Student loan protest group on Facebook

Wednesday 11th June 2008, 11:30AM BST.

HUNDREDS of students have joined a protest against the introduction of student loans.

Since its launch on Wednesday, 570 Facebook members have signed up to the group: Fair Funding for Guernsey Students – Fight the current loans proposal.

Within 24 hours of setting up the site, 23-year-old Andrew McGovern said he had 250 people asking to join it. ‘It was absolutely amazing because I have never seen a Guernsey group grow so fast, it’s so encouraging,’ he said.

The second-year Brighton and Sussex Medical School student said he was inspired to start the group by Deputy Matt Fallaize’s decision to bring a requete to the States to try to overturn the decision to introduce student loans.