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Loughborough Walkout success

Val | 26.11.2010 13:44 | Education

Loughborough College students were a magnificent exuberant crowd making their voice heard around the town centre against the cuts in education and against the rise in tuition fees. This was a large protest with a big voice for a small town.

Loughborough Walkout 24/11
Loughborough Walkout 24/11


As part of the national walkout against tuition fees Loughborough college students and supporters made a tremendous impact! Around 250 college students from a number of secondary schools and colleges in the town made their way noisily through Loughborough University student Union and onto Loughborough College where they protested loudly and gathered more students before marching to the town centre. With lots of noise and chanting they made their voices heard around the town centre and onto Tory MP Nicky Morgans' office, which had been closed for the day. They took their protest to the council offices with an increasing police numbers (including a police photographer!) stopping traffic on the way. The council offices locked the doors and the protest was not allowed entrance. They returned to the town centre and after some more rallying chanting dispersed peacefully. A massive well done to all those who took part!

Val
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Blimey, well dobe Lboro

26.11.2010 15:14

The student turnout is really significant given that Loughborough has always had about the least politically active students in the UK. I can recall them not even being able to muster support for a vote on wether to have Fair Trade products in the SU.

So, are students starting the realise that, the future is better in their hands and the hands of all the people rather than the state?

Well done!

Ex LU staff


To ex-LU staff

26.11.2010 15:42

Unfortunately I think Lboro uni still holds the crown for least politically active university in the UK. The students were college students, only about 3 students from the uni joined us (despite marching through the SU building). They were fantastic tho!

Jen