Student protests

[General Mannerheim]

Just been watching thousands of scruffy sweaty students marching round Bristol chanting and waving banners!

what a let down, if you gonna protest I want molotovs, riot police, upturned cars on fire... That was possibly the gayest thing I ever saw. Cocks.

fair few of the smelly bastards there tho tbf.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Same in Manchester today, outside the town hall. Groups of them hanging around, looking like they've only been up for 15mins.

Horrible, horrible people.

[Verbal]

I hate the rise in tuition fees...hell of a millstone around a generation's neck, and support protesting against it.

However, I also hate the NUS.

I don't know which more.

[William the White]

Same in Manchester today, outside the town hall. Groups of them hanging around, looking like they've only been up for 15mins.

Horrible, horrible people.

Do you hate them because they read newspapers?

[CrazyHorse]

Same in Manchester today, outside the town hall. Groups of them hanging around, looking like they've only been up for 15mins.

Horrible, horrible people.

Do you hate them because they read newspapers?

I'm not sure that Viz really counts as a newspaper, Will.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Same in Manchester today, outside the town hall. Groups of them hanging around, looking like they've only been up for 15mins.

Horrible, horrible people.

Do you hate them because they read newspapers?

What has that got to do with anything? Where did I say I hated them?

[General Mannerheim]

I just felt embarrassed for them - id have to be seriously inebriated to partake in owt like that! which tbf they probably were.

[Bruce Rioja]

Get this rascal out - two birds / one stone. Disperse them at the same time as giving them a a wash. Bloody soap-dodgers!

[General Mannerheim]

they did liberate a council pick-up truck of its cargo of collected leaves! the terrors.

[Lofthouse Lower]

they did liberate a council pick-up truck of its cargo of collected leaves! the terrors.

I bet The Man is shitting himself

[superjohnmcginlay]

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... ition_fees

Ooh. Exciting.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Just been out for a walk amongst them, with their fruity little facemasks and aggressive manner they truly are pathetic. Apparently it's all to do with removing that EMA from their grimy outstretched hands - well the sooner the better - let them get proper jobs.

Saw some gangs of the little scrotes being chased up the back streets by the bobbies - much fun to be had. I might go out again later and have a viddy

[David Lee's Hair]

Stick 'em all in chains!!

Damn right there should an increase in tuition fees.

Personally it should be aimed at the people who study crap like Media Studies, Traffic Studies or Pop Music, they should take the brunt of the costs for wasting tax payers money studying rubbish! There should also be a limit of 7 years at university get rid of the life time students...

[Lofthouse Lower]

Thing is, if you worked full time then you could probably squeeze a three year degree into 12 months - just do it that way = cuts down on the cost of tuition and accommodation and therefore will leave the graduates with lower debts. It'd be a year of hard graft but then it'd weed out those just wanting to go for a three year piss up.

[bobo the clown]

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... ition_fees

Ooh. Exciting.

I'm just struggling at "students" and "from Bury". Fck, I know the expansion of HEC's and Poly's into Uni's has downgraded the term, but .... Bury ???

Note that they do this on Wednesday afternoons ... "sports time", or drinking time if you're a completely inept bastard.

[Lofthouse Lower]

They'll have to be finishing up soon if they want to get back in time for Countdown

[William the White]

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... ition_fees

Ooh. Exciting.

I'm just struggling at "students" and "from Bury". Fck, I know the expansion of HEC's and Poly's into Uni's has downgraded the term, but .... Bury ???

Note that they do this on Wednesday afternoons ... "sports time", or drinking time if you're a completely inept bastard.

FE students galore at Bury College, which I think is a pretty good college. Some HE doing HNC/HND courses - some validated by Uni of Bolton and convertible to degrees by completing a 'top-up' year at Bolton Uni.

As EL helpfully explained some are protesting about the withdrawal of the Education Maintenance Allowance of £30 a week (means tested, based on parental income) available for post-16 FE students.

I note that through the country a significant number of FE/School students are joining in protests - they are the people most imminently affected by the proposed trebling of fees. Current uni students are unaffected by the changes. They are, in a sense, protesting altruistically - for the benefit of future students rather than themselves.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Some are, obviously, motivated by altruism, though those walking past my office about an hour or so since looked a) about 35 and b) like hardened crims - therefore swelling the numbers with those more intent on a scrap than on making a democratic point.

[superjohnmcginlay]

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... ition_fees

Ooh. Exciting.

I'm just struggling at "students" and "from Bury". Fck, I know the expansion of HEC's and Poly's into Uni's has downgraded the term, but .... Bury ???

Note that they do this on Wednesday afternoons ... "sports time", or drinking time if you're a completely inept bastard.

FE students galore at Bury College, which I think is a pretty good college. Some HE doing HNC/HND courses - some validated by Uni of Bolton and convertible to degrees by completing a 'top-up' year at Bolton Uni.

As EL helpfully explained some are protesting about the withdrawal of the Education Maintenance Allowance of £30 a week (means tested, based on parental income) available for post-16 FE students.

I note that through the country a significant number of FE/School students are joining in protests - they are the people most imminently affected by the proposed trebling of fees. Current uni students are unaffected by the changes. They are, in a sense, protesting altruistically - for the benefit of future students rather than themselves.

Whooa there. I never got that, when did that happen?

[William the White]

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... ition_fees

Ooh. Exciting.

I'm just struggling at "students" and "from Bury". Fck, I know the expansion of HEC's and Poly's into Uni's has downgraded the term, but .... Bury ???

Note that they do this on Wednesday afternoons ... "sports time", or drinking time if you're a completely inept bastard.

FE students galore at Bury College, which I think is a pretty good college. Some HE doing HNC/HND courses - some validated by Uni of Bolton and convertible to degrees by completing a 'top-up' year at Bolton Uni.

As EL helpfully explained some are protesting about the withdrawal of the Education Maintenance Allowance of £30 a week (means tested, based on parental income) available for post-16 FE students.

I note that through the country a significant number of FE/School students are joining in protests - they are the people most imminently affected by the proposed trebling of fees. Current uni students are unaffected by the changes. They are, in a sense, protesting altruistically - for the benefit of future students rather than themselves.

Whooa there. I never got that, when did that happen?

Came in about 5 years ago. Were you doing A levels then? Or perhaps your parents were too wealthy?