Battle to Beat Higher Fees - UPDATE

Your letter opposing a rise in tuition fees has been hand-delivered to local MP Mark Hendrick’s office.

The letter, signed by hundreds of UCLan students, urges Mr. Hendrick to give his stance on tuition fees, and to vote against any possible rise in tuition in Parliament. Organised by the students’ union, the letter is a part of a much wider national campaign to combat a rise in fees and for Government to look at fairer funding alternatives. Mr. Hendrick was away in Parliament when the letter was delivered.
On top of the hundreds of UCLan student signatures, the letter was signed by Union elected representatives as well as UCLan Vice-Chancellor Malcolm McVicar.
Union President Beth Woodthorpe-Evans said: “I hope that Mr. Hendrick will already be aware how passionately UCLan students feel about this issue. If not I hope this makes him realise that this something close to our hearts.
“UCLan students have shown their solidarity and unity – for too long students have been seen as apathetic, this is clearly not the case.
“There is great strength in numbers, and we need to stand up and be heard. Students need to make sure that their thoughts and opinions don’t fall on deaf ears.”
APO Tom Bailey and Education Officer Lindsay Bradley help transport the letter
 Students that were unable to sign the letter to Mr. Hendrick are being encouraged to email the Labour MP to ask for his stance on tuition fees. Students are then to send their responses into the students’ union.
On top of this, students are also being encouraged to sign up to electoral register and to make their vote count in the forthcoming general election. Electoral registration forms can be downloaded here and handed in to the students’ union.

President Beth Woodthorpe-Evans hands the lettter over to Mark Hendrick's office

For all the latest on this story check the forthcoming issue of Pluto on the 29th January.

14 January 2010