Southampton Students Against Cuts have organised a protest which will commence at 12 noon outside the Student’s Union building at the University of Southampton. Students from nearby schools and colleges will also be in attendance.
The protest will feature student speakers as well as representatives from trade unions, and will end with a march around the campus.
The U1, U6 and U2 unilink buses provide easy access to Southampton University (get off at the interchange). The protest will be on the red brick area just outside the SUSU building (next to the Stags Head pub, ask a passing student if you're not familiar with the campus).
The protest will happen at the same time as Parliament will be discussing plans to make savage cuts to university education and to triple tuition fees. These cuts will affect current and future students.
80% of the university teaching budgets stand to be cut, with funding to social sciences, humanities and arts to be cut completely. Fees are set to rise to a minimum of £6000 per year, with universities able to charge £9000 in ‘exceptional circumstances’. Experts have already predicted that the majority of institutions will charge the full amount.