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TENS of thousands of students protested against Britain’s failing higher education system in a national day of action today.
The National Union of Students (NUS) estimated that between 700,000 and 800,000 students responded in towns and cities including Liverpool, Manchester, Blackpool, Sheffield and Leeds.
Many joined picket lines alongside lecturers striking in defence of pay, pensions and working conditions.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
Almost half of universities face deficits, merger mania is taking hold, and massive fee hikes that will lock out working-class students are on the horizon, write RUBEN BRETT, PAUL WHITEHOUSE and DAN GRACE