Dear friend,

Happy belated Valentine’s Day from Liberty. We want to share something we love with you:

Life, liberty, free speech, personal privacy, fair trials, no torture, no discrimination… What’s not to love?

The Human Rights Act protects all of these rights, and it protects them for everyone – young and old, rich and poor. It means that you can defend your rights in the UK courts and that public organisations (including the Government, the Police and local councils) must treat everyone equally, with fairness, dignity and respect. Visit our new webpage www.love.commonvalues.org.uk to find out all there is to love about the Human Rights Act.

Polling shows that 96% of people believe it is important that there is a law protecting rights and freedoms in Britain and yet the Human Rights Act is still surrounded by many myths and misconceptions. Read our myth-buster for the real facts

Visit www.love.commonvalues.org.uk to find out more about the Human Rights Act. After all, what’s not to love?

TAKE ACTION

• Share the love: forward this to a friend
  
• Visit www.love.commonvalues.org.uk to learn more about the Human Rights Act
  
• Join Liberty for as little as £1 a month for students www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/join
  
• Download a copy of our new “What’s Not to Love?” poster from the website or contact us for copies to display and distribute info@commonvalues.org.uk
  
• Do you use online social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter? If so why not share our link www.love.commonvalues.org.uk in your status updates or Tweets?
  
• Visit http://twibbon.com/join/whats-not-to-love to download a ' twibbon' (a small electronic badge) to add to your Facebook or Twitter profiles
  
• Request copies of our materials to pass on to friends and family info@commonvalues.org.uk
  

The deadline for applying for extra time in your exams is the end of term, so make sure you get your application in on time. If you are dyslexic and need to speak to an assessor about extra time, please make an appointment as soon as possible because spaces are filling up fast! More information can be found on the website.

Are you a disabled student at UCL? Are you interested in representing UCL students at NUS Disabled Students' Conference?

If you want to go along, there is more information here, or you can email me on w.officer@ucl.ac.uk. The Union will pay if you are interested in going, we just need students who are interested!

If you are a mature student want to make your voice heard, come along and meet the Mature Students' Officer, Amrita Rose.

We are meeting at 7pm this Thursday 4th February in the Print Room Cafe. Come along to meet other mature students and have a chat about any concerns you may have.

Look forward to seeing you there!