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    £100 Blackwells Voucher for Postgrads

    Submitted 6 years ago by Leanne Nulty
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    Currently all full-time UGs receive a £100 voucher for Blackwells. However, this would also be extremely valuable to PG students. Money is super tight during PG studies & we have fewer opportunities for bursaries. On behalf of the Publishing MA course, this would benefit us not only for textbooks, but with understanding the current literary market. It is unclear why UGs receive this benefit and we do not, and I believe the Blackwells Voucher should be extended to PG students.
Tanith Jones
4:06pm on 24 Sep 18 This would be so valuable to PG students and such a surprise as to why it isn’t already offered to us.
Sara Parr
4:19pm on 24 Sep 18 Absolutely agree with this - would love to see the scheme made truly inclusive!
Claire Smedley
4:23pm on 24 Sep 18 100% agree
Elouise Taylor
5:09pm on 24 Sep 18 This would be very helpful and useful! I'm 100% for this!!
Danielle Soni
6:59pm on 24 Sep 18 This would be a great help to postgraduate students!
Jenny Bartholomew
7:21pm on 24 Sep 18 I don't understand why postgraduates don't get this in the first place. We are probably more likely to use the voucher for course required books. No undergraduate or postgraduate I've met has seen sense in postgraduates not receiving this voucher. It would be so helpful especially considering how little financial help there is for us anyway.
Victoria Spencer
8:24pm on 24 Sep 18 I agree with all these other comments! It feels quite unfair that we don't get the voucher, especially considering we get less loan money for a masters degree than we do as an undergrad. Money is especially tight! A voucher to pay for stationary and course books would be like gold!!
Karen Hillman
9:21pm on 24 Sep 18 I agree, this £100 book voucher should also be extended to postgraduate students.
Gemma Belcher
10:24pm on 24 Sep 18 I agree. This would be really valuable to post grad students who already don’t get as much funding it seems totally unfair and would be greatly appreciated if it was available
Kar-Yan Chu
11:04pm on 25 Sep 18 I'm totally agree with you all. Life as a postgraduate student is becoming harder due to insufficient fund. It will definitely helps us a lot if we can receive this voucher!
Oliver Kirrage
6:50pm on 26 Sep 18 This is sorely needed. Costs are increasing for everyone, and it's bizarre that undergraduates get this and we don't.
Joseph Niblett
11:04pm on 26 Sep 18 Definitely agree. This extra access to texts could be invaluable to some students
Alex McDaid
6:56am on 5 Oct 18 Absolutely agree.
Jessica Redfern
6:05pm on 19 Oct 18 I agree. It should be fair for everyone.
Heather Leonard
9:48pm on 23 Oct 18 I completely agree with this!
Christine Hall
2:35pm on 25 Oct 18 I agree that you should be entitled to it however as an UG I've never recieved it :( is there anywhere that says UG get this voucher?
Laura Maher
8:57am on 2 Nov 18 CONGRATULATIONS! This idea has now reached the requisite 25 up-votes to be considered by the Union of Students officers later this academic year. Thank you all for coming together to give us your ideas and opinions, we will feed back to you with any updates and progress regarding this issue. In the meantime, please continue to comment and vote on this idea as the more students that come together about an issue, the more power there is behind it! If you have any questions or issues, please contact me at laura.maher@derbyunion.co.uk
Laura Maher
8:59am on 2 Nov 18 Christine Lloyd - The Blackwells card is issued I believe as part of this bursary - please see details by following this link. https://www.derby.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-finance/scholarships-and-bursaries/university-bursary/