Top tips for dissenting

Focus your campaign where it will be most effective... Get blogging, meeting, protesting, picnicking, singing, Facebooking... here are some ideas to get you started...

Unusual ideas

You say it best when you say nothing at all... Glamorgan University opted for a silent protest as an alternative way of getting their protest heard: Silent Protest

Nursery closures

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Save Goldsmiths Nursery website

Anti-stress campaigns

See what London Met is up to: Taking stress seriously

Blog it

Make sure everyone knows what you're up to. Set up a blog - here's how: Blogger.com

University of Westminster is running a 'Stop the cuts' blog More

Manchester Metropolitan University More

London Metropolitan University Save London Met

Hold a public meeting

Cuts to education will affect everyone. University of Surrey held a public meeting with speakers from trade unions and student reps: Surrey United Anti-Capitalists

Get debating on Facebook

See what Manchester Met University is up to: More at Facebook

And get your Facebook widgets: Here

Start Tweeting

Prefer small talk to big blogs? Try tweeting. Here's how

Campaigning to Save Higher Education Case Studies

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Conga of Dissent

Get the whole college to join in a Conga of Dissent. Best to put down your placards first - but ask your VC or principal to join in. And if they won't you can always Conga the joint union petition up to their office.

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