Nursing students from across the country are converging on London today (Wednesday February 20), to lead a march organised by the National Union of Students demanding “Grants Not Fees,” and calling for an end to nursing bursaries. Over 10,000 students and supporters are expected to join the march across London, which heads off from outside the University of London Union (ULU), Malet Street at 12.00pm. The marchers will make their way to a rally at Trafalgar Square to be addressed by speakers including Ken Livingstone
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During the afternoon, the trainee nurses aim to hand in a letter to Jeremy Hunt urging the government to think again about replacing the bursary with loans and tuition fees. From September 2017, any […]
UNISON says that controversial government plans to axe the bursaries could leave trainees more than £50,000 in debt. Campaigners are […]
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“Government claims that this will attract more students to the profession are totally unfounded, and will not […]
Student nurses take their fight to save the NHS bursary back onto the capital’s streets
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Responding to the announcement today (Thursday) that the government is to plough ahead with scrapping nursing bursaries and replacing them with loans and fees, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “It was clear from the start that this consultation was a sham. Ministers have simply not listened. They seem not to care that in […]
Instead of investing in the whole HCA workforce, the government has chosen to focus on creating a new ‘nursing associate’ role, a move that UNISON does not […]
The government intends to remove the bursaries for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in England […]
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“Lowering fees for HE must be accompanied by further government funding to make up the gap that will hit universities providing costly science and medicine […]