York will ‘lead the way’ in national student protest

July 4, 2012 - no comments

Student protest The University of York’s Student Union President has pledged to back upcoming demonstrations against higher education cuts “to the hilt” at this year’s NUS conference. Ross D’lima reports for Nouse:

The new University of York Students’ Union President (YUSU), Kallum Taylor, has said that YUSU will “lead the way” at a national demonstration in November against changes to higher education, asking students to “come along, get involved, and join our national stand for education.”

The National Union of Students (NUS) announced plans for a demonstration last week at their National Conference.

YUSU were criticised last November for showing a lack of support for a similar protest in November last year…

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