Alliance Party media release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday 21 April 2009

The Alliance Party has thrown its support behind this week's "Reclaim your Education - Global Week of Action 2009."

Alliance Party education spokesperson Richard Mitchell says the Alliance supports the idea that education should be free.

"It's been a cornerstone policy of the Alliance since we began".

Organised by the International Student's Movement, the global week of action will highlight how education should be free for everyone.

Mr Mitchell says the International Students' Movement has two aims.

He says those aims are free access to education for all and "emancipatory education".

"Due to the increasing commercialization of education around the world universities are turned into companies whose goal is profit."

Mr Mitchell says that there are a number of ways people can get involved in the global week of action from changing their profile picture on any online social networking sites they belong, to writing to their MP or the PM reminding them that education should be accessible for everyone, not just those who can afford it.

"People are also encouraged to get more involved in the campaign if they wish."

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