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Our schools need more democracy, not just funding, to flourish
Photo: Pixabay user 'NeiFo' Creative Commons 0 license Modern society is riven with problems. We have huge inequality, unemployment, social strife, and we are falling to respond to our…
WHAT ARE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITIES MADE OF? – BEYOND TUITION FEES #6
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united…
FREEING EDUCATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS – BEYOND TUITION FEES #5
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united…
THE FUTURE OF STUDENTS’ UNIONS – BEYOND TUITION FEES #4
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united…
THOUGHTS FROM THE FRONTLINE OF MARKETISATION – BEYOND TUITION FEES #3
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united…
A TRULY RADICAL NUS – BEYOND TUITION FEES #2
Photo from the recent NUS conference stage occupation. Photo credit: Rebecca Chapman It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end…
The UCU strike: a tale of student-staff solidarity
Photo credit: National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts The UCU strike has been one of the biggest mobilisations the education sector has seen in years - the fourteen days…
The Office for Students – Let’s not be caught napping
Photo credit: Pixabay user: 'OpenClipart-Vectors', Creative Commons license The Office for Students, the new regulator for Higher Education Institutions in England, was launched on New Year’s day this year.…
The TEF: why it isn’t good enough
The word ‘EDUCATION’ written on the side of a dirty building. Photo by Alan Levine via Flickr () In December, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) released…
Prison reform and the arts: to re, or not to re?
Image of a pensive skeleton in front of the words 'To be or not to be'; From losminos on flickr I recently watched a fascinating video on Facebook. In it…