Amie Parker Williams
Donna Barracks, 46, from Dorset Road in Canterbury said: “I have four children, 22, 17, 11 and five. The eldest is in her third year of university and as a single parent it has been a financial strain for me. So if my youngest decides to go too, it is going to be a financial burden for me to say the least. When he graduates he will never be able to buy his own home or live independent, which means he will be living at home for a lot longer.
"There’s the possibility he will be put off and I’m sure other parents will be too. But then I guess that’s what the government want. Education to be for the rich."
Parents have raised concerns after the University and College Union (UCU) said Lord Browne's review could result in the average family facing a cost between £76,000 and £136,000 to put two students through university.
President of Canterbury Christ Church University's union said: "The march on 10th of November in London isn’t just a protest about the students of the now. It’s about future students and their families. And the future starts with those who can’t voice concern.
I urge parents with children to get involved and behind the campaign to stop cuts and increases in tuition fees.It’s a worrying time for students starting university in 2012 but an even more bleaker time for the time after."
President of University of Kent union added: "It will force the next generations to pick up the tab for devastating cuts."
Primary school teachers are also ready to stand tall against the government too. Miss Devine, 45, school teacher at Diocesan and Payne Smith Church of England Primary School in Canterbury said: "We are very much a school about broadening horizons and giving our children aspirations for the future. Our children already struggle in life and they don't have the opportunity to go to the beach and other experiences like other children do. If the barrier raises so much on finance, you will cut off those aspirations for children.
"It's a great shame to put a financing one on imagination".
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