SESSION 9 (WEEK 12) >> IMPROVING YOUR FACULTY FACILITIES

The situation in my faculty is more complicated than I would like, because it doesn't have the minimal facilities for the students, specially in the restroom area, they are just awful, in quality and quantity, they are uncleaned, they only are clean in the morning, but if you dare to go in just after lunch time you will regret this desission, and besides that, they do not always have toillet paper, and if you want to wash your hands there is not soap available, don't even think of paper towels to dry your hands.

The computer lab is also low in quantity, there are not enough computers available for the number of students that want to use them, often we can't use it, because there are out of order, or if you want to print something, for sure the printer is out of paper.

The faculty only has one cafeteria and it is very expensive in comparason with the other cafeterias in the campus, and you don't have a lot of alternatives to choose from. In the end, we alway end up going to the other cafeterias and lose time in that.

I have nothing to say about the fotocopy system, I find it very good, because its an external service, because of that there are different options and they compete, so this ir very good for students because there are good prices.

The library is very small, and has not single study rooms, it isn't a quiet place as a library should be, but the virtual services are very good, we can make reservations of the books we want from our house, and we can also consult data base in other countries.

The first thing I would do to improve my faculy facilities is:

- With the toilles: Try to asing more ressources for maintence. They could consider a deal whith the toillet paper companies, for instance.

- With the computer lab: It can also be solved by increasing the amount of money the faculty is willing to invest in this service. The way I see it, it is the most important facility, because it is a very usefull tool of work for us students.
- with the fotocpies, as I sayd before I don't have anything agains it, I am very happy the way it works.
-with the library: I would only improove the phisical space in wich the library works, because it is very difficult to concentrate and it has no private space to do research. By being in a bigger building it would be much better, students woulg spend more time in the library and they would be better students.