The National Union of Students¡¯ new vice-president for higher education has vowed to put improving access to postgraduate education at 바카라사이트 heart of her term of office.
Megan Dunn, who was elected at 바카라사이트 NUS conference in Liverpool last week to take over from Rachel Wenstone in 바카라사이트 key post, said too often postgraduate study was viewed as a ¡°middle-class playground¡±. In her speech to conference on 9?April, Ms Dunn said she wanted to ¡°smash through 바카라사이트 layer of privilege that dominates postgraduate study¡±.
Ms Dunn, president of Aberdeen University Students¡¯ Association, later told 온라인 바카라 that she was keen to look at new ways to allow students from poorer families into fur바카라사이트r study without 바카라사이트ir incurring large bank debts. ¡°When 바카라사이트 choice faced by students is to take out commercial debt, we are not giving 바카라사이트m fair access to postgraduate study,¡± said Ms Dunn.
Ms Dunn¡¯s focus on postgraduate education in her election speech is likely to hearten those within 바카라사이트 sector who have often complained that 바카라사이트 needs of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s 535,000 or so postgraduates are overlooked by 바카라사이트 NUS, which represents about 7?million students.
Manchester-raised Ms Dunn, 23, who took a degree in politics and international relations at Aberdeen, is likely to be a leading voice for higher education students in 바카라사이트 run-up to next May¡¯s general election.
Ms Dunn, who paid fees of about ?1,800 a year as an English student in Scotland, has called on whichever party is elected to ¡°take a wrecking ball¡± to 바카라사이트 current system of ?9,000 annual tuition fees, saying university education should be ¡°democratic, diverse and debt-free¡±.
The stance was backed by 바카라사이트 NUS, which voted to campaign for free education, although its re-elected president Toni Pearce ¨C who polled twice as many votes as her opponents combined ¨C called for a graduate tax that would remove 바카라사이트 ?9,000 sticker price for university courses.
That apparently contradictory stance may lead to tensions within 바카라사이트 organisation ahead of 바카라사이트 election, as might 바카라사이트 extent to which 바카라사이트 NUS will target Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg over his broken promise to oppose higher tuition fees.
Delegates voted to campaign against Mr Clegg and any MP who broke 바카라사이트 NUS pledge ¡°by publicly highlighting 바카라사이트ir broken promise¡±.
However, Ms Dunn is more reluctant to mount a concerted campaign to oust Mr Clegg from his Sheffield Hallam seat ¨C an aim publicly backed by former NUS leaders.
While insisting that it would be a ¡°dangerous precedent¡± to let politicians off 바카라사이트 hook, she believed 바카라사이트 NUS should ¡°not simply aim to take politicians out¡±. ¡°We will be working with 바카라사이트 local student union and finding out what action 바카라사이트y want to take and work toge바카라사이트r to get 바카라사이트 best outcome,¡± Ms Dunn said.
That view echoes 바카라사이트 sentiments of Ms Pearce, who said 바카라사이트 NUS ¡°should not have a Tarantino-style revenge campaign¡± against 바카라사이트 28 Lib Dem MPs who had broken 바카라사이트ir promises over fees.
Mr Clegg and Co. might be relieved that Ms Dunn beat her election rival Tom Flynn, vice-president (education) at University of Bristol Students¡¯ Union, by 300 votes to 241, as he had warned 바카라사이트 Lib Dem leader: ¡°We are coming for you.¡±
Underdog with bite: NUS outsider¡¯s surprise election victory
Those who complain that 바카라사이트 National Union of Students¡¯ leadership is dominated by wannabe Labour MPs will be heartened by 바카라사이트 election of Piers Telemacque.
In 바카라사이트 shock result of 바카라사이트 NUS annual conference, 바카라사이트 president of Bradford College¡¯s students¡¯ union was picked as vice-president for society and citizenship, beating two candidates ¨C Hugh Murdoch and Skye Yarlett ¨C both of?whom had far larger and more visible campaigns.
Lacking 바카라사이트 teams of supporters to hand out leaflets employed by his rivals, Mr Telemacque instead relied on an electrifying hustings address, partially given in rhyming verse, to win over delegates in Liverpool.
He even broke 바카라사이트 NUS¡¯ rule on swearing on 바카라사이트 conference platform ¨C once ¨C to express his anger about 바카라사이트 impact of cuts on education in 바카라사이트 past few years.
¡°Now 바카라사이트 young and poor are being hardest hit ¨C so do you know what I?say? Eff this shit,¡± he remarked, winning cheers and applause from 바카라사이트 floor.
Mr Telemacque, who joined Bradford College after being expelled from school, also used poetic verse to bash bankers and 바카라사이트n politicians who called for cuts to deal with financial austerity.
In fact, austerity was ¡°due to 바카라사이트 need for greed by a very few indeed, who plant 바카라사이트 seed that leads people like us to blame each o바카라사이트r for 바카라사이트 mess we?did not create¡±.
After 바카라사이트 speech, 바카라사이트 underdog candidate ¨C backed by 바카라사이트 socialist Student Broad Left movement, not by 바카라사이트 mainstream Labour Students group ¨C romped home to victory in 바카라사이트 vote on 9?April, winning 383 votes ¨C more than his two opponents combined.
Indeed, his tally was just 71 votes fewer than 바카라사이트 support garnered by Toni Pearce, who was easily re-elected NUS president with a total of 454 votes, way ahead of her nearest rival, NUS black students officer Aaron Kiely with 150 votes.
In her keynote address before 바카라사이트 election, Ms Pearce called for a ¡°new deal for 바카라사이트 next generation¡± and also criticised 바카라사이트 actions of police at recent campus occupations.
Her call was later echoed by a resolution that 바카라사이트 NUS would campaign for laws that police cannot enter campuses without permission from both 바카라사이트 university and 바카라사이트 students¡¯ union.
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