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*Society*

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…
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Report from NUS conference, 2018

The occupation on the NUS conference stage. Photo credit: Rebecca Chapman   The National Union of Students conference kicked off in Glasgow last week, with delegates representing students from across…
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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.…
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*Rights & Democracy*

15,000 march in London for free education

A banner at the NUS/UCU demo- photo credit, Bradley Allsop On Saturday the National Union of Students and the University and College Union held a national demonstration for free education…
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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…
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Students fight deportation of NUS Officer for Refugees

Photo courtesy of @Julz2k5 on Twitter. Students across Britain are organising protests demanding the immediate release of fellow student Lord Elias Mensah Apetsi, who faces deportation on Tuesday to Ghana…
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