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The £45 is a JCR (Junior Common Room) fee which goes towards arranging events by the hall committee for the residents of the hall. It's compulsory and if not paid, it is taken out of your deposit when you leave. Also if she has bought a wrist band deposit, the JCR fee will have to be paid before she can collect it.
The fee is taken out what deposit?
NUS cards are NOT mandatory, I don't know where you heard this from. You can buy them during the fresher's fayre but are not obliged to do so. Most students do buy them as it gives you £2 off entry to union nights and will easily be repaid and then some over the course of the year.

What deposit ?

This happens at most uni's and most places charge a lot more! It seems alright in the grand scheme of things I suppose

This happens at most uni's and most places charge a lot more! It seems alright in the grand scheme of things I suppose

I don't know what you're playing at, but my little sister is off to your Uni next week and apparently she is having to pay out a few hidden charges.

she's been told she has to pay £45 to some group that organises socials and events from her block, this sounds dodgy as hell to me. Maybe this is something that is voluntary but hasn't been communicated that way?

Also she has been told she needs to buy an NUS card ... again she says she was told she HAS to. Okay its only £12, but it sounds like you guys are feeding misinformation to your students or pressuring them into buying things that ARE NOT mandatory to buy.

I would hope another universitys SU would be acting far more responsibly, your role is to protect and aid students not squeeze them for cash the second they arrive at the University.

Maybe this has all been a misunderstanding, but if not, then its not on and you need to address this.

I must say I find it very distastful to charge a new student £45 so that they have the option to attend events, I know if I were attending your university I would be causing your SU a lot of headaches. This charge is exploitative of students that are already paying extortionate rates for halls.

The role of an SU is to support students, the SU is a welfare organisation not a commitee for planning a party.


So if a student is not a habitial shopper and party go'er or planning to travel the length and breadth of the UK ...what benefits does an NUS card have? Like I said it is probably a miscommunication, but it should be addressed.

I find the fact that the RUSU doesn't seemed concerned about this JRC fee quite deplorable, what is your RUSU doing when its not strong arming students into drinking and paying for things they don't need? Disgracful.

You might find it distasteful to charge that much but you're not forced to buy a wristband, you're not forced to attend any events at all. The wristband pays for itself really - if you choose to buy it because you want to attend events and meet people (as every fresher does when they move to university) then they've got the whole week covered. If you want to moan, go on the other universities pages where some of the unions are charging £60 upwards for a wristband.

If you attended the university yourself and was unhappy with the SU then I'd agree you have a right to complain. But you don't even go here. How do you know what else the SU does? They do far more than just 'plan a party'; they provide support for students, campaign for things which will help the students and organise other social events that aren't about drinking.

NUS has plenty of benefits, you don't have to be a habitual shopper to reap the benefits. Are you telling me you or your sister only go into a shop once a year to purchase something? NUS is accepted at hundreds of shops and it helps you save just that little bit extra WHEN you go shopping, whether that be once a day, once a week, once a month.

It sounds like you're complaining for the sake of complaining, especially about the SU.