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In 2010 young people across Britain took to the streets to defy a wave of government attacks on education, increasing tuition fees and cuts to grants for university and college students. Student Revolt – Voices of the Austerity Generation is an oral history of the year that introduced a generation to the power of the mass movement, through the voices of the people involved. Activists’, students’, university-occupiers’, young workers’ and politicians’ testimonies are woven together to create a narrative which starkly captures both the deep divisions as well as the intense energy that sprung from its actors. Having made the most radical student movement in British history, the ‘Millbank Generation’ moved on into different forms of politics. However the growing generational cleavage that spurred the movement remains. Since 2010, Student Revolt argues, the spectre of politicised youth has hung over British politics.
Matt Myers is a History DPhil student at Wadham College and a former Wadham undergraduate. He was a participant in the 2010 movement, and has been involved in Free Education Oxford. He will be in conversation with Jane Garnett, a fellow and tutor at Wadham.
Free drinks will be provided after in the meeting room.