Arts students harness social media to fight cuts

By Shelly Asquith. Arts students, famously rebellious, are finding creative ways to mobilise support, writes the president of the students union at the University of the Arts London. Students around the world are protesting in unconventional ways, using social media to promote their cause, and setting an example for new student protests. Earlier this year student activists in an art school in Canada destroyed their own work to protest against the closure of their studios. Students at the Capilano University wrecked their sculptures as a sign of what they thought cuts would do to their futures. Their protests were organised and publicised on their Facebook page. Read more...