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Education for the 99%

November 20, 2012 admin News

Megaphone N21 Special editorial, by Paul Callanan, Youth Fight for Jobs and Education national organiser

Moving the goal posts

When you are child you are told that the world is at your
feet. When you finish school, if you’ve worked hard, you go to university and
this will lead to the opportunity of a career and the chance to pursue “the good
life”. But the goal posts have now been moved; » Read more..

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Welsh Government Slashes Student Grants

April 25, 2012 admin News

Grants for Wales’s poorest and disabled students are being cut by 15% in real terms, Youth Fight for Jobs has revealed.

The Assembly Learning Grant, a means-tested grant which the Welsh Assembly introduced for university students in 2010, is being reduced from £5,600 to £5,000 for students starting in September of this year, as well as for students continuing their studies. » Read more..

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