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STUDENT PROTESTS ON THE HORIZON by OLIVER AUCKLAND News Editor
NOVEMBER will see the first national protest organised by The National Union of Students (NUS) since November 2010. NUS President Liam Burns in a series of Youtube videos said: “You’ve got a lot to be angry about. You’ve had EMA stolen, tuition fees tripled, you’ve had your education systematically attacked across the board by the coalition. And even if you’re lucky enough to get to the other end, what have you got to look forward to? Youth unemployment is at an all-time high, getting on the property ladder is next to impossible and we don’t even have the safety net of pensions to look forward to any more. It’s about
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time that we did something about it. In a year in which there are no votes in parliament and no legislation coming before politicians, it’s about time we started setting the agenda, not reacting to it. It’s about time that we start creating activists that will be there for years to come on your campus.” In another Youtube video emblazoned with the protest Twitter hashtag #Demo2012, the disputed Gandhi quote ‘First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win’ is flashed across the screen, followed by ‘I am the change, We are the change.’ The march is planned for November 21 however shows worrying signs for any hope of
success. Burns’ speech indirectly admits the past failure of the previous protests as they’ve failed to set an agenda. The NUS website states that ‘if students don’t demand that politicians listen to us we’ll be ignored’. Without a clear agenda, question marks hang over the NUS and whether they’ve prematurely called for a demonstration. Burns added: “We need to know from you what it is that students on your campus are really angry about. What is it from us that you need to make sure that this is a moment a generation will never forget?” The November 2010 protest that saw up to 50,000 people take part was marred by violence as demonstrators sieged the Milbank Tower that houses the Conservative Party headquarters, breaking in and smashing windows and lighting fires. The NUS condemned the violence as then President Aaron Porter said: “I’m disgusted that the actions of a minority of idiots are trying to undermine 50,000 who came to make a peaceful protest.” It was only earlier this year that the NUS called upon students to walk out of lectures as part of their Come Clean campaign, demanding debate on university reforms and student funding. Students in London marched upon the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills on Victoria Street to (unsuccessfully) demand the Minister of State for... Continued on page 2.
BACK TO BASICS by REBECCA FIELDING Editor
THIS YEAR LiverpoolSU’s very own Scholars Bar are going back to basics. It is no longer trying to be a Costa, or an eat in, or a subway it is your student pub. There is a new menu that has been professionally designed, with an increased range of food and drink options. The bar has undergone new rebranding and now has three set student led evenings each week; Monday Quiz Nights, Pre-Medication Wednesdays and Karaoke Thursdays, organised by the Raise and Give society. The bar have recently been searching for a new quiz master to recruit, also. Assistant Commercial Director for LiverpoolSU, Nadine Taylor said: “I think what is important to try and get through to students is that we are a non-profit organisation. So all of the money that students spend in our bar, shops and
at our events is reinvested to support the great services we provide and to ensure they are life changing for our students. “Services include sports cubs and societies, with over eighty sports clubs and societies on offer, there really is something for everyone. “Every programme at LJMU has at least one Course Representative who works alongside LiverpoolSU to voice any opinions students may have about the education they are receiving, and work to improve this. We offer Hall Representatives. “Our Community Representative Scheme aims to build stronger relations with the wider community, and we encourage students to get involved in, look after and feel proud of their local communities. “In our Advice Centre, students requiring academic advice can receive free and confidential support from the LiverpoolSU Advice Centre team.... Continued on page 3
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