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The protest was engineered to show that the university was not ready to cater with the problems caused by reduced portering hours. Slogans such as “wouldn’t have happened with 24 hour porters” were left throughout the area and none of the individuals have been identified.
It took until 1:15am for Security Services to respond, sparking a series of student comments about university inefficiency. “The event showed how unprepared the university was, taking over an hour to respond to the problems,” Chris Etheridge, one of the co-ordinators of the YUSU Save Our Porters campaign, explained.
One porter commented on the situation, asking to be quoted anonymously. “I look at it this way: students in Alcuin are paying for spare keys, 24/7 porters and other services whilst students here are paying the same for less services. They should be given compensation. I work for the students, not the University."
“I’m not really sure that [the Derwent protest is] the right route to take,” he added. “They should instead be hitting Heslington Hall and hard.”
Jane Grenville, the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Students, responded to the situation in a comment to Nouse; “in terms of portering we seized a chance and identified changes which we believe can deliver improvements on the old system… Over the summer we successfully negociated the new deal with the trades unions and the porters. We certainly had the qualified support of the porters.”
One anonymous Derwent student responded to the claims. “I am paying more than students in Derwent paid last year and am getting worse services. It’s appalling and the University should be ashamed. All I can say is that I hope the campaign succeeds.”
When asked what the YUSU campaign was intending to achieve, YUSU Campaigns Officers Chris Etheridge and Jason Rose responded. “I would like 24-hour portering to be restored and portering to be acknowledged as part of the welfare system by the university,” Chris offered. Jason responded that “[this issue] has gone on for years and the University have been pushing for permanent cuts. We need to get a result that deals with this issue permanently.”
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