Good old 2 jags supporting you now then eh lol. thats great. how do you get involved with all this stuff?
Amie, 05 May 2009 15:17
fantastic!
Jo, 05 May 2009 13:42
Good old 2 jags supporting you now then eh lol. thats great. how do you get involved with all this stuff?
Amie, 05 May 2009 15:17
fantastic!
Jo, 05 May 2009 13:42
James Greenhalgh Staffordshire
'University fees are unfair. Doesn't everyone deserve a free education?'
For young people, especially students from a working-middle class background, university fees are a massive deterrent to higher education. Young people shouldn’t have to start their careers already owing money or be put off going to university by the fees. In my opinion, university education should be free for all students in the UK regardless of wealth, social class or personal circumstances; in fact, regardless of anything…
- Getting Naomi from Skins to support my campaign and attend a protest
- Meeting David Lammy, the government's Minister for Higher Education
- Pound coin stunt outside parliament, sending pound-sign shaped bubbles over the Houses of Parliament for my photo-call
- Delivering a speech at my event in the House of Commons on Aprils Fools Day
- Delivering my report to the Prime Minister at Downing Street
- Organising a national Anti-Fees protest in Central London
- Show your support by adding a comment to my Battlefront or Bebo page
- Send in your stories of how you feel about tuition fees
- Download my report and let me know your thoughts
Click HERE to view a postcard supporting my Battlefront/Youth Parliament campaign, and if you agree, i will send a message to the Governments Higher Education Minister on your behalf.
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT : CAN ANYONE HELP ME???, bebo-posts
"Hi Everyone Thank you sooo much for all your kind messages - i promise that i am reading all of them, and will respond to every single one of them during the day. People are offering help -which is great, and feel free to e-mail me on at ja..." Bebo13 May 2009
Starting a charirty - and i really need ur help to buy some stamps!!!! Please help :), bebo-posts
"Hey everyone!! Jus thought id let you know a little more on a few developments with the campaign. aswell as figherting for a change in Government policy on uni fees, I have been thinking about starting up a new charity organisation, with th..." Bebo12 May 2009
strange uni fees film - dont miss the "world premier" on Wednesday :), bebo-posts
"Hi - a really quick one - basically jus lettin u know what i have been upto today. It was prettty normal, but i was making a wierd film abut uni fees - due to be launched on 13th May. its quite an odd video, but i hope u like it - at least..." Bebo11 May 2009
A campaignrs dream, bebo-posts
"Just thought id write a quick blog to let you know how the day with John Prescott went. It was great! I discussed the campaign with him, met some amazing/interesting people and thought it was a really productive day. I tell u tho, it was so..." Bebo10 May 2009
5..4..3..2..1........POSTCARDS ARE GO!, bebo-posts
"Hello Battlefronters! What a busy few days it has been J Just thought id quickly update you with a few developments. Firstly, my postcard campaign is pretty much up and running! I have had it designed, and is being printed as I write thing..." Bebo10 May 2009
You can show which issues you think are most important by promoting this campaign on your blog, Myspace, Facebook or Bebo.
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Tuition fees are a joke! Lets face it the majority of university students are going to be the big earners, giving the highest proportion of their salary to the government to spend on pointless projects that benefit no one. By discouraging people from higher education they are, as they should think, loosing revenue. I say stop pointless government schemes, for example the government wasting 3.5 million pounds of taxpayers money on a stupid advertising plan "pledge" pointing out the obvious. Without the government throwing money away and MPs claiming on several houses tuition fees could be reduced to a minimal amount.
Sebastian, 22 May 2009 15:14
I'm happy to see there's a voice about this issue thats making a real dent. I'm just about to graduate this week with £23,000 debt, joy! Ironically i got free education at a private school and i was on a bursary as i have a disabeled parent. So life hasn't been a bed of roses. But now i'm finding not only are we laidend with this debt but now there aren't any jobs anyway! Personally, the only solution at the moment is to move country. Keep up the excellent work, i'm hoping you do so well that everyone who has even been to uni can scrap their repayments!
Ash, 21 May 2009 12:06
Hi James,I watched channel 4 and saw your campaign- down with tuition fees.....I think its a fantastic campaign, that is, or will affect millions of students. I am a upcoming journalist (print-based) and me and my 'co-journalists' publish a Uni magazine called 'UNI'D IT!' for many Universities. I was wondering if you would like to have an interview with me, so that you can not only be featured in the magazine but also raise the awareness to students who have not yet heard of the campaign. If your interested, please add me on facebook or email me on [email protected]
Abigail Adetitun, 20 May 2009 13:25
I'm going to uni next year and luckily i have the money to pay for it, thanks to my fantastic family, and little bit of my own hard graft. However a lot of my friends were not that lucky and are struggling with fees or purely cant go when they deserve to. This campaign is brilliant and i back you every step of the way. Good Luck!
Charlotte Walker, 16 May 2009 15:20
I'm going to uni next year and luckily i have the money to pay for it, thanks to my fantastic family, and little bit of my own hard graft. However a lot of my friends were not that lucky and are struggling with fees or purely cant go when they deserve to. This campaign is brilliant and i back you every step of the way. Good Luck!
Charlotte Walker, 16 May 2009 15:19
hey I'm a performing arts student going into college and stuff like this makes me worry about uni... I think what you are doing IS GREAT and its inspired me to write a song based on this... give me some time and i'll have one writen persificly for your campain if you wish ?? please email me back to if you would like this or not? x from Amber D
Amber Darwood, 15 May 2009 16:33
Lib Democrats support your cause james. thought it might be intresting http://www.libdems.org.uk/campaigns/axe-tuition-fees-204629129;show
imogine, 15 May 2009 16:29
International Student- tottaly agree. Mail me if i can help in anyway.
Anselmo Pelembe, 15 May 2009 12:06
Hi James, First off can I say how pleased I am that someone is standing up against tuition fees. Secondly I have already accidentally added this comment on ur video link instead of here so apologies for the repetition: I am 22 and have been a student for four years now with a debt of over £22,000!!! As a child from parents who earn just over the amount to not be entitled to bursaries, and with my family consisting of my brother unemployed and my sister also attending university, it is not possible for my parents to pay the tuition fees. On top of having to work 25 hours a week just to buy the basic essentials of food and bills, I am so frustrated that not only do we have to pay tuition fees based on our parent's income even if they can not afford to compensate for this, but to top it off a high interest rate is added to the fees. (Last year I had a statement showing that for one year the interest clocked up was a whopping £200!!! Just for one year) With the prospect looking very bleak for employment when I finish uni next month due to the recession, I am deeply troubled that this interest will be racking up heavily while I am unable to hit the £15,000 per annum to be able to afford to pay off this debt.
Alison Dyer, 15 May 2009 12:04
Hi James, First off can I say how pleased I am that someone is standing up against tuition fees. Secondly I have already accidentally added this comment on ur video link instead of here so apologies for the repetition: I am 22 and have been a student for four years now with a debt of over £22,000!!! As a child from parents who earn just over the amount to not be entitled to bursaries, and with my family consisting of my brother unemployed and my sister also attending university, it is not possible for my parents to pay the tuition fees. On top of having to work 25 hours a week just to buy the basic essentials of food and bills, I am so frustrated that not only do we have to pay tuition fees based on our parent's income even if they can not afford to compensate for this, but to top it off a high interest rate is added to the fees. (Last year I had a statement showing that for one year the interest clocked up was a whopping £200!!! Just for one year) With the prospect looking very bleak for employment when I finish uni next month due to the recession, I am deeply troubled that this interest will be racking up heavily while I am unable to hit the £15,000 per annum to be able to afford to pay off this debt.
Alison Dyer, 15 May 2009 11:58
Hi harry - i might take u up on that lol! BTW, i am starting to work my way through all of the comments - as promised, i will respond to everybody :) James
James Greenhalgh, 14 May 2009 23:05
Stop wasting every bodies time and come and clean my car, I'll give you an extra five quid!
Harry Brodmann, 14 May 2009 09:20
Hi Everyone Thank you sooo much for all your kind messages - i promise that i am reading all of them, and will respond to every single one of them during the day. People are offering help -which is great, and feel free to e-mail me on at [email protected] if you are able to help. HOWEVER, at the moment we are doing a postcard campaign whereby people send their names and addresses, and we send a postcard letter to your local MP asking them to take the campaign to the Education Minister in Parliament. the only problem is, that WE NEED MORE STAMPS - BUT DONT HAVE LOADS OF CASH! IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DONATE ANY STAMPS THEN IT WOULD BE AMAZING! Like i say, if you can help in any way, drop me an e-mail :) Also - if you want me/us to send a postcard letter to your MP on your behalf (it would be sooo good for the campaign!), please clik on the link HERE to post ur details: http://ukyouthparliament.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=935ffc4bcff32c9b3b7f14c18&id=0325e5afe4 Thank you
James Greenhalgh, 13 May 2009 15:13
Hello James, i just wanted to say well done and good on you for standing up for what many people and yourself believe in. Im a 24 yr old mother who has always dreamed of becoming a criminal psychologist, however after completing a access course to the course i wish to study in university my partner and i have had to agree that due to the fees we can not afford for me to attend. For just the last two years studying the foundation degree i have built up nearly £6,000 of debt i just can not afford to add to this. This has been heart breaking not only for me but also for my partner who knows how much it means to me. But there is no way that we could support our family financial whilst i was having to pay university fees. I want to wish you all the best in this campaign and i really want u to succeed so that people like me could afford to follow their dreams and do what they want to do. A massive thank you and good luck
Donna Hopkins, 13 May 2009 14:52
In resoponse to Dan's comment at 12:44, wouldn't you agree that tax payers money is better spent on putting people through university? Rather than MP's expenses, "job seekers" allowance, bailing out banks and so on? Keep it up James!
Rosie, 13 May 2009 14:04
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