UEA students deserve a printing allowance.

Almost every UEA student has at some stage of their studies been required to pay for printing. Sometimes printing is a mandatory requirement. A printing allowance is a costed and achievable solution that can be implemented ready for the 2015-2016 academic year. Currently some schools offer a printing allowance and others do not.

The cost of printing is a persistent issue that has been mentioned in multiple years of the National Student Survey as well as in the Union's consultations such as 'What If...'.

A printing allowance is provided by UCL, Newcastle, Nottingham, Nottingham Trent, Glasgow Caledonian, UWE, University of West Scotland and SOAS, amongst others. It's time UEA joined them. The introduction of a printing allowance is a fair, affordable and sensible solution which will directly improve the UEA student experience and help relieve some of the onerous financial burden on students.