Rebellion and Lies
The duo found themselves in a heated debate over the rise of tuition fees and the student riots. With limited genuine facts available its difficult to know who or what to believe. So for that reason we have sourced some nuggets of information, to ensure you don’t get tongue tied or heaven forbid following your heart in a discussion.
What the National Union of Students have said…. The National Union of Students has urged MPs to vote down the plans to raise tuition fees in England to £9,000 per year. The vote in the House of Commons on far-reaching changes to higher education funding will be the culmination of weeks of political divisions and student protests. The union’s president Aaraon Porter says the government’s plans are an”untested trial” that ” will see English universities become the most expensive public universities in the world”
The Guardian…The vote to raise the tuition fees ceiling in England from £3,290 to a maximum of £9,000 led to the resignation of two ministerial aides – Mike Crockart and Jenny Willott. Two former Lib Dem leaders, Charles Kennedy and Sir Menzies Campbell, were among the 21 Lib Dem MPs who rebelled against the government proposals. Ed Milband, the Labour party leader, said tonight’s vote was “disappointing” for young people in the country.Politics was at an “even lower ebb” as a result of tonight’s vote, he said.”What really concerns me is the impact this will have on social mobility and people getting on in our society,” said Miliband, who voted that his party would campaign for “educational opportunity”.
The Independent…”The Government’s proposal to potentially treble university fees will have a devastating financial impact on thousands of talented young people from low and middle-income backgrounds who want to become the doctors of tomorrow,” said Karin Purshouse, of the British Medical Association’s medical students committee. University lecturers’ leaders also pointed out that graduates’ tax bills would rise by 20 per cent once they had reached a salary of £21,000 a year, which is when repayments kick in. An average teacher would see his or her pay bill rise by almost a quarter.
