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The 23 Feb 2010 sees the beginning of a week of action from Canterbury’s student population.  Under the banner of “Canterbury United” students from Canterbury College, Kent University,  Canterbury Christ Church University and University for the Creative Arts will be challenging the way they are seen with a range of events promoting the positive attributes of the City’s students and actively encouraging anyone over 16 and eligible , student or not, to become a registered voter. Students will also be highlighting the potential extra changes to University Tuition Fees that are being threatened after the General Election as part of a review of Higher Education.    

Currently most University students are charged £3,225 per year to study but by 2011 there are those who would like to see this increase to possibly £7,000 or beyond.  As part of the NUS’s campaign for MP’s to “Come Clean on Fees” Canterbury United aims to get the issue of University Fees high on the political agenda in the lead up to the Election by engaging the community in discussion on the contentious debate surrounding fees so that students, the families of students and those wishing to study in the future, have a chance to have a say on what they pay. 

Canterbury has one of the highest percentages of students to residents in the UK and future financial barriers and increased debt would dramatically affect the future of a City we all love and hinder the prospects of future generations in this Country.