Education isn’t the only sector facing massive cuts. The government is proposing to make cuts across the whole public sector, from hospitals to civil servants to social workers and everything in between. The cuts we are facing in Higher and Further Education are only one part of the overall cuts agenda. Trade unionists in public [...]
NCAFC on Comment is Free
No to a graduate tax!
1. We oppose the Lib Dem-Tory coalition government’s plans for a graduate tax. At the same time, this “exercise in rebranding” fees (as lecturers’ union UCU put it) is not the only or even the worst problem with Vince Cable’s plans, which amount to a massive extension of marketisation in our university system. We demand [...]
Liberal Democrats drag us down
Yesterday Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat Business secretary announced his plans for a graduate tax, making students pay more for their education when their degrees are finished. Many students across the country voted Lib Dem on the basis of their opposition to tuition fees, and in some areas to stop the Tories winning seats. Unfortunately [...]
Anti-cuts activist from Westminster University interviewed about the Graduate Tax on Channel 4 News
London Campaign Meeting – Tuesday 20th July in UCL
The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts will be meeting in UCL (room TBC) at 7PM on Tuesday 20th July. Please forward this message widely – all are welcome. The facebook event for this meeting is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137875696240140 This is a meeting for students, activists and education workers across London to get together and plan [...]
Let’s work together to build a national demonstration against fees and cuts
NCAFC Releases Unity Statement and Calls an Autumn Convention
Following its National Steering Meeting, the NCAFC has called an autumn convention to co-ordinate the resistance, and released a Unity Statement to foster co-operation at every level with other networks. _________________________________________ Colleagues and Comrades, The coming year will be a year of assaults against the public sector, and in particular the education system. We are [...]