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Aaron Porter has announced his intention to stand down as NUS President when his term ends in April. He claims he is proud of the achievements of the union during the tuition fees furore, but many students have been disappointed with his timid leadership. What next for the student movement?
As universities across the country debate appropriate levels of tuition fees, Aaron Porter, President of the National Union of Students, has angered protesters with his ‘soft stance’ by urging student leaders to engage in meaningful and specific discussion rather than continuing with general national protest.
Unemployment is at an all-time high, with young people twice as likely to be out of work as any other age group. As tuition fees rocket to £9000 and graduates face thousands of pounds worth of debt, we ask whether a university degree is really worth the money.
As news emerged that top UK universities intend to charge the full £9000 per year tuition fees, Nick Clegg has taken the astounding step of implying that the universities themselves are somehow to blame for the steepness of the price, claiming that it “isn’t up to them” to decide what to charge. We look at the argument as it developed.
As both Oxford and Cambridge universities reveal plans to charge the upper limit of £9000 tuition fees, we examine the reasons behind their decision and investigate the impact this level of fees will have on access to university for students from the poorest backgrounds.
As the Russell Group of the top 20 UK universities releases a pamphlet warning against taking “soft subjects” at A-level, we question their impact on university entrance, and ask why, if they are so frowned-upon academically, these subjects continue to be taught at all.”
The marches go on, the slogans are chanted, the demonstrations continue; but is anybody listening? Is there any point in protest against a government who have made it very clear that the voices of their people are falling on very deaf ears indeed? What next for the student protest movement?
