from the Guardian UK:
Student groups have moved swiftly to capitalise on a growing movement against tuition fees, announcing another round of marches and walkouts after tens of thousands took part in a widespread day of action around Britain yesterday.
As London's chief police officer defended the tactic of "kettling" thousands of young demonstrators, the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC), one of the umbrella groups organising the campaign, said it hopedmore students and pupils would protest next Tuesday.
There are also plans for a national day of action when the tuition fees bill is debated in parliament, likely to be next month.
The biggest event yesterday took place near Parliament Square in central London, where a crowd estimated at 5,000, including many school-age children, was penned in by police and not allowed to leave for some hours, a controversial tactic known as "kettling". ............(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/nov/25/student-protesters-new-round-marches
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