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November 24th student demonstrations against tuition fees rises and the abolition of the EMA, photo Senan
8 February 2012
Students drop out of college without EMA
In late 2010, as thousands of college students took to the streets against the vicious scrapping of weekly EMA payments for 16-19 year old students, the government insultingly labelled the grant as 'frivolous', writes Claire Laker-Mansfield, Socialist Students national organiser.
2 November 2011
Spare no expense: Former prime ministers Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair together have claimed over £1.7 million in 'expenses' in the last five years...
26 January 2011
Stop the mental health service cuts
The funding of Mental Health Action Group Sheffield (MHAGS) is in jeopardy. We get our core grant from Sheffield city council, which plans to reduce the service down to one day a week...
5 November 2008
New Labour retreats on promises to students
When Gordon Brown took over as prime minister in July 2007 his promises to help students were met with a fanfare, writes Matt Dobson, Socialist Students national organiser.
2 October 2008
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Students from Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester and Oxford lobby John Denham MP , photo Ben Robinson |
20 September 2007
Student Socialist: Issue 5 out now!
Student Socialist: The Student Socialist is a magazine produced by Socialist Students for students who want to campaign and fight back....
20 December 2003
A living grant not tuition fees
Fight Fees: GOVERNMENT MINISTERS recently paid a company £180,000 to bombard potential undergraduates with text messages boosting their hated top-up fees policy...
23 November 2001
Student Grants: New Labour's Second Thoughts
NEW LABOUR are, it seems, already backing off from their proposals to introduce a grant for some students, writes Kieran Roberts.
16 November 2001
No To The Graduate Tax - Fight For Free Education
MANY YOUNG people were relieved to read that the government is discussing abolishing tuition fees and introducing a grant...
14 September 2001
Scrap Fees! Restore the Grant!
FOUR YEARS of New Labour government has left Higher Education in crisis. Several former polytechnics face fines from HEFCE (the higher education funding council for England) for failing to recruit enough...
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