Today (Tuesday) Labour will kick off a series of student
roundtables with students from Birmingham City, Coventry,
Birmingham, Warwick, Aston, Newman and Wolverhampton universities
to discuss the challenges faced by students during the current
Covid crisis.
Kate Green Shadow Secretary of State for Education, along with
Shadow University Minister , and MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Labour candidate for
the West Midlands Mayoral election in May, will meet with
students from across the region to hear about their experiences
of university during the pandemic and their priorities for
improving student experiences.
, Shadow Secretary of State for Education, said:
“The government’s failure to control the spread of the virus is
denying students the university experience they deserve, and many
feel forgotten by this government.
“From accessing student support services in lockdown to their
learning experiences, I am looking forward to hearing from
students about their top priorities both during the pandemic and
long term.”
MP and Labour candidate for West Midlands Mayor, said:
“Our young people are extraordinary which is why we should be so
determined to make sure our region is the best place in Britain
to be a young person.
“Yet right now students are being cheated out of the best years
of their lives by Covid. They’re being let down with spiralling
youth unemployment, poor mental health support and sky-high
accommodation bills for student homes they’re not even allowed to
live in.
“That’s why we want to hear first-hand from students about their
experiences and their priorities for our region and for our
frontbench while they fight students' corner in Parliament.'
