On Wednesday 10th November over 50,000 students and education workers marched through central London: the biggest protest for education since Margaret Thatcher tried to introduce tuition fees in 1985. On Wednesday 24th students are walking out and demonstrating in a day of civil disobedience.
Funding cuts and fees of up to £9000 will burden students with debts of up to £50,000. The message from the Con-Dem government is clear: education is for the privileged only. We must fight for the principle: education is a right, not a privilege. Fund our future.
Current students may also be affected by staff cuts, fewer resources and a decline in quality of teaching.
The government claims cuts are a necessity while banks propped up by public funds rake in profits and pay out billions in bonuses and Britain’s highest earners have been allowed to dodge up to £40 billion in tax payments through a government agreement with Swiss banks. The cuts are an attack on all but the most privileged members of society, and on the public services that we rely on. Unite to fight the cuts.
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