The TEF: why it isn’t good enough
In December, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) released a document aimed at students to explain what the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is. In it we...
Prison reform and the arts: to re, or not to re?
I recently watched a fascinating video on Facebook. In it we glimpse the processes of the Marin Shakespeare Company in California who work with inmates (henceforth ‘students’) in prisons...
Young Greens join the United for Education Demo
Thousands of students and academics will be taking to the streets of London on Saturday to make their voice heard about the damaging reforms being made to higher education,...
10,000 March for Free Education in Dublin
This week, between eight and twelve thousand students, teachers and union members marched through Dublin in opposition to proposed plans to raise university tuition fees and introduce a student...
Students at Durham held a funeral for accessible education – here’s why
Last Tuesday, 8th December, students at Durham held a funeral for accessible education. This was a direct response to the latest announcement of an increase college fees and international...
I’ve graduated from uni, but I fear for those who come after me
View image | In July, I graduated from my university, bringing to an end the best 3 years of my life. I discovered so much about myself and fell...
Trials and tribulations of the Teesside free education campaign (part 1)
In the first installment of our ‘WTF is wrong with education?’ series, launched with this article, Alex Jones-Casey shares his experiences campaigning for free education at Teesside University. Sitting...
WTF is wrong with education?
It is hard to sum up succinctly the multitude of problems facing the educational system in the UK. One need only think of trebled tuition fees, removing the caps...
The student movement is about to kick off – here’s 4 things Young Greens can do
The student movement is about to kick off. This is not an original observation – straight after the budget articles were being written about the new central issue of...
Young Greens slam “callous” government over scrapped maintenance grants
The youth and student wing of the Green Party has criticised the government over its plans to scrap maintenance grants for poorer students, as contained in yesterday’s Budget. The Green...