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The National Union of Students (NUS) "Vote for Students" pledge is a pledge in the UK to vote against tuition fee increases that was signed by over 1,000 candidates standing in the general election in 2010, notably including a large number of Labour Party MPs, who had introduced the fees in 1998 and all 57 subsequently elected Liberal Democrat MPs.

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Vote for Students pledge

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The National Union of Students (NUS) "Vote for Students" pledge is a pledge in the UK to vote against tuition fee increases that was signed by over 1...

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Nick Clegg

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the party's MPs, including Clegg, signing the Vote for Students pledge to oppose any increase in student tuition fees prior to the 2010 general election...

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Criticism of the Pledge of Allegiance

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itself, voting 6–3 to forbid a school from requiring the Pledge. As a result, since 1943 public schools have been disallowed from punishing students for not...

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Fraternities and sororities

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sorority is obtained as an undergraduate student but continues thereafter for life. Some accept graduate students as well. Individual fraternities and sororities...

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Browne Review

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the NUS Vote for Students pledge, promising to vote against any proposed increase in fees. The Liberal Democrats agreed to abstain on a vote to increase...

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2024 United Kingdom general election

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Swinney said a vote for his party would "intensify" the pressure to secure a second Scottish independence referendum, with other pledges in the SNP manifesto...

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1960 United States presidential election

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for Kennedy. For this reason the popular vote for the pledge-free electors are attributed to Kennedy. See the Unpledged elector page for clarification...

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2019 United Kingdom general election

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6% of the popular vote, the highest percentage for any party since the 1979 general election, though with a narrower popular vote margin than that achieved...

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2017 United Kingdom general election

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lock" and require executive pay to be approved by a vote of shareholders. It dropped the 2015 pledge to not raise income tax or national insurance contributions...

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Phi Beta Sigma

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January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students with nine other Howard students as charter members. The fraternity's founders, A. Langston...

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2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum

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AV campaigns pledge to disclose their donors before referendum day, by Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 18 February 2011 Alternative Vote campaign publishes...

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Tuition fees in the United Kingdom

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fund tuition for undergraduate and postgraduate certificate students at universities; students were required to pay up to £1,000 a year for tuition. However...

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Adrian Ramsay

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October 2003). "Students warm up for anti-fees demo". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2021. The Green Party in Northern Ireland : Student to challenge...

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None of the above

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"None of the above" (NOTA), or none for short, also known as "against all" or a "scratch" vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations...

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2016 United States presidential election

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presidential vote for Ron Paul but cast his vice presidential vote for Mike Pence, as pledged. John Kasich received recorded write-in votes in Alabama,...

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Vote Leave

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Banks was a major donor to GO, whereas Vote Leave was a mainly Conservative campaign. Although the groups had pledged to work together, relations between...

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2010 United Kingdom student protests

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" Rahul Mansigani, the students' union president for the University of Cambridge, said: "Large numbers of students voted for the Liberal Democrats, and...

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Jane Kim

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school, she stopped reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in her teens—she rejected the Pledge words "with liberty and justice for all," because she saw that LGBT...

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Tom Harwood

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become a National Union of Students (NUS) delegate, criticising the organisation with viral videos and satirical pledges such as using its funds to build...

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Iranian Green Movement

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Rouhani pledged to release them if he were to be elected as president, but the opposition leaders remain under house arrest to this day. Where is my vote? (Persian:...

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Zeta Beta Tau

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of pledging, ΖΒΤ National instituted the Semi-Annual Brotherhood Review Vote (SBRV). All ΖΒΤ chapters twice a year (once a semester) have a vote to see...

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Voters of Tomorrow

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from members of the U.S. House of Representatives on its "Youth Vote Champions' Pledge," which encourages candidates to engage with young voters early...

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