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18 March 2010 22-2-10: Socialist Students has called a national day of action on March 18, when HEFCE (the higher education funding council for England) will announce more detailed plans for university cuts... 22 February 2010 The government is planning to make £2.5 billion worth of cuts in higher education. Every student and university worker faces attacks on their education and jobs. Whoever wins the general election is it... 3 February 2010 With unemployment continuing to rise, anyone would expect to see greater numbers of adults returning to education to re-train, writes Rae Lewis Ayling, National YFJ school and college student organiser. Youth Fight for Jobs called for free education as a right 19 January 2010 The Russell Group, consisting of the top 20 UK universities has attacked the government's cuts in higher education, writes Matt Dobson, Socialist Students national organiser. 19 January 2010 As part of their 'progressive cuts' agenda, the Liberal Democrats have now backed down from their pledge of abolishing tuition fees, writes Paul Phillips Youth Fight for Jobs student organiser. pic: Socialist Students 6 January 2010 THE GOVERNMENT'S business secretary, Peter Mandelson, delivered a Christmas 'kick in the teeth' to students and university workers by adding a cuts package of £135 million onto cuts of hundreds of millions already announced, writes Matt Dobson, national organiser, Socialist Students. 2 December 2009 Comment: Not content with ditching its commitment to free higher education, the National Union of Students (NUS) is now lobbying the government to introduce a funding system that would actually charge most students even more for their degrees than at present... Huddersfield Youth Fight for Jobs march, photo Huddersfield YFFJ 11 November 2009 Demonstrate 28 November: New Labour and the Conservatives are determined to make young people and workers pay for this crisis, writes Ben Robinson, Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) campaign national chair. 11 November 2009 The higher education funding review that will look at university fees levels began on 9 November. On the same day a Compass/YouGov poll showed that only 12% of the public believe the review should even... 23 September 2009 Fees: So Gordon Brown has finally said the word "cuts". For students and workers in higher education this is definitely old news. Courses, contact time and facilities have been slashed... 1 - 10 of 153 records Search entire database: | |||||||||||||||
