If you're a UK student then you should definitely be attending the National Union of Students National Demonstration on Sunday 29th October. The march begins at Malet Street near ULU and continues all the way to Trafalgar Square. Mostly the demo will be about campaigning against top-up fees, but you can find more information on the Admission: Impossible website.
For budding student feministas out there, I would encourage you all to come along and carry one of the NUS Women's Campaign's placards which read 'Feminists Fighting Fees!'. Basically, the persistent gender wage gap (currently at 17% full-time) means that student debt disproportionately affects female students more than male. Hence the need to campaign against more fees. As someone in debt $15,000 to the Australian government, I can confirm that higher education fees are not fun. I shall, however, be staying in the UK to avoid having to pay them :-)
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