NUS conference: Porter apologises for tactical mistakes
Outgoing NUS president Aaron Porter has this afternoon apologised for 'tactical' mistakes over the last year. Aaron, who was giving the opening speech at this year's NUS conference in Newcastle,…
Edinburgh University’s Princess Anne Own Goal
Earlier this month Edinburgh University chose to shoot itself in the foot. Given the chance to show how the University had changed, how it had moved away from its elitist…
Against social mobility: equality, class and the Jilted Generation.
This week Nick Clegg announced a new strategy to improve social mobility in the UK. Firms will have to advertise work experience in schools, they'll have to allow staff time…
UCL 13 – solidarity protest
This afternoon I went down to UCL for a protest to show support for 13 UCL students who have been threatened by UCL with tens of thousands of pounds of…
Film: Patrick Harvie MSP: “If I ever vote for fees, sack me”
Scottish Green Party co-convener Patrick Harvie yesterday speaking to students protesting in Edinburgh against fees and cuts yesterday, called on students to sack him if he ever votes for fees:
Edinburgh University students vote overwhelmingly for boycott of Israeli goods.
A motion to boycott Israel was overwhelmingly passed at the Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) General Meeting on Monday 14th March. In what was described as a ‘landslide’, the motion,…
University Students Support Lecturers’ Strike.
The University and College Union (UCU), the recognised trade union for lecturers and academic support staff at Edinburgh University, have balloted to strike on Thursday the 17th and Thursday the…
Strike! University lecturers to take industrial action over pension changes.
Last week members of the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) at over 60 universities across the UK voted to take strike action in defence of our pensions. 65% voted to…
10 things you may not have known about RBS
10 things you may not have known about the bank you own: We own 84% of RBS. They'll be announcing their profits this week, and UK Uncutters across the country…
Keep the NHS Public
The coalition's Health and Social Care Bill faces it's second reading today in Parliament today and threatens to drastically reorganise health care in this country. The average person interacting with…