Alex Salmond signing NUS Scotland's 'Reclaim Your Voice' commitment - a pledge to students that he is now breaking by cutting college places
Liberal Youth Scotland are throwing our weight behind a campaign organised by the National Union of Students Scotland to maintain college funding and FE student support. The SNP Government already cut funding to Scottish colleges by £40m last year, leading to course closures, job losses and increased class sizes. Now an even bigger proposed cut of 20% is putting even more courses and college places at risk.
The Our Future Our Fight campaign calls on the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament to:
- protect the budget for college student support at 2011/12 levels;
- stop any cuts to college places;
- protect college teaching quality;
- and to protect local access – college campuses must stay open with a wide choice of courses.
LYS President Sophie Bridger said: “The courses that the SNP are putting under threat are vital to our economy. The Scottish Government may think that colleges are unimportant, but the reality is that young people will be denied the opportunities they deserve.”
Sign the petition at http://www.ourfutureourfight.org/
