To all students, activists and education workers

The student movement in Britain is convening a National Convention Against Fees and Cuts in an attempt to unify our resistance to the onslaught of course cuts, redundancies and privatisations of our educational institutions which is being spurred on by the economic crisis and recession. We are calling the convention in order to bring together the different anti-cuts campaigns across Britain and develop a national coordination of education campaigns.

We are extending an invitation to all members of the student movements on the continent to attend the convention to participate in the discussions and aid us in developing a united and international student movement. We are hoping to have a speaker from the continent for the session on the Bologna Process and the International students movement in order to inform and educate us about the different strategies adopted by students on the continent and their experiences resisting the Bologna process and attacks on education.

We are in the process of finalising a timetable for the event which will have sessions on:

* Education 101 – How win the argument against cuts
* Welfare Cuts – Defending mature students, part time students, student parents
* Liberation Campaigns – Black, LGBT, Women students and the fight to defend education
* Trade Unions and how to work with them
* NUS and Student Unions
* How to run an Occupation
* Privatisation and the Future of Education
* Bologna Process & The international students movement

There will also be regional sessions to bring together activists from different areas of the country, and a final plenary session involving the whole convention in order to develop a national coordination of education campaigns. All are welcome to participate and if any one would like to speak in any particular session please contact myself or the organisers at:
againstfeesandcuts@gmail.com or ucl.free.education@gmail.com

More info about the convention is available at:

http://conventionagainstfeesandcuts.wordpress.com/

Solidarity,
Mark Boothroyd