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An uprising has occurred of school, college and university students, fighting for their futures. The trigger has been the trebling of tuition fees, but the anger is wider - against the removal of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), the massive cuts proposed in education, and the robbing of a decent future from an entire generation.
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By Ryan Stuart Glasgow Metropolitan student 2nd Sept 2010 The problems facing students are only going to get worse. New Labour started the cuts and the Con-Dem butchers, aided by the SNP government in Scotland, will carry it on with their vicious attacks on education.
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As thousands of students return to university and college and many others arrive for the first time, most have something in common, another year of debt to look forward to. Leah Ganley, Dundee University The SNP government might claim to "have restored the principal of free education" in Scotland by crapping the Graduate Endownment, but this falls far short of their 2007 election promise. |
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The politicians keep telling us that the recession will mean our lives will be hard for a short period but that young people can still have a bright future. They say those who have lost their jobs or can't get work should try going to university, training will be provided for those without a job and the economy will pick up sooner or later.
Matt Dobson Socialist Students organiser
They are lying! The current economic crisis is bringing with it mass unemployment and attacks from the government on education which will block the hopes of the majority of young people who aspire to a decent standard of living. We can't hope and wait for things to get better! We have no option but to fight for our future!
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