{"id":95084,"date":"2019-12-09T08:49:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T08:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=95084"},"modified":"2019-12-09T08:50:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T08:50:08","slug":"students-and-staff-join-the-political-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/students-and-staff-join-the-political-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Students and staff join the political debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='avia-slideshow av-k3y7041k-3a1db7892dbe62c6d355d38385e77f66 avia-slideshow-featured_large av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 42%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-k3y7041k-3a1db7892dbe62c6d355d38385e77f66__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Terry-Savage-Te-Ata-Browne-Andrea-Allen-Edward-Timpson-Antoinette-Sandbach-hustings-2019-1030x688.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Terry-Savage-Te-Ata-Browne-Andrea-Allen-Edward-Timpson-Antoinette-Sandbach-hustings-2019-1030x688.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Terry-Savage-Te-Ata-Browne-Andrea-Allen-Edward-Timpson-Antoinette-Sandbach-hustings-2019-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Terry-Savage-Te-Ata-Browne-Andrea-Allen-Edward-Timpson-Antoinette-Sandbach-hustings-2019-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Terry-Savage-Te-Ata-Browne-Andrea-Allen-Edward-Timpson-Antoinette-Sandbach-hustings-2019-1500x1001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Terry-Savage-Te-Ata-Browne-Andrea-Allen-Edward-Timpson-Antoinette-Sandbach-hustings-2019-705x471.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\"  data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-95083 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-95083\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Terry-Savage-Te-Ata-Browne-Andrea-Allen-Edward-Timpson-Antoinette-Sandbach-hustings-2019-1500x630.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"630\" title='Terry Savage, Te Ata Browne, Andrea Allen, Edward Timpson, Antoinette Sandbach hustings 2019' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1atdrgs-a87d6d113df08644e9aa166dd1765d0d\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1atdrgs-a87d6d113df08644e9aa166dd1765d0d{\nmargin-top:-50px;\nheight:1px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1atdrgs-a87d6d113df08644e9aa166dd1765d0d hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k3y72g76-6551eeddaddfb11de0f300fe06029e4e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Reaseheath students and staff have been speaking about the things that matter to them during the run-up to the general election on Thursday 12th December.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates from all five major parties: Edward Timpson (Conservative), Terry Savage (Labour), Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrats), Te Ata Browne (Green Party) and Andrea Allen (UKIP) attended a hustings held at college.<\/p>\n<p>The event was open to all students of voting age and we actively encouraged as many as possible to be involved with preselected and live questioning. Preventing and mitigating climate change and other environmental issues were high on the agenda, along with fears that the UK\u2019s high animal welfare standards will may not be upheld following Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>Our students were also concerned about how far they could trust politicians to deliver their promises and questioned how the National Health Service could be improved. Staff concerns focused on the effect of the current 33% decrease in Further Education funding and how this leaves colleges unable to invest and grow.<\/p>\n<p>Quality and Standards Coach Emily Jewell, who organised the hustings, said: \u201cEncouraging young people to take an active role in the political debate is extremely important to us. It is vital that the young people of today listen to the different policies and get involved in shaping their own future. Our event demonstrated to political leaders that the younger generation want to see change in the way they respond to their concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month Environmental Conservation students attended a Wild Question Time hosted by Cheshire Wildlife Trust at the University of Chester. The event offered a chance for 16-25 year olds to pose questions about their environmental concerns to parliamentary candidates and councillors. Panellists were Antoinette Sandbach (Lib Dem); Paul Bowers (Green Party); Samantha George (Conservative); Matt Bryan (Labour) and wildlife journalist Lucy McRobert.<\/p>\n<p>The event was part of The Wildlife Trust\u2019s Wilder Futures campaign which hopes to create stronger environmental legislation to help restore Cheshire\u2019s natural environment. The debate covered issues such as climate change, the threats that new building developments pose to vulnerable species such as bats and water voles and how to get the government to listen to young peoples\u2019 environmental concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Student Clair Cartwright said: \u201cThis has been a fantastic opportunity to have a say in our future and to hear how the politicians respond. I now appreciate the importance of science led debate because that is the best way to get the government to listen to young people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qCPy3hVAhpE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hear our students voice their concerns for the environment<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l33ki4-d24a537baa18467e9e0bd2b15a60ebc3\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l33ki4-d24a537baa18467e9e0bd2b15a60ebc3{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l33ki4-d24a537baa18467e9e0bd2b15a60ebc3 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reaseheath students and staff have been speaking about the things that matter to them during the run-up to the general election on Thursday 12th December.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":95083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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