Calling all activists, students and anyone who cares about free education! Bath Students Against Fees and Cuts have called a march. Their press release reads as follows:
Following on from the
Free Education demonstration in London on 19
th November,
Bath Students Against Fees and Cuts, a coalition of students from
University of Bath and Bath Spa University, are organising a march in
support of free education on Saturday 6
th December,
starting at Bath Abbey at 12:30pm.
Using the tagline
“Education is a Right, Not a Privilege”, the students and other
groups and individuals who will be joining them are continuing the
fight back against tuition fees and cuts.
Bath Students
Against Fees and Cuts are committed to keeping up the fight against
tuition fees and the commercialisation of education.
Supporters
can keep up to date on the Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/freeeducationbath
We caught up with Bath Spa University student Will Pettifer over the weekend, who explained why he will be attending the march.
"I object to the notion
of education plunging young people into tens of thousands of pounds
worth of debt.
It is something that
affects all students. Students are extremely angry and upset, but
many feel like they have no choice. One of the purposes of
demonstrations like this to show students that there is something
they can do to change the situation."
"It is part of a nationwide campaign with other students and universities
engaging in similar actions. We hope that through uniting with other
students throughout the country, we will achieve our aims."
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