Relight the UK Student movement: 9th Nov 2011 (Link to the fb event is in the description)

[02Blackbeard]

Pigs out in force. Oink Oink.

[thejojoshabadoo]

"I think that the level of private involvement in higher education at the moment is relatively small and is likely to remain that way for the forseeable future although we know there are plans to, to change this," Paul Clark, director of policies at universities UK

So contradicting himself was what he learned at university... assuming Paul Clark actually went, what's the point of the plans if they aren't gonna happen? it's not like they have an election to win!

[IAmMrJackS]

Hmm, I'm coming from dorset.. should I get the train? or a bus?

[bublz31]

Supporting you all from MI, USA <3

[HELLOSEMPA]

Soo. It turns out I'll be in England november the 9th, what can I do to support this?

[Anticutspublicity]

@HELLOSEMPA Please go on the facebook link and invite your friends, share this video and put up posters around your town or city and make videos like i have done. Thanks for trying to do your bit to help the movement.

[Horanzu]

@08daviee Myth 4: the threshold for repayments is £21,000 (as we know it). Fact 4: It's £21,000 in 2015's money...which is £18,000 as we know it. Better than the current £15,000, I grant you, but not as good as they make it sound.

Also, the tuition fee loan will now be subject to interest (it didn't used to be) so students will be paying back more than they borrowed (up to twice as much, potentially, due to the time it takes to repay). This means the government is making money out of students.

[JackStaplesButler]

For me, the tuition fees are the tip of the iceberg - RENT is a huge problem as tuition fee loans are, at the very least, just an income deduction, but it is harder to get the same loans to cover accommodation and its absurdities.

[TheJedi75]

1. lending students money for fees ends up costing the state (me) more in the long run (but must make lenders (banks) money). 2. students in wales and scotland don't have to pay. 3. it's cheaper to study abroad which will undermine our entire education system. 4. in order to earn more to pay off the debt, graduates will move abroad. Should have just reduced places and funded more vocational course imo.

[Anticutspublicity]

i can go on, just i have had this discusssion so many times

[Anticutspublicity]

@08daviee are the points i am making wrong?

[Anticutspublicity]

@08daviee I could go on and on but 500 characters is not enough to have a proper discussion about this haha 

[Anticutspublicity]

@08daviee This is a typical tory argument to fog the injustice of the bill that was passed. The Tories scrapped EMA, EMA gave lower class youths hope to gain A levels and move up the class system, some have even put up convincing arguments that this was one of the reasons for the recently riots. They have cut the majority of subjects by a criminal amount, Social sciences and art have taken beatings of almost 80%. After £21,000 you have to pay back 9% of your income PLUS interest.