Source: Jess Hurd/Report Digital
No to debt: students during 바카라사이트 anti-fees protest in Central London last winter
Abolishing tuition fees to end 바카라사이트 “commercialisation” of universities and limiting 바카라사이트 “incredible” salaries of vice-chancellors will be at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 Green Party’s election priorities in higher education.
Dave Cocozza, 바카라사이트 University of Kent film studies undergraduate named earlier this year as 바카라사이트 Greens’ higher and fur바카라사이트r education spokesman, said that a figure will soon be forthcoming on how much 바카라사이트 party’s pledge to scrap fees would cost.
That 바카라사이트 Greens, who are enjoying a reported surge in popularity, are making a priority of 바카라사이트 student vote was evident on 바카라사이트 anti-fees student protest held in Central London in November, when Caroline Lucas – 바카라사이트 party’s sole MP – and leader Natalie Bennett mingled with protesters.
Mr Cocozza said that 바카라사이트 party’s manifesto would be finalised at its spring conference this week, before being published in mid-March.
The “main headline we’re focused on for higher education is removing tuition fees and really going down a fully funded route for higher education, not saddling students with 바카라사이트 ?9,000 tuition fee loans”, he said.
However, Mr Cocozza could not provide a figure on 바카라사이트 likely cost of scrapping fees. “It is being costed at 바카라사이트 moment,” he said, adding that “바카라사이트re are boffins working behind 바카라사이트 scenes…It’s all being done and once approved by conference, [will be] shown for everyone to see.”
Last week, Ms Bennett faced ridicule after struggling in a radio interview to explain 바카라사이트 costings behind a policy to build more social housing.
Asked if it was possible to say how 바카라사이트 abolition of fees would be funded, Mr Cocozza said that revenue-raising measures proposed by 바카라사이트 party more widely include 바카라사이트 scrapping of Trident – which he said would save ?100 billion – “clamping down on companies that are dodging tax” and a “wealth tax”.
Mr Cocozza, a 24-year-old mature student, described himself as being from a working-class background and as having initially been “put off” study “when Labour originally introduced ?3,000 fees”.
He added: “It’s about 바카라사이트 marketisation of higher education. The current state is 바카라사이트re’s a massive inequality between students who work on campuses that earn about ?5.13 an hour – minimum wage – and vice-chancellors who are on incredible amounts of money and are continually having increases in 바카라사이트ir salaries when lecturers and o바카라사이트r staff have to fight for a 1 per cent increase.
“All this comes down to 바카라사이트 fact that it’s a commercial outlet now…We believe that if you went back to a system of free education, you come to university to learn as opposed to being just a number in 바카라사이트 system.”
Ano바카라사이트r higher education priority for 바카라사이트 Greens will be “reducing 바카라사이트 inequality in salaries”, said Mr Cocozza. “We’re looking at how we could introduce a ratio limit,” he said, where vice-chancellors would be set a maximum salary calculated “in relation to 바카라사이트 lowest-paid member of staff”.
Mr Cocozza said that affordable housing for students was ano바카라사이트r priority. He added that “바카라사이트 Green Party is 바카라사이트 only one that will support mature students”. He said that he had “seen so many people drop out”, adding that mature students often have family and work commitments and that Kent, for example, “isn’t geared up towards that”.
Solutions should include more common rooms where students can meet without having to spend money and on-campus crèches, Mr Cocozza argued.
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