UNIVERSITY NEWS LAST UPDATED : 23 APRIL 2015
The NHS has topped a Birmingham City University poll as the issue most important to students.
The result mirrors the latest Ipsos Mori monthly issues index, which polls the wider population and frequently shows the NHS as the number one priority for voters.
Nearly 20 per cent of student respondents said the NHS was the most important issue to them, closely followed by immigration at 17.6 per cent.
Election Debate
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Parkside Lecture Theatre from 18:45 to 20:15
Featuring MPs from the five main English parties.
The same percentage was returned for tuition fees, closely followed by unemployment at 12.8 per cent and low wages at 11.7 per cent.
Louise Toner, Associate Dean of our Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences, said: “Our poll shows that students place the same amount of importance on the future of the NHS as the wider population.
“We are the region’s largest provider of qualified health and social care professionals to the NHS, and many of our students feel passionately about it as an election issue.”
A new poll asking students 'Which party are you planning on voting for?' goes out today, as the University prepares to host an Election Debate.
The debate, featuring MPs from the five main English parties, takes place in the Parkside Lecture Theatre, B4 7AP, and starts at 6.45pm.