'Right to Recall' March 24th November 12pm

[alas_alas]

Students are due to march on Sheffield Town Hall tomorrow in a demonstration to raise the issue of planned cuts to higher education and rises in tuition fees.

 

The march will congregate around the Sheffield University concourse at 12pm, where a stall will be set up to highlight the prospect of university degrees costing around £50,000 and the shutting down of Arts, Humanities and Social Science departments to retain STEM subjects.

 

The organisers write:

 

"Join us to engage the local Sheffield community and get as many people

as possible to sign up to the Right to Recall campaign!

 

At a time when trust in politics is low people deserve an MP who keeps their promises.

 

In a matter of weeks Parliament will vote on whether to raise tuition fees, which will see many young people in Sheffield forced to choose their University based on cost not course.

The poorest people could be priced out of education with the prospect of them and their families being saddled with soaring levels of debt.

 

With tuition fees trebling to £9 000 a year, students will be asked to pay more for less as at the same University budgets are facing 40% cuts.

 

Sheffield’s two Universities play a pivotal role in Sheffield, employing thousands of people, and contributing millions to the local economy.

Higher fees and deep cuts will have a direct impact on jobs, businesses, and families in the city.

 

At the general election MPs in Sheffield pledged to vote against any increase in tuition fees. It’s time for them to stand up for Sheffield and honour their pledges."

[Total Chaos]

Students are due to march on Sheffield Town Hall tomorrow in a demonstration to raise the issue of planned cuts to higher education and rises in tuition fees.

 

The march will congregate around the Sheffield University concourse at 12pm, where a stall will be set up to highlight the prospect of university degrees costing around £50,000 and the shutting down of Arts, Humanities and Social Science departments to retain STEM subjects.

 

 

Imho i dont think they would shut thoses courses down,they probably would pass them down for colleges to run instead.This will create more business for colleges.

[Joe-b-1]

Students are due to march on Sheffield Town Hall tomorrow in a demonstration to raise the issue of planned cuts to higher education and rises in tuition fees.

 

The march will congregate around the Sheffield University concourse at 12pm, where a stall will be set up to highlight the prospect of university degrees costing around £50,000 and the shutting down of Arts, Humanities and Social Science departments to retain STEM subjects.

 

 

Imho i dont think they would shut thoses courses down,they probably would pass them down for colleges to run instead.This will create more business for colleges.

 

Which colleges would those be? I can't imagine a degree attained at a non specialist college being worth as much as one at a university.Students would ggo to other universities. Are there any colleges licenced to award degrees in these subjects and if they were to be would they have the expertise to deliver the courses in Question? I doubt it. Degree courses in the same subject often vary in content between universities; students are not going to come to Sheffield to study a course which has neither an established reputation nor at a reputable university.

[Total Chaos]

Just thought it was a possibility,we will know for sure in January.

[Bulgarian]

Which colleges would those be? I can't imagine a degree attained at a non specialist college being worth as much as one at a university.

 

How much is an art degree worth anyway, unless you're going for a job in an art gallery or museum or similar ?

[clubfut]

What do you say to someone with an art degree...............?

 

Can I have fries with that !

[alas_alas]

What do you say to someone with an art degree...............?

 

Can I have fries with that !

 

Let me be literal with that question: have you ever been to a library, ever read a book, ever read a newspaper, ever been taught English language or literature or had a child who has, ever watched TV drama/comedy/soaps? If so, then you've probably encountered the work of a graduate who studied in the liberal arts.

 

With the reduction of teaching grants and central funding for non-STEM subjects, you will get poor quality institutions offering cut price arts degrees, inevitably, but more importantly you'll start to see the 'elite' universities offering a full range of degrees at great expense to the consumer-student, while former polytechnics start to offer STEM and technical subjects for their financial reward.

 

The arts, humanities and social sciences will then become the preserve of the rich, and we've spent at least 50 years trying to get over our culture being determined by elites.

 

Anyway, this is only one of many issues facing further and higher education right now. The cuts in central funding have already been enacted by the New Labour government, so students are also objecting to a wider trend of the State. This is why many students voted Lib Dem, because they said they would commit to reducing and finally abolishing the tuition fee system. Students now want to hold them to account over this, while also objecting to government plans to completely restructure the higher education system.

 

People of Sheffield, make your voices heard against plans that will hit Sheffield very hard indeed, and, further, hold Nick Clegg to account for his grand deception against his constituency and country.

 

Join the march!

[clubfut]

Whilst i agree Nick Clegg should be held to account for his u turn on this policy, there are greater issues that need addressing. Students in this country get the best education in the world and the cheapest. I wish that students in general saw the bigger picture of whats wrong with the country. If students stopped blowing their grants and loans on designer clothes and nights out they might have a bit more money to spend on tuition fees. Oh sorry thats why we become students for the experience isnt it. Students that study medicine, law etc things that will be of great benefit to the country should get their studies for free as they are the ones who are returning a valuable resource and students studying lifestyle degrees should pay extra to cover the bill. I am currently a support worker working with probation and eventually will study to become a social worker at the ripe old age of 30. I dont want any hand outs and I am working hard to fund my studies. As should everyone else.

[Dan_Ashcroft]

Students are due to march on Sheffield Town Hall tomorrow in a demonstration to raise the issue of planned cuts to higher education and rises in tuition fees.

 

The march will congregate around the Sheffield University concourse at 12pm, where a stall will be set up to highlight the prospect of university degrees costing around £50,000 and the shutting down of Arts, Humanities and Social Science departments to retain STEM subjects.

 

The organisers write:

 

"Join us to engage the local Sheffield community and get as many people

as possible to sign up to the Right to Recall campaign!

 

At a time when trust in politics is low people deserve an MP who keeps their promises.

 

In a matter of weeks Parliament will vote on whether to raise tuition fees, which will see many young people in Sheffield forced to choose their University based on cost not course.

The poorest people could be priced out of education with the prospect of them and their families being saddled with soaring levels of debt.

 

With tuition fees trebling to £9 000 a year, students will be asked to pay more for less as at the same University budgets are facing 40% cuts.

 

Sheffield’s two Universities play a pivotal role in Sheffield, employing thousands of people, and contributing millions to the local economy.

Higher fees and deep cuts will have a direct impact on jobs, businesses, and families in the city.

 

At the general election MPs in Sheffield pledged to vote against any increase in tuition fees. It’s time for them to stand up for Sheffield and honour their pledges."

 

 

I think you need to get a couple of your facts right.

 

Higher education is not being cut. All independent analysis agrees that the sector will grow by about 10% over the next 5 years. About a dozen of the worst universities will close or merge, but the best ones (including the 2 Sheffield ones) will expand at a greater rate and increase overall capacity. Funding per student will remain about the same, just students will pay directly, rather than taxpayers indirectly.

 

STEM subjects are retaining 20% government funding (while non-STEM are getting none; both currently get about 65%). STEM courses are more expensive to run though (because of the cost of labs, more contact hours etc.), so the £9k unis receive directly from students will be enough to pay for both STEM and non-STEM just the same as present.

 

If you want HE to remain state funded then you need to outline serious alternatives - a 10% rise in income tax say?

 

Please also try not to throw fire extinguishers at people from rooves this time. You managed to lose every ounce of public sympathy for your cause in one fell swoop the other week.

Edited November 24, 2010 by Dan_Ashcroft

[Tradescanthia]

Nail Cleggy to the mast !! The lying toe-rag.