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…
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…
Why I hate the National Student Survey
Photo: Pixabay use 'skeeze'. Creative Commons The National Student Survey: what’s it all about? I mean, seriously, what the fuck is the NSS supposed to be? I get the…
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…
Lincoln SU votes to re-affiliate to NUS
The Yes campaign team at Lincoln. Photo credit: Bradley Allsop University of Lincoln Students' Union has become one of very few Students' Union to rejoin NUS after having voted…
NUS: poison or panacea to the student movement?
Photo: National Union of Students Watching the setting sun cast an orange glow across the English Channel from the Brighton seafront, your eyes are instantly drawn to the rusting remains…
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…
Young Greens highlight ‘radical possibilities’ of UK’s EU membership as Caroline Lucas joins official ‘In’ campaign
Mini Europe. Photo by Smabs Sputzer. The Young Greens of England and Wales have called for young people to “fight for the EU” in the forthcoming referendum, saying that…
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…
Left-wing breakthrough at NUS Conference
ACC Liverpool, where this week's drama was played out. Photo: William Pinkney-Baird. From Tuesday to Thursday of this week, delegates from across the UK flooded into Liverpool for NUS…