85th university in the UK has divested from fossil fuels
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has today become the 85th university in the UK to publicly commit to divest from fossil fuels. Making the commitment, LTSM Director David Lalloo…
Where next for the student movement in 2021?
2020 saw the UK student movement truly demonstrate its strength. Rent strikes erupted in student halls up and down the country in response to exploitative accommodation contracts. Climate activists have…
10 years on from the student revolt, marketisation is still haunting our universities
How can we be in a situation where we are seeing students trapped behind fences on their own campuses? People have rightly reacted with horror, but this is a logical…
These universities are failing to defend workers’ rights
A recent campaign launched by students in the People & Planet network has shown that universities in the North East and Midlands are falling behind when it comes to ethical…
The success of the student divestment campaign shows what the climate movement can deliver
Over half of UK universities have now made a commitment to divest from fossil fuels in some way. Of the 78 divested institutions, a majority of their commitments cover all…
BREAKING: Half of all UK universities have now divested from fossil fuels
The proportion of UK universities that have cut their ties with the fossil fuel industry has reached 50%. 78 public universities have now committed to divest from fossil fuel companies.…
Only 5% of UK universities are taking investment in renewables seriously
Image credit: Creative Commons, Tom Corser People & Planet has revealed the universities leading the UK higher education sector in investment in renewable energy. The student activist network has published…
The fossil fuel industry is terrified of students
Cambridge Zero Carbon The Guardian's report that fossil fuel companies BP and BHP interfered with the University of Cambridge's decision to reject divestment in June 2018 underlines two things we…
Beyond Tuition Fees #11- Much to Learn, More to Do
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…
Education In Adulthood – Beyond Tuition Fees #10
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…