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I think I'll leave my final words on the events to the NUS President: "Yesterday was a long day of mixed emotions for me and thousands of others who came from all corners of the country to join with us in London yesterday to defend education. More than 50,000 students, lecturers, teachers...

On opting out - it depends on the policy of each Uni and their respective SU. When I was an SU officer it all hinged on data sharing - some Unis will share data with their Students' Unions unless a student opts out. Other Uni's will not share data, so the individual students will need to...

Seems to be the same arguement made by Aaron Porter (NUS President) yesterday evening. They planned a peaceful protest to get their voice heard. The actions of the few have ruined the message of the wider protest. Shame, regardless of whether you agreee with the NUS's stance or not, they have...

Couldn't agree more. All of the people interviewed for the news were proper middle class plonkers. Shame, because from my experience in the student movement, that is not the case (some very noisy bollinger bolshevics [sp?] aside). They did. It was arranged properly with police. There were...

I don't think anyone is saying that education should be free. Even the National Union of Students stopped arguing for free education years ago. Everyone agrees that students should pay to go to Uni, the argument is how they pay. Up front variable fees will just result in rich kids getting all...

I personally know the NUS President, a certain Aaron Porter, from my days as a Students' Union officer. A very nice bloke he is too. Shame about his choice of football team though...

The actions of the few and all that. What a shame. I went on a anti-fees demo when I was a student and never saw any violence. Maybe part of the difference was the fact that we are now under a Tory government and many students (especially students involved in politics) tend to have an...