Cost of an Education

Students stage mass protest in London | Education | guardian.co.uk: "Around 10,000 demonstrators are expected to take part in a mass protest in London on Wednesday to express anger at the financial and other burdens facing students.

A poll timed to coincide with the demonstration over education funding and youth unemployment revealed that most parents with children under 18 would not vote for an MP who broke a pledge against increasing university tuition fees.

The event organised by the National Union of Students (NUS) is the first organised student protest in London since a wave of demonstrations in 2010 triggered by the government's plans to increase tuition fees, which led to a number of arrests and injuries as well as complaints of "kettling" outside parliament.

In a survey by the NUS covering almost 500 parents, more than three out of five would not vote for an MP who broke a pre-election pledge to vote against increasing tuition fees while almost half believed they should resign."

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