Higher education was once a social good guaranteed by the state. The state poured money into higher education as an investment in the economy and the highly skilled and knowledgeable workforce it would produce. But the state also invested in higher...
Thousands of students and education workers today gathered to demonstrate under the slogan ‘United for Free Education’. Beyond the sea of purple NUS and red Socialist Worker Party placards, some protesters drew on intellectual...
In her speech at the Labour Against Austerity Assembly Diane Abbott warned that anger at economic stagnation was being scapegoated on migrants and ethnic minorities, and that the government was to blame for a ‘rightward shift in race relations’. The...
Freshers reading this, be warned: it is harder being a student in London now than ever before. Tuition alone costs £9000, and maintenance grants are about to be axed. London rent prices have gone stratospheric, transport is overpriced; Cycling, one...
300 students have lost course provision from Lewisham and Southwark College (LeSoCo) after the college closed its Camberwell site in a bid to save money. The college’s governors voted overwhelmingly in favour of the motion in July. It has also...
The National Executive Committee of the NUS today passed a motion resolving to “affiliate to the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanctions) movement” and “support local BDS campaigns initiated by students”. The motion also resolved “to reaffirm NUS...
Will Ing