University of Wolverhampton students set to get union support in protest against campus bus cut
Unions are expected to support students at the University of Wolverhampton who are planning to protest next month at the scrapping of an inter campus bus service.
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com
and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565
Students affected by plans to cut transport between the Wolverhampton, Walsall and Telford campuses will leaflet prospective students outside the main campus in Wolverhampton on an open day on August 17 to make them aware of the cuts which are due to come into effect at the end of this month.
Naomi Glynn, who is coordinating the day of action next month when students will also leaflet members of the public, met with a representative of the National Union of Students (NUS) on Monday.
She is also in talks with the University and College Union (UCU) which represents all academic and support staff – some of who will also be affected by the cuts to the service.
She said: "It was a productive preliminary meeting with the NUS representative and the UCU have pledged a talk and potential support as well. The number of people who have reached out to say they will be affected by the cuts has increased since they were announced.
"And then there are the prospective students, some of whom would have applied on the basis of being able to get easily and cheaply between campuses – we will be representing them with the talks as well and we hope to have an update for them by the time they come to the open day."
