’
are being encouraged to reduce their consumption,
so that their other colleagues can have a
fair share!
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