Students react to university spending £20k on canopy

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00:00The debt-ridden University of Kent has spent £20,000 on this canopy at the same time that

00:06it is cutting jobs. It is outside the Medway building on the uni's Medway campus. It says

00:12it is part of its regular reinvestment in facilities across its campuses, which is

00:18informed by staff and student feedback. It added it will be used as a focal point, all-weather

00:24option for outdoor events and for student counselling. But students have slammed the

00:30expenditure.

00:55It's not right. It's like a worthless thing. Like you can see, it's not that much of a bigger thing.

01:00It can be built very easily with little amount of effort. In £20,000, we can make a very big

01:05job. Yeah, sure.

01:06Have a look at that canopy. How much do you think it costs to build it?

01:10I think maybe like £300.

01:12£300, right. I'm going to say it costs about £3,000. Do you use it?

01:19It's raining.

01:23Yes.