Both students and staff have been protesting outside the University of Sheffield Student Union against cuts made by management.
Sheffield’s Anti-Cuts Coalition believe that with restructures being made to departments, staff are at possible risk of redundancy which can damage the quality of education.
The organiser of the protest, Casey Nelson, said: “Everyone you talk to has been affected by cuts, whether it is during exam periods or during lectures.
“Every single person in this university has been affected in some way. It’s only going to get worse if we keep letting this happen.”
“Making any sort of noise is going to keep putting pressure on the university which will protect our degrees.” she said.
The event had over 100 attendees with some travelling from as far as Leicester, which pleased the event’s organisers. Both students and staff spoke up during the protests.
The morning was full of speeches, songs and chants, one of them being “Solidarity forever.”
Nelson said: “Everyone should care about this because it affects you directly.”
“You will lose lecturers. You will lose module choices and diversity within your degree. It will be devalued.”
“People come to this University because it’s a great uni with a great reputation. “
Students from the Sheffield Hallam University also spoke as their university is due to have budget cuts totalling up to £27 million.
They believe that the two universities need to unite to prevent this from affecting their education.