Delegates at UNISON’s Higher Education Conference in Harrogate today (16
February) voted to step up their fight against Con-Dem Government cuts to
universities.
Delegates were outraged at news that Imperial College London are to charge
the maximum £9,000 tuition fees. They warned that higher fees and a lack of
choice and quality courses will force UK students abroad.
Head of Higher Education, Christina McAnea, said at the conference:
“The Government’s huge hikes in tuition fees are forcing young people to go
abroad where courses are often much cheaper. Those who sign up to UK
universities will be left with a stripped down service suffering under the
weight of savage cuts.
ÒThose who donÕt want to go to university or canÕt afford the fees, look
destined to join the 965,000, record number of young people unemployed.
“The members here see first-hand the devastation that cuts are having
on the lives of the next generation. We will continue to defend the right
for all young people to have a fair chance at a decent education.”
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