Jon Snow
Student protests: the view from a reformed protester
Jon Snow looks back to his own days as a protester as students take to the streets over tuition fees.
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Manchester university forced to apologise and remove campus fences after student protests
Manchester University has apologised and promised an inquiry after protesting students pulled down security fences that had been put up round halls of residence as the lockdown began. The university said the fences were to help avoid the “mixing of households”. But students say that their anxiety levels are bad enough as a result of…
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London’s biggest university bans student protests
Students protesting in an area at the centre of London’s student district could be imprisoned or fined, after the University of London obtains a court order banning protests on campus for six months.
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Police out in force for student protests
Thousands of officers on duty in central London in a bid to keep the streets calm as protesters march against the goverment’s plans for higher education.
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Labour EMA challenge fails despite more student protests
Labour’s push for a Government U-turn on its plan to scrap the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) has been defeated in a Commons vote despite more student protests.
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Student protests: police hunt violent suspects
The Met Police release new images from the student protests – including one seeming to show a man with a petrol bomb – in a bid to find those responsible for violence. Simon Israel takes a look.
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Student protests: police hunt violent suspects
The Met Police release new images from the student protests – including one seeming to show a man with a petrol bomb – in a bid to find those responsible for violence. Simon Israel takes a look.
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Student protests against plans to axe EMA
More student protests are taking place – this time against plans to axe the Education Maintenance Allowance. It comes as police release new photos and footage from last week’s demonstrations.
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Student protests: why did violence break out?
After the tuition fee protests in London end with injuries on both sides and damage to a series of buildings, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson writes that violence was inevitable.
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More student protests on eve of crucial Commons vote
Thousands of students are expected to take to the streets today and tomorrow to protest against the planned rise in tuition fees.
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Tuition fees: more student protests despite free year offer
Teenagers from poor backgrounds could have their first year at university paid for by the government, but as Keme Nzerem reports the plans won’t stop the protests.
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Student protests in London and across UK
Thousands of students have taken part in rallies against tuition fees. As Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports, a police van was attacked and a bus shelter torched in central London.
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Student protests: more unrest to come
The student demo on Wednesday has “galvanised” university populations to fight tuition fee increases and there will be more protests, a Goldsmiths, University of London tutor tells Channel 4 News.
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Student leaders on Hong Kong protests
Student leaders on Hong Kong protests
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Police and students clash at London university protests
The Metropolitan Police are accused of “brutality” by students after 100 officers storm a London university to clear a protest occupation.
