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.

“I’m here to show solidarity with working people of Britain because it’s important to build a connection between students and workers up and down the country,” said Queen Mary University London student Alex.

Alongside him marched his friend and King’s College London student Ben — both carried NCAFC placards that read “students and workers unite and fight!”

The call for free education has been resonating more and more widely in the wake of the German government scrapping all university fees.

A motion to support the free education rally will be presented to the Young Labour national committee this Thursday.

The document applauds the German government for bringing back free public education.

If passed, the motion will mandate Young Labour’s leadership to march alongside other students for free education on the November demonstration.

Next month’s demonstration comes after this year’s National Union of Students (NUS) voted contrary to the rightward trend of recent years and in favour of a motion to crack down on tax dodging and “reject the absurd idea that our society lacks the resources to provide decently for its citizens.”

Former NUS black students’ officer Aaron Kiely called it “a huge breakthrough” for the institution.