We’re very grateful that the committee has agreed that a representative for the students' union, can present students' suggestions about the design for the proposed new union building. We appreciate that some of our ideas may not be feasible in the circumstances, but we do feel that it is important that the ultimate beneficiaries of the facilities should have some say inits design. If I could start by briefly explaining what steps were taken to find out student opinion, and how we have arrived at conclusions. Firstly, a meeting was held in the current union for our su committee to explain the options. Then we invited all students to submit written suggestions for the design, placing cards in asuggestion box. These suggestions then provided the basis for the design of a questionnaire which was completed by approximately two thousand of the college students over a period of three weeks. Finally, the su committee collated the results and drew up a report. If I can just hand around a copy of that report, this presentation is essentially a summary and discussion of the key points of this report. So, in broad terms, the consensus was as follows. Firstly, regarding the crucial matter of the site, we presented the three options that you have proposed. One, in the city centre, near the Faculty ofEducation. Two, on the outskirts of the city, near the park, and three, out of town, near the halls of residence. We asked students to cite reasons for and against these sites and, and there was remarkable agreement on all three. Site one was unpopular because of traffic and parking problems, site two had a number of supporters, mainly because it was close to most lecture rooms, and site three, out of town, near the halls of residence, was clearly the most popular because of access from living quarters.
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