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Free University Brighton enabling many unfortunate people to continue their education and get BA-level degree equivalent for free. It is sort of a breakthrough from people that are tired waiting the conventional education system to change. I am eager to dig deeper about this topic and share the information to many people.

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1. Free University Brighton and Class Divide (2021, April 14). A Tale of Two Cities: Tackling Class Inequality in Education in    Brighton and Hove [Online]. The Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.51428/tsr.jdbu2019

2. Hooks, Bell. (1994), Teaching to transgress: education as the practice of freedom, New York: Routledge

3. Friere, P. (1972), Pedagogy of the oppressed, New York: Herder and Herder

4. Young, M. (1958), The Rise of Meritocracy, London: Routledge

5. https://www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/news/study-degree-free-1016389

This 5 sources I found on the internet and linked to one another.

Free University Brighton Introduction Currently, Education play an important role for most of the people in order to at least get a job and living a decent life. Many parents have invested or spared their income for years to be able send their kids to universities, so they can study in a good environment. However, in England, the cost of tuition fees is very expensive. England has the highest undergraduate university tuition fees in the developed world, a new study has found. University fees in England have tripled in the last 10 years - the biggest rise in tuition costs for any nation in the last decade, according to research from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). English universities can charge up to £9,250 per year for an undergraduate degree, and even more to overseas students.

This situation led many movements across the England to make a change and build a free university. One of the free universities in England is Free University Brighton (FUB). Free University Brighton was created in the Summer of 2012. FUB are a cooperative, community-led organisation that provides and promotes free educational events across the City of Brighton & Hove.

The university offer free courses, practical workshops, introductory taster sessions, lectures, talks, film screenings discussion and debate in a wide variety of subjects. They also offer validated, degree-level courses, made up of subjects such as sociology, criminology, psychology, politics, economics, social history, feminism, gender and sexuality. Their aim is to turn public spaces into classrooms, enabling communities to come together to think, develop, learn, enquire, question the world around us and to explore how it could be different and better.

In this article I would like to cover three issues related to the topic. Firstly, I will explain briefly about how the Free University Brighton was created. In the next section, I will break down about how the university works. Lastly, I will analyze the impact of Free University Brighton to many people.

How Free University Brighton was Created The Free University Brighton movement was founded in 2012 in response to the Coalition government's trebling of university tuition fees and cuts to continuing and higher education. Various widening participation initiatives have failed to change working-class representation and experiences in British universities. FUB is both a political response and a practical alternative to the mainstream university, it offers co-operative, community-based education free of charge. Here students from all backgrounds can study up to degree level in their own time, without the pressure of competition, exams or debt. the free university aims to reclaim the joy of learning and create engaged citizens able to understand and question the world around them and see the possibilities for social change. How Free University Brighton Work What’s on offer is decided by local people and placed into the heart the community by making use of free public spaces. In this way they are reclaiming education as a public good and making it accessible to everyone. In terms of pedagogic practice and the role of classes, creating alternative spaces for education is a vital and ongoing experiment. At first, classes were held in pubs, cafes, and other public places until the GMB union offered us access to their Learning Resource Centre inside a municipal refuse station in Brighton. As a result of this free space, they were able to expand our educational offerings while also redefining what a university could be. Its impact to many people FUB students range in age from 18 to 80. They come from very mixed backgrounds. Most of that student is triggered to join the university out of curiosity and hungry to learn. People with a degree and an interest in continuing to study are among them, along with those who left school with little or no qualifications and want a second chance. Some students had a bad experience at school and are attracted by the easy access and lack of fees. FUB is accessible to everyone,” Ali told me. “People can study with us as little or as much as they like. There are no exams, tuition fees or debt, and the focus is on education that empowers people and is socially useful. The vast majority attend out of interest, though some want to continue to university and attending FUB courses is partly about building confidence in their learning abilities. Though legally FUB cannot award a degree, the first and second years of our degree-level course in social science and humanities were validated by independent academics in the same way as for other universities. Students are also offered certificates – which for some are hugely important – based on attendance or assignments. REFERENCES ‌1. Free University Brighton and Class Divide (2021, April 14). A Tale of Two Cities: Tackling Class Inequality in Education in Brighton and Hove [Online]. The Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.51428/tsr.jdbu2019 2. Hooks, B. (1994), Teaching to transgress: education as the practice of freedom, New York: Routledge 3. Friere, P. (1972), Pedagogy of the oppressed, New York: Herder and Herder 4. Young, M. (1958), The Rise of Meritocracy, London: Routledge 5. https: //www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/news/study-degree-free-1016389 These 5 sources I found on the internet and linked to one another.

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