Freedom of information

The governance of the university is a cloistered and byzantine mess. Students are held at a arms length from information concerning the university. Students are meant to have a nominal input on ethical and environmental decisions at the university. Through the guild of students formal role in the universities governance. However its hard to have a input when you don't know what is going on.

This being nearly* the equivalent of locking a bunch of people in pitch black room and asking them if there is any changes they would like to have made to the colour scheme. Then acting all surprised and disappointed at the lack of enthusiastic response.

I'm now starting as I promised in the election researching all aspects of the universities activities. I'm using the EEO position as a platform to ask questions as well as submitting Freedom of information requests.

Come the start of term I will be asking students to join as researchers and help compile information into a report, if you would like to be a researcher please do contact me at e.bauer@guild.bham.ac.uk

if there are any particular aspects of the university you would would like researched for either e-mail me or comment after this post.

*this not quite the same as we pay for the privilege