BenIreland published Student nurses protest in Old Market Square over cuts to...

Student nurses in Nottingham have protested against replacing bursaries, which help pay them through their studies, with loans. At Saturday's demo, in Old Market Square, nurses said they would not have been able to afford their training without the bursaries, which were axed in the government's latest spending review in a bid to save £800 million. Students and campaigners said they estimated that nurses would come out of training with more than £50,000 of debt if the changes,...