Students Follow

Last weekend’s protests have put the student movement back on the streets.

In both London and Manchester student marches have diverged from their planned routes—one march has gone to join protesters outside the Egyptian embassy, while a breakaway from the other has occupied a branch of Barclays bank.

Thousands of university, college and school students – joined by workers – are marching in London and Manchester against Tory cuts to education, fee rises and attacks on jobs and services.

Students have led the fightback against the Tory coalition. Thousands of young people have poured onto the streets to battle student fees and cuts.

More than 1,000 students are marching on parliament in London, as students protest over Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) in towns and cities across the country.

College and school students are taking their futures into their own hands.

MPs will debate and vote on the abolition of the education maintenance allowance (EMA) in parliament on Wednesday 19 January.

Two upcoming student protests are a big opportunity to step up the pressure on the government.

Edward Woollard has been sentenced to two years and eight months in a youth detention centre. He is the student who dropped a fire extinguisher from the roof of Millbank Tower during protests on 10 November,

Two youth centres in Rotherham were occupied this evening (Thursday) against cuts in youth services.

University, FE and school students are once again preparing to hit the streets to defeat the Tory-led coalition’s plans to destroy education. This year can be one of inspiring resistance, and the students are at the forefront.