Students occupy Royal Conservatoire to protest 9k fees
About 30 students from across Scotland are staging a sit-in at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland today (Friday) in protest against the institution's announcement of 9k fees for RUK (Rest…
Unvolunteering
By Paul Jon Milne Paul Jon Milne's art can be found on , and his surreal exploration of unemployment, revolution and fighting games can be found on facebook. Trundling through…
Lib Dem conference protester remanded in custody after banner drop
The three men remanded in custody for three days over the weekend, after a banner drop at the Liberal Democrat conference, appeared in court today. The men were remanded as…
Student Occupiers Launch New Year of Student Action
About 100 students from across Scotland occupying an Edinburgh University lecture theatre this weekend promise to disrupt management at Scottish universities with an ongoing campaign of targeted 36 hour occupations.…
Demands of the Scottish Students’ Occupation
Students occupying George Square Lecture Theatre at Edinburgh University have released a statement of their demands. We demand immediately from Edinburgh University: Freedom of access No legal or academic repercussions…
Students occupy against 36k fees
Students from universities across Scotland are staging an occupation of an Edinburgh University lecture theatre in protest against significant increases in fees for 'Rest of UK' students. Scottish university students,…
A very British problem, or, how I learned to stop worrying and love renting
Norwich City Councillor Samir Jeraj responds to Alyson MacDonald's The Case Against Landlords. In the 2006 film Thank You For Smoking, the anti-hero lobbyist for the tobacco industry muses about…
The case against landlords
Let's face it: nobody wants to live in private sector rented accommodation. This is the type of housing which provides the least secure forms of tenure, and where the worst…
Unions and students step up fight to save education
The fight to save public education in the UK took a step forward this week as two more unions declared ballot results in favour of strike action this Autumn. Yesterday…
Edinburgh University announces UK’s highest fees
"The advancement and dissemination of knowledge". This is why the University of Edinburgh exists. That is its mission statement. The university at which I studied has a proud history of…