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News Front Page Page last updated at 12:35 GMT, Wednesday, 17 February 2010 World E-mail this to a friend Printable version UK England Students 'cannot name Labour leader' Northern Ireland Scotland A third of students do not SEE ALSO Wales know is the leader of the Labour Party and Assembly funds politics students Business almost half are unlikely to 26 Mar 09 | Northern Ireland Politics vote in the upcoming election, Testing the student political mood Health a poll suggests. 31 May 07 | Politics Education A similar proportion failed to RELATED INTERNET LINKS League Tables identify as leader Unite Science & Environment of the Conservatives, the survey National Union of Students Technology by student accommodation Many thought Joanna Lumley would do The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Entertainment a good job in politics provider Unite found. internet sites Also in the news The poll of students in England and Scotland found less than half ------FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Video and Audio knew Nick Clegg was the Liberal Democrat leader. ------Mirror.co.uk David Cameron's duff The National Union of Students denied students were apathetic Have Your Say figures are a real Eton mess - 1 hr ago about politics. Magazine Mail Online UK One third of students In Pictures The Unite poll of 1,566 students found 33% of respondents could unaware Gordon Brown is Labour leader - 2 hrs ago Country Profiles not name Mr Brown as Labour leader, while 34% did not know Mr Cameron leads the Tories. Special Reports Third of students 'can't name Labour leader' - 3 hrs ago A quarter (24%) were unable to identify differences between the Related BBC sites main political parties. Reuters UK PRESS DIGEST - Financial Sport Times - Feb 17 - 8 hrs ago Weather The findings showed 47% of students - which Unite claims is Democracy Live equivalent to more than a million students - would not be voting, or V3.co.uk E-petitions gather support - 16 hrs ago Radio 1 Newsbeat were highly unlikely to. CBBC Newsround About these results On This Day Editors' Blog Four in 10 (41%) believed becoming personally involved in politics, by protesting or joining a party, was more likely to achieve TOP EDUCATION STORIES change than by voting. Ofsted privatises nursery checks One in eight (12%) admitted Labour leader 'stumps students' they had no interest in politics. Parents' school choice 'fatalism'

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"Last year, research by Opinion Panel showed that a political party's Most popular now, in detail position on tuition fees would affect how 79% of students would vote in a general election. This is hardly indicative of an apathetic and out-of-touch student population."

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