Student leaders views after 'Love Canterbury, Hate Debt' debate

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Aaron Porter, National Union of Students (NUS) vice president and Steven Godwin vice president of Christ Church Students'Union (CCSU) expressed their views at the meeting with prospectus candidates (conservative Julian Brazier, labour Jean Samuel and lib dem Guy Voizey) for Canterbury at this year's general elections.
Mr Porter thinks that in today's hostile environment for higher education, students are choosing the university they go to not based on their abilities and aspirations, but how much debt they are prepared to get into.





After carefully listening to all candidates, Mr Godwin risks and propose students to vote for liberal democrats, whose candidate Guy Voizey is the one that apparently stands the most for them.

The MP for Canterbury Julian Brazier regarding the rise of tuition fees: "Decisions are going to be painful"

Focus Canterbury interviewed Conservative MP  Julian Brazier minutes after Love Canterbury, Hate Debt debate that took place Saturday, 27 February at Augustine's House. We asked him what he thinks about the expected rise in tuition fees and what will he do if he were re-elected.

“Canterbury United” against higher tuitions fees

Student Unions of Canterbury join a unitary campaign to warn about consequences of an eventual rise in tuition fees

The proposed rise in higher education fees is becoming more significant for students from all over the country, particularly in big university centres such as Canterbury. After the MPs have heard students’ voice at a protest which took place at the Houses of Parliament in November last year, not much progress has been made.

Therefore, the big student population in Canterbury has decided to unify under a single campaign that aims to defend their rights and promote the views on matters which generally affect them. The Students’ Union of Christ Church University, University of Kent, Canterbury College and University for the Creative Arts have bonded for the “battle” against higher fees under the banner of “Canterbury United”.