Left-wing breakthrough at NUS Conference
ACC Liverpool, where this week's drama was played out. Photo: William Pinkney-Baird. From Tuesday to Thursday of this week, delegates from across the UK flooded into Liverpool for NUS…
‘We need to get students to leverage the political potential in the local population’: interview with Abdi-aziz Suleiman
William Pinkney-Baird interviews Abdi-aziz Suleiman, standing for Vice President Union Development at NUS Conference next week, in the sixth and final of a series of interviews with some of the…
‘NUS Welfare should be seen as one facet of a bigger fight for the welfare state’: interview with Shelly Asquith
William Pinkney-Baird interviews Shelly Asquith, standing for Vice President Welfare at NUS Conference this week, in the fifth of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for…
‘We need to represent the most marginalised voices and support local students’ unions achieve their goals’: interview with Sorana Vieru
In the fourth of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for NUS leadership, William Pinkney-Baird interviews Sorana Vieru, standing for Vice President Higher Education at NUS…
Young Greens now largest youth party in the UK
Today the Young Greens reached 17,700 members, making it the largest youth wing of any political party in the UK. The group has grown dramatically in the past six months,…
Young Greens endorses NUS candidates
Following an online ballot of student members of Young Greens of England and Wales on which NUS candidates to support at the upcoming elections at the national conference, the results are…
Scottish Young Greens release Youth Manifesto
Scottish Young Greens launch their Youth Manifesto at their AGM today in Glasgow. Photo: Scottish Young Greens. Today, the Scottish Young Greens released their first ever Youth Manifesto at…
‘Without college funding, there’s not going to be any reason to fight for other causes’ – interview with Shakira Martin, candidate for NUS VP Further Education
In the second of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for NUS leadership, William Pinkney-Baird interviews Shakira Martin, standing for VP Further Education. ‘We’re screaming that…
‘We need to make a principled leftwing intervention into NUS’: interview with Hattie Craig, candidate for VP Higher Education
William Pinkney-Baird interviews Hattie Craig, standing for NUS Vice President for Higher Education, in the first of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for the NUS…
Why students should campaign for fossil fuel divestment
Glasgow students campaigning for divestment from fossil fuels. In October 2014, Glasgow University became the first university in the UK to commit to fossil fuel divestment. Photo: Ric Lander. Students…