PROBLEMS CONTINUED for the isolated Goodricke College at the end of last term as students were unexpectedly left without hobs in the kitchens.
For students in Goodricke, who do not have either a canteen or a shop on their campus to fall back on, this was a serious problem.
One student said: “We buy our shopping in advance through the Internet. Being left without hobs so near to Christmas meant ordering extra food which I didn’t really need”.
The faulty cookers seem to have broken because they couldn’t cope with so many students using them so often. Many of the systems emitted sparks and ‘cut off’ whilst hungry students tried to cook their dinner. This was becoming too dangerous for the students and so the hobs began to be replaced.
A statement from the University said: “Everything possible was done to source and replace these items as quickly as possible. Affected students were given meal vouchers in the interim”.
The vouchers entitled Goodricke students to an afternoon or evening meal from a range of campus cafeterias for just £1.
However, the University has assured students that this inconvenience is now reaching an end: ‘We are awaiting formal confirmation from the manufacturer before turning the permanent [studio] hobs back on and removing the temporary hobs’.