Today I met up with Linda Gilroy and Alison Seabeck who are my fellow Labour Parliamentary candidates in Plymouth to sign up to the NUS’ Pledge to support students. It is imperative that the voices of students is not lost in the current higher education debate and I’m pleased to back the NUS’ campaign for a fairer funding system.
I have worked advising a major University on political matters for the last few years and having spent so much time in this area know what big differences there are in the rhethoric and policy between the three main parties. It was amusing to be able to remind the Lib Dems that their no-fees policy would mean less people going to University (much to the Lib Dem candidate’s surprise) and to remind the Tories that offering discounts on loans to the richest few means that the poorest are yet again paying for a step up for the richest.
The fees debate is important but we should not lose sight of the fact that we need more skills, not less, in our economy and this means helping people reskill throughout their lives as well as going to University for the first time based on ability to learn not ability to pay.
AUDIOBOO: Listen to my audioboo from today here.
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