For uni students these days, it’s all pepper spray and no fair say. At least if you saw the scene that unfolded between police and protesters outside AFR’s higher education summit yesterday:
While CEOs, Vice-Chancellors, and corporate consultants paid over $1,000/ticket to attend the higher education summit, uni students were locked out and kept from having a say on the future of their education. Instead, they were pepper-sprayed by NSW Police while protesting the event.
Meanwhile, inside the summit attendees were discussing talking points like “private sector collaboration,” “micro credentials,” and “opportunities for structural reform that would deliver better outcomes.” Better outcomes for who? Not a single student representative was invited to the conference, so we guess that’s not who they were talking about.
Students were carrying signs that read “cancel student debt,” “reverse job & course cuts,” and “cut vice-chancellor salaries, not staff!”
Another sign said “our education is not for profit.”
We agree— it’s for students and education. Thanks to the organisers (National Union of Students) for continuing to ensure students’ voices are heard in the campaign to protect our education system!
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