The Vice Chancellor of the Universityof Salford has admitted that he doesnot know how changes in highereducation will affect Salford students –or indeed, how the University willrespond to them. Vice Chancellor Professor Martin

Hall spoke to Salford Student Directjust days after University Councilminutes revealed that the Universityis anticipating an increased drop outrate in the 2012-13 academic year. According to the minutes, there will

be an increased drop out rate of 15%between years one and two and 20%between years two and three for UKand EU undergraduate students in2012 – the year that tuition fees at theUniversity of Salford will be raised to£8,500 per year.

Professor Hall admits that theincreased drop-out rates will probablybe a result of students no longer beingable to afford university, owing to theincreased fees. “Will we see an increase in financial-

related drop outs in the second andsubsequent years? The answer is that Isimply don’t know. We’ve made the[financial] provision in case ithappens, and we’re obviously going tobe concerned if it does,” saidProfessor Hall. In the same interview, Professor Hall

also acquiesced that the Universitywould probably lose 350 fundedplaces in 2012, which couldpotentially result in some coursesbeing axed. “We still don’t know exactly how

many places we will lose, but we thinkwe will have 350 places removed in2012,” said Professor Hall. “There’s alittle bit of unfortunate discriminationgoing on here because those places

will be UK/EU student places. “We haven’t made any decisions

[with regards to which courses maybe cut] yet. We would really hope thatwe wouldn’t cut whole courses…. Itdoesn’t affect any of our NHS courses,and it doesn’t affect language orengineering courses. We obviouslytake into account demand fromstudents. If some courses aren’tpopular, we have to look carefully atthose.“The places are being taken away

from us, there’s nothing we can doabout it…we deeply regret it, andwe’ve been fighting it all the way alongthe line.” When asked if the University would

consider lowering their fees, ameasure certain universities aroundthe country have taken following thenationwide backlash against the raisein fees, Professor Hall replied: “We’re not considering it now

because our fee proposition was the

right proposition. I find it very difficultto understand how universities can goback and lower their fees because itsuggests that they didn’t put the feesup properly the first time. “We charged £8,500 in the first place

because we think that’s what it coststo provide the quality we want.“If you weren’t genuine about what

you were charging in the first place,then you being very immoral becauseyou were making £1000 profit fromevery student.”Why does the Vice Chancellor

believe that the University can justifycharging the extra money?“It never just cost £3,500. We were

always getting £7,500 for you – thegovernment provided the rest.“I’m asking the £2,500 question of

everybody across the University. Wehave what I call the “Salfordadvantage… we need to make thisapparent to students and theirfamilies.”

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Sport Makers is an exciting newnational initiative that has been setup to get more people involved insports volunteering in the lead up tothe London 2012 Olympics.=The University has teamed up

with Greatersport, the CountySports Partnership for GreaterManchester, to give Salford studentsthe chance to be involved with theSport Makers scheme and to makesport happen.Added to this volunteering in

sport will help you to gain confi-dence, communication and organi-sation skills that will all enhanceyour CV and increase your employa-bility.The University will be hosting a

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Thursday 24 November between5pm and 7pm in the Careers andEmployability area of UniversityHouse.To find out more about the

scheme and to sign up for the work-shop visit www.sportmakers.co.uk

A NATIONWIDE search isunder way to match single-tons to their perfect partner ina new dating experiment setto be televised in the NewYear.The Year of Making Love will

be broadcast on BBC3 fromJanuary 2012, and theproducers of the show arepromising to create hundredsof new couples using thepower of science.Fever Media are based in

The Greenhouse building atSalford Quays’ Media City site,

where the search for contest-ants began this week.The in-depth descriptions of

1000 people will be putthrough a compatibilitymachine which will match upcouples based on complexalgorithms that cross refer-ence all criteria stated bypotential partners.The machine has been

designed by psychologists,councillors and dating expertsbased on years of researchinto the science of love.A huge televised event will

take place in January in whichthe 1000 participants will beturned into 500 couples.The Manchester Evening

News Arena has been short-listed as a potential locationfor the filming of the openingshow.A television series is sched-

uled to follow the progress ofthe couples, from the mini-dates at the first meeting tothe potential relationshipscreated by the experiment.Elli Metcalfe, Assistant

Producer of the show said:“We are having a greatresponse from people eagerlylooking for love and we hopethat our programme will findthem their Mr or Mrs Right.”Applications are open to all

singletons over the age of 18,with no restrictions on sexual

orientation.Adam Stanway, a single 25-

year old graphics student,said: “I’ve had so much workto do recently that I can’t evenremember the last night out Ihad, so I’ve had no chance tomeet anybody. If this showcan find me the perfect birdthen I’m in...”To apply for the experiment

and be in with a chance ofmaking the first show, emailyearoflove@fevermedia.co.uk,or call 0161 713 3667.More details can be found at

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This week, I moved toSalford, which means thatI’m closer to all the actionin the Students’ Union (andalso cuts my commute byexactly four hours eachday). Here in the Students’

Union there’s plenty to beexcited about. We’regetting all excited aboutthe NUS Student ActivismConference on 19November in London,which you can attend forjust £5 (that’s transportincluded). To sign up, go toGeneral Office to get yourname down. Places arelimited! I’m also excited about the

Children in Need eventswe’ll be holding. Everylittle helps so bring in yourloose change and let’s seehow much we can all raisetogether.

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Mark CockroftNews Editor

Salford students are beingurged to vote for the next genera-tion of NUS delegates and for anew Student Council member. Over the last week the candi-

dates have been campaigning forstudents’ votes and from Tuesdayevery Salford student will havethe opportunity to finally casttheir vote. It’s so important to take just five

minutes from your time to votefor a candidate. The chosen NUSdelegates and Student Councilmembers will be influencingpolicy which effects students in

both the Students’ Union and ona national scale. Voting is quick and simple and

you will be able to vote onlineany time between 9am Tuesday15 November until 4pm Thursday17 NovemberThis year you'll vote via

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Take Charge of your educationJodie Pritchard

The University of SalfordStudents’ Union is organ-ising a special event at BarYours on Wednesday 16November to raise moneyfor Children in Need. At the event, several

Salford activity groups willbe pitching in to try andraise as much as possiblefor this worthy cause. So far the High Rollers

Society, Belly Dancing,Almost Famous, theDancing Society, ShockRadio and Musician’sSociety are all confirmed tobe helping out at theevent. The High Rollers

Society will beholding a pokertournament. Ticketswill be £7, with £2going to charity andthe rest being open forwinning. There will be perform-

ances from Almost Famous,who will be performing afew taster songs from theirnext musical, and DanceSociety.

Also performing will bethe Belly Dancing Societyand the Musician’s Society,who have selected theirperformers from the OpenMic Nights they have beenholding in Bar Yours. Shock Radio will be DJ-ing

in between performances.The event will be followedby the Salford Social at42nd Street. The aim is to raise as

much money as possiblefor this worthy cause, socome along and getinvolved!

Jodie Pritchard

The Christian Union will beholding an Open Mic Night on18 November for the fourth

time.Students are welcome to

perform, and there will be aperformance from an invitedartist, too. It will start at 7pm and will be

held in Bar Yours.Musicians, comedians, and

poets are welcome, and eachperformer will receive a freedrink. For more information about

the Christian Union, you canview their minisite athttp://salfordstudents.com/christianunion

Christian Union in Fourth Open Mic Night Jodie Pritchard

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In an interview with StudentDirect, Martin Hall said that

the University don’t knowwhether we are going to losestudents because of financialreasons when the fees go up.No disrespect, but he doesn’t

want to know. Fewer studentsare going to come to the

university because of what theConservative-led coalitiongovernment have done to oureducation system. By strippingit bare and forcing the studentto pay a hell of a lot of moneyfor an education that he/she isconstantly told by the mediaisn’t worth it, and with noreasonable job market to gointo after education, lesspeople will go to university. Our once-proud education

system has now been letamongst the dogs in the freemarket thanks to the Tories,

with the student expected tofoot the cost. Don’t get mewrong, someone has to paythe bill, but the days of thegovernment seeing this(relatively speaking) smallcost as an investment, ratherthan something which onlybenefits the individual, arewell behind us. But let us look at our own

university briefly. TheUniversity of Salford in theGuardian league tables puts us109th of 119. Whilst we do havesome good academic areas,this is not a good university.We have dropped from 100thlast year. I would like to knowhow the University can justifycharging such a large amountof money for such a baduniversity.Other universities near us in

the league tables are speakingof sums more in the region of£4000 and £5000 (LondonMet and London South Bank)and universities way above uslike Sunderland (48th) andCoventry (63rd) are indeedcharging less. Baring in mindthe top rate is £9000, with thebig unis like the Oxbridgesand Durham and Bristolcharging that sum, are wereally only £1000 worse thanthose institutions? I wouldsuggest our university is

attempting to punch wayabove its weight and insteadonly hurting the students. I seem to be constantly

glancing at our minisite onthe Guardian website whereour first big boast is that weare “just a mile and a halffrom Manchester city centre’sendless bars, clubs, shops,and fabulous galleries andmuseums.” It says a lot whenwe don’t even speak of ourown quality of education butrather that we are nearsomewhere we can all getpissed quite easily. It also says “the university

will be next door to sixnational BBC departmentsand in the same building asITV when it joinsMediaCityUK” – we seem to bevery proud of what we arenear. Oh, and Johnny Marr hasbeen a visiting lecturer oncein the last three years – ourmusic department is greatwithout a celebrity friend ortwo.I would argue that we don’t

need to be charging £8000 forwhat is a second rateuniversity. True, we havebeen forced to show our handthanks to David Cameron, butwe can be certain that ourhand isn’t all that.

Tick tock. Tick tock. Thatmysterious ticking noise is not apipe bomb, so have no fear. It is,however, our biological clock. Inthe time it has taken me to tell youthis, each of us is closer to death.But we’re also close to differentmilestones that some of us mayhave already encountered or somehave yet to encounter. A 21stbirthday. Graduating. Moving awayfrom home. Finding that specialsomeone. Marriage. But to what extent would you go

to to meet one of these milestones?Say, having a child? According toLiz Jones’ own admission shewould stop at nothing short thantheft of an ex’s bodily fluids fromtheir used condom just toinseminate herself. Now, don’t getme wrong, I understand the feelingof broodiness… Heck, despite myhatred of children there’s alwaysthat moment of weakness where Iwish I had a womb in which togrow my own ‘special’ parasite for9 months. However, Liz, you mightbe taking things a bit too far.How is stealing the sperm of your

lover acceptable? Why would youdo such a thing? Not only is it aninsane breach of trust and decency,but why would you want the childof a person who has expressed thathe is not ready for children? Singleparents are more than capable, butno-one asks to become one.Furthermore, a worrying fact is

that Liz is not the only person toadmit to stealing bodily fluids fromsoiled contraceptives. The lengthsthese middle-aged women seem togo to in an attempt to achievemotherhood. Hormone injections,secret ovulation charts, sleepingaround behind their partners’backs. Liz’s reason for this admission?

She wants men to be more ‘wary’,and to not ‘underestimate women’.Well dear, you can try and makethis an act of feminist liberation, butit’s anything but. Until now thesemen didn’t think they had to bewary. They thought, quite rightly,that having an intimate momentwith their partner, in whichcontraception was used would besafe enough. She was right in onething though, perhapsheterosexual men have beenunderestimating exactly howpsychotic women can be at times. Ifanything, you’ve lessened theviews of men on women. You’vemade Pankhurst turn in her grave.You have highlighted that men andwomen are not equal, becausemen recognise that having a familyis a lifelong commitment that bothparties must be willing tocommence whilst women such asyourself know no limits to gettingwhat you want.

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Newly formed CrawlingTheatre Company made abold move and demon-strated their intentions tomake their mark with their debutproduction Just One Minute. The Crawling Theatre Company

was set up to provide a platformfor Salford students to show casetheir theatrical talents.The play is loosely based on the

high profile case of MadeleineMcCann that has been a well-docu-mented and public affair eversince her disappearance on 3 May2007.The play follows five characters

as their link to the case of themissing girl (Daisy) becomesapparent. Interestingly, the focus isplaced on the effects the case ishaving on the characters asopposed to the process of finding

Daisy. Edward Easton, a naturally

gifted actor, played the strongcentral character Gary, an officialinvestigator on the case, and wasaccompanied by the police officerRobert (James Ledsham). At first Robert is seemingly over-

shadowed by his experiencedpartner, but his cutting edginessand his sharp wit pierce throughthe audience thanks to Ledsham’sgritty persona. Helena Rochester plays a wait-

ress (Catherine) who has a subtlebut intriguing relationship withGary, which intensifies as Garydrinks more at the bar where sheworks. Rochester gifted the audi-ence to a performance that solidi-fied her character as strong andconsistent throughout.Catherine ends up renting a

room from Mary-Louise (Amy JaneOllies), the witness who has comeforward after she had apparentlysighted the missing girl. Amy-JaneOlies has no trouble in portrayingthe fragile and vulnerable natureof her character, and broughtMary-Louise to life in a thought-provoking manner. Rachel McMurray showed

sophistication with a poisedperformance as Anne, the motherof the missing girl, fluctuatingbetween strength and weakness,hope and despair, whilst beingconsumed by the reality of hersituation.

There were no significant weak-nesses in the piece but the connec-tions that linked the characterstogether could have been moreprominent to reinforce the impactthey were having on each other.This is a minor point however, asthe monologues that each char-acter performed proved to be glis-tening gems of raw theatre, bril-liantly executed. The expositionalmonologues were gripping yetamusing, and sucked the audienceeffortlessly into the characters’psyches. The play was well directed, and

well thought through, with carefulconsideration of costume and set,

which aided the performancewithout distracting the audiencefrom the acting prowess radiatingfrom the cast.The stand out feature was the

way in which the tension builds inJust One Minute. The ambiguouscharacter interaction and halffinished sentences steadily andincrementally builds the tensionscene after scene with lines suchas, ‘Sometimes, I just want to get allmy hair, and cut it off’.The Crawling Theatre Company

has set a precedent with their firstinstallment, with lots of potential ifthey continue to be bold and imag-inative.

Hot Or Not..

It’s a far cry from the vert etrouge patisseries and boulan-geries of Amelie, but here in thedark and empty Academy 2 Iam waiting to meet YannTiersen, French musician andsongwriter best known toBritish audiences for his evoca-tive scores used in films.However, I am about to learnthat Tiersen is far more thanthat-man-who-did-the-Amelie-music, a common misconcep-tion and overwhelming under-estimation of talent. He arrives,and I see that Tiersen’s eclecticmusical style is evident in hisattire. Unlike the quaint pianistI expect, he is dressed in alumberjack shirt and messyhair, the composure of a truerock star. After a nod and aquick handshake, Yann beginsby explaining how he got intomusic:“I played in some bands as a

teenager and then I startedmaking music on my own. Igrew up in… Brittany, and thereis a strong musical scene there,a lot of bands. We then inevitably get onto

the subject of his film music,and a tension arises. He quicklyshoots down the misconcep-tion about his work withAmelie:“I never made the soundtrack

of Amelie, except for my firstalbums, it was by chance. I just

did two soundtracks in fifteenyears just Tabarly andGoodbye Lenin but I’m notreally comfortable with sound-tracks because I think themusic is just a question ofsounds, something reallysimple. Nothing’s really do towith the… characters in thefilm, I think it’s pointless. It’sjust abstract.” On asked whether he ever

sees films he composes for, helaughs and remarks, “Yeah Isaw it just for an indication ofthe length of the track andnothing more.”Yann makes clear that he is

not a composer, and just amusician, mainly inspired byrock bands. He explains, “Forme, a composer is someonethat has a precise idea of whatthey want to do, that is theopposite of my way ofworking.” “When I’m in the studio I

work on my own because Idon’t know where I’m going. Ijust get the mic and find ideas,add layers and at one point itcan be really messy but at theend it’s more clear.” I butt in, “It says online you

play toy pianos…”He laughs, “It makes a nice

sound, so why not?”We move on to the subject of

Tiersen’s new album, Skyline. Iask whether the album has atheme running through it. “Not really, maybe it’s uncon-

scious but I don’t really likeconcept albums. But I think if

you work on an album for one,two years, there’s obviouslyyour life in it. So it’s not onpurpose, it’s just there.” Tiersen remains so chilled, it

is quite difficult to believe he isabout to play a rock concert.The conversation drifts ontowhat we should expect fromhis live shows, and the venueshe likes to play:“Onstage we’re really like a

proper band but with noleaders. We play close to thealbums but it’s different ofcourse because it’s pointless todo the same on stage becauseyou can stay at home withheadphones. But it’s quite closeI think.“I like all sorts of venues. We

played the Roundhouse inLondon, that was really impres-sive, then we played theBrudenell Social Club in Leedswhich was a really small one, Iliked the contrast betweenthem. It was great. I’m reallyhappy to play [in Manchester].

Last time we played in theCathedral which was reallystrange because we had twodrummers. It was really noisyso in a church it was fuckingstrange!”The interview draws to a

close and it remains for me toask what lies ahead for Tiersenand his band.:“We’re on tour for a while till

December in Europe and thenwe will start again in March.Then we’ll go to Australia andthe US.” It is evident that Yann Tiersen

is a hard man to pin down andcategorise. His music is hugelymetamorphic and uponmeeting him I can understandhis frustration at his Amelietypecasting. So now there isone thing I know for sure, YannTiersen has a huge amount tooffer and promises to deliveran album and show that iscomparable to nothing else. Skyline is available to buy

now.

Just OneMinute Daniel Clayton

Theatre

Kind of hot… Manic Street Preachers –This is the Day – The songitself is a cracking pop tune,it’s very uplifting and heart-warming. The video is prob-ably the nicest thing aManics fan can watch, atotal nostalgia trip back tothe good old days withRichey Edwards. It’s lovely.Anyone else probablywouldn’t care, but MSP fanswill. They always do.

Definitely not…Bruno Mars – It Will Rain – Itwas doing so well beforethe chorus came in andnothing happened. Hasanyone heard of dynamics?He’s quite good too, isBruno. Although his realname is Peter, so he’s a bigliar. He might not evenmean what he’s singing. Maverick Sabre- I Need –Did someone say safemiddle of the road pop?This guy’s voice is sort of okand the song is sort of okbut that’s it really. It’s sort ofok. It’s got a bit of soul in itbut he does sound like he’susing a broken microphone,which the studio probablyshould have sorted outbefore they startedrecording.The Kooks- Junk Of TheHeart (Happy) – It’s notNaïve. That was a great song.This is not a great song. It’sanother one of those “let memake everything better foryou cos you’re nice andstuff” songs. Damn, they’renot good songs. Bad move,Kooks. Bad move.Pixie Lott ft Pusha T- WhatDo You Take Me For? – Wedo need to put our popheads on for this. Pixie Lottis trying to be R’n’B, which ifyou forget her name isfreaking Pixie Lott it kind ofworks, and she’s got arapper not doing very muchbut generally being aroundand giving it “street cred”(although god knows whatstreets this song would havecred on). If she was called“Bitches and Hos girrrl” orsomething, it might work. Itdoesn’t. But, and I feel this iscrucial to the song; she isreally hot. The video soundsbetter on mute.Nickelback- When WeStand Together – Nickelbackhave always been shit. It’ssort of their thing, really. Ifyou look up Nickelback inthe picture dictionarythere’s a steaming dumpright there. This song isabout how we can all gettogether and save the worldand stuff if only we weren’tstanding apart and we werein fact standing together.Personally I think thatwould probably just aggra-vate agoraphobic people. Ithink they’re going for the“we are the 99%” market.Bastards. Sean Paul ft Alexis Jordan-Got 2 Luv U – Awful, justawful. Makes me genuinelythrow up every time I hearit, I really fear for my health.

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When you think about the word‘Satanic’, what is the image thatfirst comes to mind? Animalsacrifices? Black magic? Scarypeople in dark robes burninghorrible smelling candles andwaving skulls around the roomwhile chanting? Well, after a fewminutes of research, you will seethat this is not always the case.In fact, you might find that youactually agree with some of theSatanic teachings – although Ihave no doubt you will alsodisagree with some of it as well.Beginning to look into the topicwas, for me, a bit unnerving. According to Christianity,

humans cannot help but sin. Wedo it every day, because that ishuman nature. It is natural tohave improper thoughts aboutyour friend’s wife, or to covetyour neighbour’s ox (nee car).

And what could be more naturalthen pride? Our own feelings ofself-worth as humans are meas-ured by the pride we feel for ourown accomplishments, as wellas by the sense of big-headed-ness we get when we receivepraise for something. And this isperhaps the main thing aboutSatanism many will agree with.Part of the satanic philosophiesis that we embrace pride in ourwork and our achievements;however, they are also verystrict on accepting credit forother people’s work. This is astatement I believe we can allagree on (and none more sothen our tutors who arecurrently looking through ourwork to make sure that we stickto this). Although, lack of intelligence,

is also a big no-no in theSatanism, claiming that intelli-gence is what separates thosethat succeed from those that do

not. This, I think many willagree, is definitely flawed. Asstudents we admit that it isimportant to be able to processinformation and comprehen-sion of that information is alsojust as important, but it is wrongto assume that only the oneswith the highest I.Q will make itin this world – look at GeorgeBush. All in all, please don’t read this

thinking that it’s a banner call toSatanism; it’s not, nor is it hereto put you off looking it up. Likeall religions and philosophiesthat exist today, Satanism callsout to a part of us that says‘yeah, that makes sense’ or‘hmm, that’s a comfort’. But likeall regions, we should not belead blindly into it. All I cansuggest to those out there is tohave a read about it. However, Ido strongly recommend youstay away from the Satanist web-sites that mention chickens.

Alternative Religionand Philosophies Nathan Thompson

If you're embarking upon your ALevels right now, then I feeltremendously sorry for the news Iam about to give you. The Government are planning

something that will, in my mind, bezero beneficial to all those of youwho are working yourselves intothe ground to try to get yourselvestop marks. The Government, or tobe more specific, the EducationSecretary Michael Gove, wants tolimit the number of A* gradesgiven to those who achieve them. That's right, you read it correctly,

you do not need an eye test. MrGove wants to actually place adefinitive number on those of whoyou will receive the highest markpossible. When I read this, my first

thought was for my younger sister,who is currently in her first year atcollege. My sister worked veryhard to achieve amazing results in

her GCSE's and she wants to gainthe highest marks possible for herA Levels. The scary thought is thatthis time in two years this may notbe a possibility for her as Mr Govemay get his own way and my poorsister may not be handed thegrade she worked so hard for. I'm a degree student, sitting

rather stressed at the top of thedegree tree looking down on allthe young (and some not soyoung) people who are followingin my footsteps and workingtowards a higher education andUniversity. For many courses,students need As to gain entry, andin some cases such as Law, to gaina place at an outstandingUniversity you will need to achieveequally outstanding A-Levelresults – often an A*.It would appear that the new

system our Education Secretarywants to impose on A Level pupils,would only benefit a small marginof those would are lucky enough toarrive first and snap up the top

grade. The system, which I wouldlike to refer to as 'First come, Firstserved' would almost certainly beto those who are taught in well todo areas. The pupils from bluecollar, working class backgroundswill be handed a lower grade, andif they are lucky may get a place ona University course. Like gettinginto further education wasn't hardenough already, thanks to MrCameron's hike in tuition fees - dueto come into place in the nextacademic year. It would seem our trusted

Education Secretary could do withan education himself. How aboutone where he has to tell poor "Jack"that the grades he worked so hardfor are not going to be given to himbecause he missed out by 12minutes in the marking process.And, heaven forbid, I highly doubtany children of politicians will beaffected!Taking away something before

someone has had a chance to eventry to achieve it is just as bad astelling the kids on their first day ofcollege, 'Don't try too hard, youprobably won't be rewarded fairlyanyway'.

A-Level FailKaye Neylon

With employers now beginning touse the internet to check outpotential candidates, socialnetworking sites have the poten-tial to sabotage your careerprospects before you even get asfar as a call back for an interview.On the other hand, socialnetworking can also be a usefulinstrument when channelledcorrectly. As students, there’s probably not

a day that passes where logging into the big, blue, information filledfilter that is Facebook doesn’toccur at least once. Whether it’s tocheck if those pictures from lastnights rendezvous have beenuploaded (you definitely don’twant to be tagged in those) or if it’sto simply update your statusabout how awful Gary Barlow ison X-Factor, Facebook is teeteringon the verge of addiction for manystudents. Usually, we can put thisaddiction down to habit. It is justsomething we simply do when weare bored. And it’s not only Facebook that

is a phenomenon amongststudents. As the social networkingsite Twitter is also experiencinghigh rising popularity with agrowing number of tweeters inthe student community. Many arestill unaware of the abilities andpossibilities that Twitter has tooffer, deeming it as a similar entityto Facebook yet with fewer func-tions. However anyone who usedTwitter during the Manchesterand London riots will be able totell you what a useful instrumentTwitter has become. Twitter is agreat way to obtain minute byminute news and it is unique fromFacebook in that you can followpeople that actually share thesame interests as yourself. So here is the question; is it

possible to take all these hoursspent on social networking sitesand turn them in to somethingmore productive?The answer is yes; social

networking sites are increasinglybeing used as tools to enhanceemployability. Although it is mostcertainly true that socialnetworking sites can be bad foryour career, but if it is true that 45percent of employers researchprospective candidates via socialnetworking sites, then why notutilise them to your own advan-tage? If you are looking for acareer in journalism, surelyrecruiting companies wouldmuch rather read an interestingblog that gave an insight in to yourabilities as opposed to an ‘emostyle’ rant about how unfair it isthat you can’t go out tonightbecause of that essay you weresupposed to hand in last week.Not very reassuring to a prospec-tive employer is it? Or how about if your chosen

career path is that of a politician?(rather you than me). The lastthing you want people to see isyou goofing around on twitpics or

writing extreme or offensivecomments on Facebook. A wellwritten, knowledgeable blogwhich encapsulates your views,on the other hand, will highlightyour passion and expertise in thearea. One of the best ways to enhance

your career online is by building afollowing. Whether this is throughTwitter or via your own personalblog, you need a base with whichto share your expertise. Firstly,however, you need to decide whatyour area of expertise is bychoosing a niche. Are you abudding journalist? Do you aspireto become a musician? Or perhapsyour interest lies with the medicalsciences? Whatever it is, this iswhat you should focus on when itcomes to your social networkingactivities. You should also consider having

a separate social networking sitefor personal use. Perhaps keepFacebook solely for private affairs(but remember not to be lax withyour privacy settings) and thenuse either Twitter or blog sitessuch as Tumblr for your careerinterests. From an employmentperspective, it is important foremployers to know that prospec-tive employees are knowledge-able when it comes to their field,and many companies will use theinternet as a tool to obtain thisinformation. Overall, having ablog or website is an excellent wayto show you recruiters that youthe passion, drive, and expertise. The social networking site

Twitter is a great medium forcandidates to make themselvesknown to recruiters. Manycompanies and organisations arenow using Twitter making it agood tool to engage with andshare information with prospec-tive employers and opening upthe possibility of interaction toextend beyond socialnetworking. It is also a great wayto make contact with peoplewho share the same interests asyou do – it is always great to havecontacts in your area of interestfor obtaining up to date informa-tion and advice. For example, ifyou are interested in politics,you may wish to follow politicalgroups, parties, or individualswhich will in turn keep you up todate with the latest news andupcoming events and holds thekey to opening doors.Furthermore, organisations arealways using the internet, partic-ularly social networking sites, toadvertise job opportunities, andother activities which couldenhance your career prospects. Above all, it is always good to

have an online presence. Aquick search by an employer onthe internet that comes up withpositive results should alwaysshed you in a good light. As longas students remember to keeptabs on their privacy settingsand utilise social networkingsites correctly, there is noreason why the internet can’t beyour oyster.

Social Networking:Enhancing yourcareer prospects? Natalie Garforth

Michael Gove: dooming school children in deprived areas to failure? Photograph by Jay Wood.

Features

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Confused abouthow the Unionworks, or want toknow about anyof the services theUnion offers? Gotowww.salfordstudents.com

Link

SIFE stands for Students In FreeEnterprise and as a globalorganisation is sponsored byworld wide organisationsincluding HSBC, Accenture,RBS, KPMG, Slaughter and May,Asda and many more. SIFE Salford is a student-led

society which works closelywith Careers andEmployability within thestudent union to nurture thesocial and entrepreneurialskills of university students.They focus on setting upprojects within the localcommunity to benefit thosewho need it the most. They work on social projects,

related to issues such asunemployment, disabledpeople and young expectantmothers. For example, in the past they

have worked on a schemeaimed at providing

unemployed people with skillsthey required, such as CVwriting and communicationsskills to help them find jobs. In this scheme, students

interviewed people to find outwhat skills they required anddelivered the training sessionsthemselves. Getting involved in SIFE

Salford needn’t be a massivecommitment – students areselected for specific tasks basedon how much time they haveavailable and the skills theywant to improve. It’s also great for the CV –companies that sponsor SIFEactively search out to employSIFE students, makingparticipating SIFE Salfordstudents very employable. There’s also a more social sideto SIFE, with members goingout for meals, attending clubnights, and organising teambuilding activities.To join, attend one of themeetings or email<ussusife@gmail.com>

Society Spotlight SIFE

SIFE Salford meets every Wednesday inBoardroom 2, University House, from 2-4pm.

Katy Howard.

Ingredients: 4 egg whites 2 ½ cups icing sugar 1 cup cocoa 2 tbsp flour 1 tsp instant coffee 1 tbsp water 1 cup finely chopped walnuts(optional if allergic) 1 bag of chocolate chips

Method1. Preheat oven to 180degrees Celsius

2. With an electric whisk, orhand whisk if patient, whiskthe egg whites until stiff

3. Sift the sugar, cocoa, flourand coffee in to the whites.Add the water and contune tobeat on a low speed, untilslightly mixed

4. Then put it on a high speeduntil all of the ingredients arefully incorporated.

5. With a spatula mix in thenuts and chocolate chipsuntil evenly spread

6. Place generous spoonful’son two grease paperedbaking trays.

7. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes.The trick to making themhard on the outside and

gooey on the inside is to getthem out when they are justslightly cracked on top, butwhen you poke with a toothpick the inside sticks to thetoothpick.

8. Once removed from oven,leave to cool slightly and thenremove cookies with aspatula to a wire cooling rack.

ChocolateCookies

Cheap Recipe of the Week

Christina Kennedy Vice President of the College of Arts, Media and Social Sciences is dressed as Mr Bump – in keeping with the USSU staff theme of Mr Men and her broken arm!

Belly Dancing Society dressed as Where’s Wally. Salford students in 42nd Street at the Salford Social, after theBar Yours activities were over!

The Mountaineering Society dressed as the Smurfs – niceeffort with the face paint guys!

Labour Students dressed as Thomas the Tank Engine.

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Tell me a little about yourtime at Salford. I did an MSC in International

Business at Salford. I’dpreviously done a BA inChemistry at Manchester.Whilst I was at University, Iworked for an estate agents,

and then after graduating fromManchester I worked for atechnology company. Workingat the technology companyreally inspired my interest inbusiness so I decided to go onand do an MSC. Doing the postgraduate

course – while being toointense for me to do a workexperience placement –enabled me to build upvaluable connections.

What did you doimmediately aftergraduating? Immediately after graduating

I worked for a newspaper, theTameside Reporter. The jobinvolved securing theiradvertising. I also did little jobson the side – there was one guyI knew, he had 500 chairs hewanted to sell, so I sold themfor him. Then I was approached by

Victoria Le Marquand, adesigner who’s worked withTopshop and Harrods. I’d mether the year before andpromised to help her with thebusiness side of her onlineventure, IndependentBoutique. She contacted me

and asked me to help her and Iquit my job at the newspaperand became her co-partner. Istarted to help her move thebusiness side of the venturealong.

So what is IndependentBoutique? It’s an online platform for

independent British designers.There’s already websites like itin existence but they’re notfocussed on fashion. Peoplewant to buy British fashion,they know it’s at the forefrontof the international focus.

British fashion is still verycommercially sensitive. Sothat’s what IndependentBoutique provides. There’shundreds of designers on thewebsite now and it’s pickingup momentum.

What advice would you giveto students who are lookingat pursuing businessventures? I’m not going to say anything

cheesy like “love what you do”or anything like that. It’s notabout that. It’s also not aboutwhat degree you do or whereyou study. Don’t look on jobswebsites and expect to find thejobs there. Jobs are hidden;you find out about themthrough friends of friends. Sobuilding up connections isessential. If there’s any advice I can

give it’s this: prove to yourselfthat your business idea isfinancially feasible. Setting upa business is expensive; youhave to have a clear idea ofwhat it’s going to cost. Justifythe money you want to spendto yourself and tailor what youcan offer to how much moneyyou have.

Reflect the languagethe company uses inyour answers. Eachcompany has a set ofvalues i.e. teamwork,initiative andcustomer service, youhave to use similarwords when writinganswers to questions.Some companies usecomputers to filter outthe first stage ofapplications and willbe looking for suchwords.

GraduateApplicationTip of theWeek

Enthusiasm can bejust as important ashaving perfectanswers. Theinterviewer needs tobelieve that you wantthe job and that youwill be an asset to theteam

Don’t talk to fast. If yousuffer from nerves,three deep breathsbefore you enter willhelp calm you downand biting the tip ofyour tongue will helpanyone who suffersfrom a dry mouth.

For extra help withgraduate interviews,visit Careers andEmployability inUniversity House.

Graduateinterviewtips of theweek.

If you’re a third-yearstudent, you should beapplying for graduatetraining schemes. Mostof these deadlines closeby the end of December.

If you’re interested in acareer in IT, you shouldalso attend thepresentation Microsoftwill be doing in Peel 307from 12-1 on Tuesday 15November.

What youshould be doingthis week

TrainingSchemeDeadlinesof the Week

Location: Bolton Salary: £20000 - £28000 perannum + Bonus (10%) +BenefitsJob type: PermanentCompany: The People Pod

A graduate in a computerrelated subject or haveproven experience asspecified. You will haveexcellent communicationskills (written and verbal), bewell organised, personableand able to work todeadlines under minimumsupervision.

The ideal individual willthrive in a supportive andfriendly workingenvironment and will havestretch to move in to biggerroles with time.

Maybe you will haveexperience of workingwithin SQL development inFood Labs, Forensic,Pharmaceuticals,manufacturing labs, NHS labsor simply graduated with anexcellent track record ofscience and computerstudies.

Who are they? Our client is a global marketleading business thatprovides managementsystems either standard orbespoke for Laboratory.

What does the idealdeveloper need? Key skills include; Knowledge of SQL compliantdatabases especially: Oracle or SQL server Experience of the followingis advantageous: Visual studio 2005 Visual Basic Java ScriptLaboratory workflows ispreferred yet not essential Full Driving License andwilling to travel

What's in it for me? Benefits:£20,000 to £28,000depending on experience

TrainingExceptional training packageincluding two day course atHead Office location

To apply visitwww.totaljobs.com. To findout more about jobs andwork experience visitwww.careers.salford.ac.uk.

Job of the Week

Become a Digital VolunteerOn the SAS MotivoceanWinter Tour 2011

Work closely with SAS as adigital volunteer to organiseand promote the Motivoceanbeach clean in your area, andrecruit volunteers throughemail, Facebook, digital andsocial networking activityonline. Your duties will bepromoting and advertisingthe event electronically fromthe comfort of your ownhome, office or school.

You could also be involvedon the day taking photos,conducting video vox-popsto add to www.sas.org.uk andwww.vinspired.com . As adigital volunteer you will begiven an exclusive SAS t-shirtand volunteering certificate,and be supplied with digitalfiles of Motivocean postersand postcards for onlinepromotional activity. Whenapplying please send us amessage to

volunteer@sas.org.uk statingwhich Motivocean beachclean event you’d like towork on. March:

• Friday 4th / Weston SuperMare * Sat 5th / Saunton *Sun 6th / Woolacombe *Friday 18th / Exmouth * Sat19th / Boscombe * Sun 20th /Boscombe * Mon 21st /Porthtowan * Friday 25th /Marazion * Sat 26th 1.Falmouth 2. Tynemouth 3.Brighton 4. The Wirral 5.Scarborough 6. Saltburn 7.Isle of Wight Sun 27th /Newquay – April: * Friday 1st/ Plymouth * Sat 2nd /Watergate * Sun 3rd / StAustell * Friday 15th /Perranporth * Sat 16th / StIves * Sun 17th / PolzeathMay: * Friday 6th / London *Sat 7th / Cromer Sun 8th /Kent

To find out more about thisopportunity and to applyvisit www.vinspired.com. Tofind out more aboutvolunteering visitwww.careers.salford.ac.uk

Volunteering Opportunities of the Week

A mobile phone is prettymuch an essential foreveryone these days. If you’re on a contract and it’sdue up for renewal, don’t just automatically renewit, as often you’ll find a better deal elsewhere. Shoparound - check out the best deals available online(they tend to be cheaper than on the high street)and then call up your provider and ask if they canmatch (or even beat) the deal you’ve seenelsewhere. If they can’t, then switch. If you’re stillon the best available contract, there’s no harm inasking for some extra perks for being such a valuedcustomer!

Fancy a career in Fashion? Visithttp://www.fashionworkie.com/

Kirsty Booth

Money-saving tip of the Week

Link

Louise Sharp-Little

M&S17 December 2011Martin Currie3 December 2011Network Rail19 December 2011 Junior Developer

(SQL, J Script, .NET) Digital volunteers

Ex-Salford student Simon Scarlett has recently become a co-partner in an online venture called IndependentBoutique.com, which is an online platform for independentBritish fashion designers. He talks to Laura Johnson aboutthe secret to success in an increasingly hostile world.

Your UnionThe Students’ Union is led by

four students known as theSabbatical Officers, who

ensure that your interests areplaced firmly at the heart ofthe services and activities we

deliver. Sabbatical Officers (orSabbs) are students who havebeen elected to lead theUnion, which means that theywork full-time, all year roundto make sure your studentexperience is the best it canbe! The Sabbatical Officerteam is made up of a Presidentand three Vice-Presidents, andeach Vice President (or VP)represents students in one ofthe University’s Colleges. Thismeans that whatever youstudy, there is a SabbaticalOfficer working to representy o uwww.salfordstudents.com. Asa campaigning organisation,

we also make sure that we usestudent views and opinions tolobby for changes andimprovements to theUniversity’s systems. As well as the important

representation andcampaigning we undertake,your Union also offersnumerous ways to makefriends and socialise throughactivities and entertainmentsprogrammes running all year.Getting involved in the Unioncan also help you develop theskills and experience to standout from the crowd when yougraduate. You could even helpto produce this newpaper!

Confused abouthow the Unionworks, or want toknow about anyof the services theUnion offers? Goto www.salford-students.com

Link

Your Students’ Union is led by students forthe benefit of students. Although we areindependent of the University, everySalford student is automatically a memberof the Students' Union. Our aim is toenhance students’ lives, and we do this byrepresenting your views on student life tothe University and by providing you withall the support you need to make the mostof your time at Salford.

So we’re moving in to ‘that’stage of the year when thehoneymoon period settling intothe course is drawing to a closeand the hard work has verymuch begun. On the plus sidethere’s lots going on with yourStudents’ Union to keep yousmiling!Preparations for this year’s

Children In Need are in fullswing with many of ourfantastic activity groups provinghow awesome they are byagreeing to perform at our bigWednesday night (16th) event inBar Yours before the SalfordSocial. It’s going to be a greatchance for many of our studentswho may not have previouslybeen involved to see the finework these activity groups do,and a great way to raise lots ofmoney for a great cause.Student Activism is the topic

of a number of my conversa-tions of today. There’s plenty ofstudents interested in comingdown to London for the day tolearn a little bit more aboutcampaign techniques which isvery exciting. It would be greatif some of the students use thatadvice to become much moreactive in the next few years.Plenty of checking various

social media and news sitestoday as it’s the day of theNCAFC protests in London,hoping they keep it nice andpeaceful. Spreading themessage about how bad the cutsare is in my opinion completely

correct but to do it in a waywhich involves violence wouldcloud that message and iscompletely wrong. My personal opinion (please

also have your own!) is that thisfee rise is particularly worryingas it will impact hardest onthose who may already consideruniversity an unachievable goaldue to their low socio-economicbackground. If we consider thatfor many of us who have comeon a well laid out path whichstarts from school where it wasexpected that we went on tocollege, and then from day oneat college it is expected wemove on to university, these arethe students who may not belargely put off by an increase infees; the £3000 a year alreadyseemed excessive so by compar-ison to some prospectivestudents the rise may not seemtoo different.The students who it will affect

most are those who are a breakfrom the norm; perhaps notonly the first of the family butalso the first of a friendshipgroup who considers going.With services such as EMA andAim Higher being cut, theuniversity stereotype ofmummy and daddy’s moneypaying for your degree mayonce again rise when this insti-tution we all know that isn’t thecase. Another ‘break from thenorm’, mature students, willalso be largely affected withnumbers according to NUSexpected to fall into a massivedecline. This comes as thesestudents who may not havethought as university as an

option, or may not have had achoice to go at 18 take a risk bymoving from perhaps a steadyincome to achieve somethingbetter. With this path nowhaving a bigger obstacle it willbe likely the number who takethat chance will decline,reducing career prospects for ahuge amount of people.At the October measure there

has so far been a 9% dropthroughout the country in appli-cations, though this changesfrom institution to institution,how many of these students willbe from these backgrounds?To end on a slightly less grim

note I’ll add a little inside gossip

about life as a sabb. The jobdoes literally become your life.You’ll find that even your sociallife is filled with events whichmay be considered work, you’llwake up thinking of work and,as I write these comments athalf 3 in the morning you’ll findthat it stays in your head wellinto the wee hours when you’retrying to sleep but just can’tbecause you’ve got somethingthat you just have to do ‘rightnow’! For those who’ve readthis paragraph as a complaint,could you now please re-readin a happy tone as I have asneaky suspicion that I justmight love it!

Caroline Dangerfield President of the Universityof Salford Students’ Unionpresident-ussu@salford.ac.ukTwitter: @SalfordPres

Sophie Atkinson Vice President of Healthand Social Care vphsc-ussu@salford.ac.ukTwitter: @SalfordVPHSC

Christina Kennedy Vice President of Arts andSocial Sciencesvpcass-ussu@salford.ac.ukTwitter: @SalfordVPCASS

Tom Doyle Vice President of Scienceand Technology vpst-ussu@salford.ac.uk Twitter: @SalfordVPST

A Day in the Life of a Sabb

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Having enough studentsupport to be able tobook a coach to theNUS ConferenceStudent Activism Eventthis Saturday!

Top TweetsSalfordPres CarolineDangerfield Am running late nowbecause I've beenwatching this morning'sTV coverage of today's#nov9 student demonstra-tion.

SalfordPres CarolineDangerfield Hopefully the StudentDirect Board meeting thismorning will be fun andcheer me up. And fingerscrossed there will be a cupof tea!

SalfordPres CarolineDangerfield Really excited about thenumber of nominationsfor Student Council andNUS delegate. Salfordstudents are flippin bril-liant! #democracywin

SalfordVPST Tom Doyle @alexpday Just seen yourplacard message on theguardian website...LOL!"Condoms protectstudents, ConDemsneglect students"

SalfordVPST Tom Doyle doesn't tweet enoughapparently!

salfordsu Salford SU Student Activism is heldby NUS and will explorehow local and nationalaction can be organisedon issues affectingstudents.Get involved!

Children in Need – we’reexcited about ourfundraising event onWednesday 16 November.

Elections – we’re so pleasedso many candidates aretaking part. Now it’s downto you to vote – see page 5for your candidates.

Student Activism - This isgoing to be held in Londonon 19 November. Tickets(including travel) are only£5 so get yourself down toUniversity House and buyone.

Drop out rates going up in2012-13. Fail.

Monday 8am meetings.We’re not impressed.

Christina’s lack of tweets.(Editor: See below. Tut tut.)

Going Down

The Measure

Going Up

Tom Doyle

Win of the Week

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Last week’sScoresMen's Basketball (Cup):Salford 1st 81-31 Manchester2nd

Men's Badminton (Cup):Salford 2nd 0-8 Edge Hill 1st

Women's Netball(Cup):Salford 3rd 30-26 Chester(Warrington) 1st

Men's Football (Cup):Salford 1st 3-2 Liverpool 3rd

Women's Football (Cup):Chester (Warrington) 1st 0-11Salford 2nd

Men's Rugby League(League):Salford 1st 44-4 Bangor 1st

Men's Football (Cup):Salford 2nd 2-3 MMUCheshire 1st

Men's Rugby Union (Cup):Salford 2nd 12-7 Lancaster3rd

Women's Hockey (Cup):Salford 2nd 0-6 Liv' JohnMoores 2nd

Women's Badminton(League):Keele 2nd 0-0 Salford 1st

This week’sfixturesWomen's HockeyLiverpool Hope 1st VSSalford 1st

Women's Netball (Cup):Salford 1st VS ManchesterMet 1st

Women's Netball (Cup):Edge Hill 4th VS Salford 3rd

Men's Football (Cup):Manchester Met 2nd VSSalford 1st

Men's Football (Cup):Salford 3rd VS Edge Hill 1st

Men's Football (Cup):Salford 4th VS Lancaster2nd

Women's BadmintonManchester 2nd VS Salford1st

Women's Hockey Liverpool 4th VS Salford2nd

Men's SquashLiverpool 3rd VS Salford 1st

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On a cold, overcast afternoon atCastle Irwell, Salford aimed toreplicate the glory of theirunbeaten season last year. Itwasn’t long before early pressuretook its toll on the Bangordefence, with centre Ravenscroftcrossing the line for the Hometeam after only 3 minutes,converted by the stand-offGoodman. Bangor bounced backwith a try of their own almostimmediately, due to somescrappy Salford defending.

Bangor showed some pacewhen their winger ran the fulllength of the field only to placethe ball over the dead ball line.From the resulting restart, Salfordmarched up the pitch swiftlyswitching the direction of attackwith an accurate kick, for thewinger to run in a try.

Shortly after, Salford showedtheir class with a naughty inside

ball for McGrath to cross underthe posts. The Home teamfinished the first half with a series

of inspired tackling from looseforward Kaine Mazurke,ensuring they maintained theirlead into the second half. Within 4 minutes of the game

restarting, Salford once againshowed why they were unbeatenlast season, with a sublime insideball from Goodman to the secondrower allowing for a try under theposts, which was again converted.Bangor responded with anotherbreak down the wing, but wereunsuccessful and their frustrationresulted in frayed tempers.

Salford continued theirdominance and scored anotherthree tries in the last 20 minutes.The pick of the bunch being along miss-pass from theGoodman to Ravenscroft for a tryin the corner. Two of theconversions were kicked by thecentre and the stand-off. The finalscore was 38-4 with outstandingperformances by Tom Baker andKevin Connolly.

Up next are local rivalsManchester Met, for what couldbe one of the hardest games of theseason. Can Salford keep theirmomentum going?

Salford 1sts 44 vs Bangor 1sts 4

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