Before the May 2010 General Elections, students campaigned hard to stop an increase in tuition fees. 52,000 of us marched together and students’ unions won a promise form the majority of elected MPs not to increase tuition fees.
You won incredibly important concessions because of your campaigning. But because of mistakes of past Governments, the betrayal of student by MPs in the current Parliament and the election of a coalition Government wedded to selling education as a commodity, we as a movement face considerable challenges.
• Changes to the way in which HE is financed in England, and the knock-on consequences to the way in which HE provision is delivered right across the UK, will affect those from the poorest backgrounds.
• The Governments White Paper, Putting Students at the Heart of the System, is set on introducing a market into Higher Education and treating students a ‘consumers.’
• Student support is broken, it doesn’t deliver for students, especially those who need the most support and we need a clear solution to champion and advocate for.
• Students arriving on campus every autumn are faced with additional hidden costs for trips, resources and materials that are essential to their course but no-one told them about.
In these pages you will find resources, news and events to help you campaign to reverse the market in education and deliver more money in students’ pockets, both in the short term and in the run up to the 2015 General Elections.
If you think there things missing or you have resources to share then get in touch with Liam Burns, National President or Alan Roberts, Policy Officer.
Thu 19 Apr 2012
NUS has produced guidance for students' unions to use in order to respond to access agreements set for 2013/14.
Thu 19 Apr 2012
Students from across the UK descended on Westminster yesterday to call on the government to Come Clean on higher education funding, lobbying almost a third of MPs!
Tue 17 Apr 2012
What you can do if you are, or are not, coming to London...
Tue 17 Apr 2012
Tweet at your MP to Come Clean on student funding...
Mon 16 Apr 2012
Comedian & activist Kate Smurthwaite to compere Come Clean rally this wednesday