On Friday 19th March members of Socialist Students will be telling local MP and education David Lammy to leave our education funding alone. The protest takes place at 4pm at the College of North East London (Conel) where Lammy holds his constituency surgery. The protest will be joined by local students angry at the plans for £2.5 million cuts at the college.
Privately educated Lammy's department is planning over £950 million of cuts to higher education funding over the next few years, including cutting a third of places. David Lammy claims to be "from and for Tottenham" but his constituency has one of the lowest rates of university attendance and these cuts will ensure thousands more young people never get the chance to enter higher education. Further education colleges across London are also in crisis, with millions planned in cuts. We want to find out why Lammy thinks that making huge cuts to education funding is the best response to a recession and record levels of youth unemployment.
The protest will support Jenny Sutton, a lecturer and UCU branch secretary at the college, who is standing against Lammy as part of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and campaigning to stop the cuts.
Contact Toby on 07846906767 for more information
and also see : www.socialiststudents.org.uk
