Staff at the University of Nottingham have voted overwhemingly for strike action against plans to scrap 356 jobs.
Tag: Higher Education
Education, education, education? When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?
All levels of our education system face a systemic crisis. Yet as with so many other areas of policy, Keir Starmer doesn't seem to have any hopes for education at all, writes Connor Bollins.
Sign the UCU Petition: Stop the Cuts – Fund Higher Education Now!
The University and College Union (UCU) have launched a petiton calling for the government to stop cuts at British universities and invest in the future of higher education.
Lessons of the Anti-Apartheid Movement for Students Taking Action Against the Genocide in Gaza
A look at the actions students are taking against the genocide in Gaza, and the comparisons between today's movement and the movement against apartheid in South Africa.
University of Sunderland: No to management ‘gagging order’!
Strike Map draw attention to the outrageous attempts to both cut jobs at the University of Sunderland and silence UCU members.
Tuition Fee Rises Place yet More Pressure on Struggling Young People
"The model has never worked, it never solved the funding crisis in the first place, but commodified & destabilised higher education... most students will never pay back their loans."
Let’s Get Organised and Fight for Free Education – Myriam Kane, Black Liberation Alliance
Free education is an issue that lies at the heart of equality, opportunity, and social progress in our country. Let's come together to fight for it - Myriam Kane, Black Liberation Alliance.
Tuition Fee Rises are a Step in the Wrong Direction – We Want Free Education!
Student activist Niamh Iliff writes on the fundamental fight for free education after the announcement of tuition fee rises last week.
Young Voices to Rally Against Tuition Fees and Build Call for Free Education
University students and young trades unionists will John McDonnell and other leading left voices this week to rally against a new rise in university tuition fees and to set out a vision of free education.
Higher Education is Broken, Tuition Fee Rises Won’t Fix It
The announcement that students in Higher Education are set to be hit with an increase to their tuition fees to £10,500 by 2029 is both unfair and economically short sighted, writes Fraser McGuire.