"Students never before motivated to take action have been brought onto the streets and onto their campuses, standing against the genocide in Gaza."
Tag: Higher Education
Students from across Europe join wave of Gaza demonstrations and protest action
"The spread of campus protests to Europe follows a wave of occupations and encampments across the US... with some universities agreeing to divest from companies with links to Israel"
13 weeks of indefinite strike action at the University of Brighton
Kevin Biderman, Brighton UCU, writes on the fight against forced redundancies that will see heavier workloads for university staff and worse conditions for students.
Apsana Begum MP: The marketisation of higher education has failed students and staff alike
The failed free-market experiment in higher education needs to be ended and tuition fees abolished. Education should be a right not a privilege, writes Apsana Begum MP.
Labour Under Fire on Tuition Fees
"In higher education as with energy and water, we will not tackle the Tories' failed economy by tweaking around the edges... what is needed is wholesale replacement of the failed market model in higher education."
UK Universities are cracking down on student organisers as the failure of the marketised system becomes ever clearer
The creeping authoritarianism of the British ruling class goes beyond public protests. UK universities are increasingly attacking protest rights and political activism, writes Fraser McGuire and Alec Severs.
Reclaiming Our Education System – activist and educators come together with the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs
This week, the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs hosted a seminar on "Reclaiming Our Education System" with Daniel Kebede, NEU; Janet Farrar, UCU; the SEA and more.
Over 50 MPs and Peers condemn brutal university staff pay deductions
"University staff deserve fair pay and fair terms. That is all they're asking for... but universities are now deepening a dispute when they should be working to resolve it." - Beth Winter MP
UCU announces additional university strike day as talks continue
With negotiations ongoing, the UCU has announced a further day of strike action to take place at universities across the country on March 15th.
The University of Manchester student occupation and rent strike – Interview from the occupation
"The most important thing that students can do is take action at their own university" - an interview with a student occupier taking part in the University of Manchester rent strike and occupation.