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Penny Joynson
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Controversial debates surround the sentencing of a protestor who threw a fire extinguisher from the 7th floor of the Millbank Tower during the tuition fee protests. Police said his actions 'could have resulted in catastrophic injury' but luckily no one was injured during the incident on November 11th 2010.
Edward Woollard, 18, was sentenced to two years and eight months after admitting at an earlier... Read more
over 2 years ago
For lots of students, EMA is the difference between staying in education and dropping out - a Guardian survey shows that 7 in 10 16-18 year olds from poor family say they'd drop out without it.
Tomorrow, the NUS will lobby Parliament as MPs vote on this massively contraversial issue. Will you be there?
over 2 years ago
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Phillip Ly
over 2 years agoI agree with both comments. Like Sonali said, EMA was pretty much a lifeline for both my sisters and myself and it paid for my food and travel costs to go to college (transports wasn't free back then!!) I'm seriously concerned that without it, my younger brother won't see the point in putting himself through a part time job just to then take a loan and spend even more money on unviersity fees (my... Read more
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VHenry Mackintosh
over 2 years agoHey Philip when you say the government should be more vocal about what it plans to replace EMA funding with - are there actually any plans to replace it?
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Phillip Ly
over 2 years agoHey, to be honest I'm not too sure, I thought there was speculation that they would use at least some of the EMA money as scholarships or something that would encourage YP from low income backgrounds to stay in further education.
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Araba Webber
over 2 years agoHi Philip - The plan is to replace EMA with an enhanced discretionary learner support fund which will be managed by schools, colleges and training providers. The Department for Education is holding consultations with school, college and training organisation representatives to develop the arrangements but the funding is significantly less than it was for EMA. Look here for more info http://tinyurl... Read more
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Araba Webber
about 2 years agoThe Government has just annouced the replacement for EMA - a £180 million bursary scheme targetted at the most vulnerable 16-19 years olds. EMA was worth £560m. Have a look at the details here - http://tinyurl.com/ema-replacement. How will the new plans affect you?
Morgan Tunney
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/13/judge-wrong-in-sentencing-edward-woollard
An interesting view on the situation.
Kate VInspired
This is a really interesting discussion and obviously people have quite different views on the subject... Do you think his actions have undermined the protestors that wanted to make a real point about the rise in fees?
Morgan Tunney
I think that the majority have gone about it the wrong way. An aggressive protest with violence and abusive chanting is not going to get you anywhere.
Kat Arlington
It worked in alleviating the poll tax....!
David McNeilage
The sentence is too harsh. But I agree with the verdict that he could have indeed killed someone with his actions.