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…
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, with…
10,000 March for Free Education in Dublin
Photo: Union of Students in Ireland This week, between eight and twelve thousand students, teachers and union members marched through Dublin in opposition to proposed plans to raise university tuition…
Students at Durham held a funeral for accessible education – here’s why
Photo: Grace Tseng 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…
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 in love…
Trials and tribulations of the Teesside free education campaign (part 1)
Teesside Free Education Campaign Group at the national Free Education Now demo in London last November. In the first installment of our 'WTF is wrong with education?' series, launched with…
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 on…