The Socialist 5 May 2010

Prepare for battle

Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster: Stop the polluters!

Angry Jarvis workers protest

In brief

Finance a socialist future!

Patronising and arrogant: Lib Dems and Tories show true colours

Workers celebrate May Day: Marching together against the bosses' attacks

EDL racists challenged in Aylesbury

Bring the killers of Blair Peach to face justice

Socialist activist starts hunger strike

Eurozone hit by debt crises

Higher education students and staff: Get ready to fight after the election

Huddersfield University: Everything for sale

Tower Hamlets mayoral referendum

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Everything for sale

Not content with taking thousands of pounds a year off us already, Huddersfield University is charging £15 a ticket to attend its graduation ceremony and £10 to watch the ceremony via a video link.

Sam Bell, Huddersfield Socialist Students

Despite already paying £3,000+ a year in fees we are still expected to pay to have family and friends watch us graduate. Families are rightly proud of their loved ones' achievements, and don't want to miss their graduation ceremony. Also, students who choose to wear a gown, and most do, have to pay to hire one for the day.

This all boils down to government policies. They spend billions on bailing out banks, unjust wars, trident nuclear weapons, private finance initiatives, etc, rather than on services like education, hospitals and housing.

Yet we shouldn't take this lying down. If enough of us make a fuss, with petitions and noisy protests, we will have an effect.

Campaign meeting: Thursday 13 May, University of Huddersfield Students' Union, 5pm.