Search results for ‘Student protests’
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Students say plastic bullets threat is scare tactic
As police warn they could use rubber bullets at the higher education march, a student protest group tells Channel 4 News it is a “scare tactic” aimed at stopping people attending the demo.
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London student protest – ‘not a quiet affair’
After the 2010 student protests, there was speculation today’s London demo against education cuts would be similarly violent. But a sizeable police presence meant there was only sporadic disruption.
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India anti-corruption protests are ‘new consciousness’
As demonstrators from all walks of life join anti-corruption protests in India, business leaders tell Channel 4 News: “There is a new generation with a global consciousness of what is happening”
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Students facing debts of £50,000
Students could leave university with average debts of more than £50,000 once higher tuition fees come into force, a new study finds.
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Syria protests: ‘forces fire shots at demonstrators’
Syrian forces have fired shots at protesters gathered in Homs, according to reports. And in Damascus, a blogger tells Channel 4 News that medical students have been beaten up by Government troops.
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Kettling of G20 protests ‘not lawful’
Police tactics used against climate camp protesters at the G20 protests in 2009 were “not lawful”, the High Court rules. A filmmaker recalls the “traumatic” events at the protest for Channel 4 News.
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Tuition fees and student debt: key issues for NUS President
As the National Union of Students (NUS) prepares to announce its new President, students tell Channel 4 News tuition fees, debt and stress must be top of the agenda.
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New CCTV of Ian Tomlinson last moments at G20 protests
The inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 protests in 2009 opens with the jury being shown detailed CCTV of events surrounding his death.
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Egypt protests, when Mubarak 'met' Madonna
Twenty years on and the jokes about President Mubarak seem to have worn very thin – Egyptians are at last saying it all. Channel 4 news Foreign Editor Ben De Pear blogs about his memories of Cairo.
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Student protesters clash with police in Manchester
Student protesters hit the streets again on Saturday to complain about tuition fees and cuts in public services. In Manchester it led to a cat and mouse chase with police, writes Victoria Macdonald.
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Axing EMA is ‘counter-productive’ say students
As more student protests take place about plans to axe the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), 18-year old Charley Portet writes for Channel 4 News about the importance of the grant.
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More students protest against plans to cut EMA
Student protests have been taking place across England against plans to scrap the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA). More demonstrations are expected in London tomorrow ahead of a Commons vote.
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Student jailed over fees protest
Sixth-former Edward Woollard is jailed for two years and eight months for throwing a metal fire extinguisher from the roof of the London Millbank during violent student fees demonstrations.
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Charles and Camilla student attack footage released
Police have released CCTV footage of the moment a royal convoy carrying the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall was attacked by protesters in London, in a bid to identify those involved.
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FactCheck: student fees in England highest in world?
FactCheck analyses Ed Miliband’s claim that tuition fees in England will be the highest in the industrialised world – and David Cameron’s claim that students in the US pay more.
