students
25 September 2020 · · Britain, Scotland, Uncategorized, students
Stop blaming students – meet public health and testing needs!
As at 24 September over 1,000 university students across Scotland were in self-isolation after hundreds tested positive for Covid in the days before. In response to this escalation, the Univ…
25 June 2020 · · Britain, NHS, students
Nursing Students in revolt over Tory Minister’s statement
Tens of thousands of newly graduated nursing students in England have expressed dismay over a statement by Helen Whately, the Tory minister for Care, writing in what is still the middle of a…
21 June 2020 · Disabled Peoples' Movement, Reviews, students
More than a Left Foot
More than a Left Foot by Bob Williams-Findlay Resistance Books , 2020, reviewed by Dave Kellaway Bob Findlay’s final sentence in his book hopes that “it has provided an insight into an array…
3 May 2018 · · Britain, France, Our History, students
1968 seen from Britain
None of the key events of 1968 happened in Britain, but they impacted dramatically on the configuration of the Left, writes Phil Hearse . One socialist journal said it was “the year the ice …
21 February 2018 · · Education, students, trade unions
Solidarity with the UCU Strike!
Starting Thursday February 22, members of the University College Union (UCU) at 61 universities will be taking strike action against proposed changes to their pension scheme, writes Nathan R…
15 November 2017 · students · 1 comment
Free Education Now!
Over the past few years, a quiet but substantial change in attitudes towards tuition fees has taken place. In 2013, the then National Union of Students president Liam Burns warned against th…
17 October 2017 · students · 1 comment
March for Free Education on Nov 15
The Prime Minister recently announced plans to reduce university tuition fees to £7,500 per year, and to raise the repayment threshold on student loans to £25,000. This compromise follows se…
17 June 2017 · · students · 1 comment
SOAS says stop outsourcing
Students at the School of Oriental and African Studies, (SOAS) in central London went into occupation on Tuesday June 13 in support of catering workers and facilities at the university. Susa…
8 February 2017 · students · 1 comment
Students step up the boycott of NSS
Nathan Rogers reports: The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts is something of an oddity on the student left in Britain. Formed in 2010 by a coalition of socialists, anarchists and indep…