I couldn’t tell you what happened at Millbank yesterday- I wasn’t there. I and other UCLan students were due to catch our coach back to Preston at 3.30pm- in fact, many students had been coached down to London as part of their student unions. None of us had time to hang around in London burning things. But [...]
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So- what exactly happened at #Demo2010?
Posted in Politics, Student issues, tagged Aaron Porter, Conservative party, Conservatives, David Cameron, demo2010, Liberal Democrats, London, Millbank, national union of students, Nick Clegg, NUS, protest, riot, student protests, students, tuition fees, UCU, university on November 11, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Diary of a disadvantaged student: starting below zero
Posted in Politics, Student issues, tagged Conservatives, David Cameron, demo2010, higher education, Liberal Democrats, national union of students, Nick Clegg, NUS, spending cuts, spending review, students, top up fees, tuition fees, UCU, university, Vince Cable, wewillmarch on November 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Recently, much has been made of disadvantaged students in the press. I’m not ashamed to say I’m one of them- currently, I receive the maximum maintence loan and grant payments from the student loans company. I received £60 combined from each parent on the very first day of uni, and made my own way from there. I’m [...]
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