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Students come out in force for free education

Students reignited the campaign for free education this weekend, marching alongside lecturers a month ahead of their own national demonstration.

Hundreds of students took to the streets to join the TUC’s Britain Needs a Pay Rise march in a show of solidarity with workers across the country.

They took the streets a month ahead of a National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) demonstration for free education on November 19.

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