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A TRULY RADICAL NUS – BEYOND TUITION FEES #2

Lewis Martin 13 April 2018 A TRULY RADICAL NUS – BEYOND TUITION FEES #22018-05-06T12:53:08+01:00 *Society* No Comment
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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Beyond Tuition Fees – Higher Education in a Post-Fees World

Bradley Allsop 6 April 2018 Beyond Tuition Fees – Higher Education in a Post-Fees World2018-05-06T12:48:54+01:00 *Society* 2 Comments
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin   Politics is in a very different place than a few years ago. Radical change feels possible, tangible, close. The Labour Party’s pledge to scrap tuition…
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The tuition fee debate needs to be about so much more than student debt

Bradley Allsop 11 August 2017 The tuition fee debate needs to be about so much more than student debt2017-08-11T13:39:40+01:00 *Society* 1 Comment
Photo by Antony Bennison, Creative Commons Licence.   Since Labour pledged to scrap tuition fees, the debate around university funding has been blown wide open. Both praise and criticism of…
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The TEF: why it isn’t good enough

Arte Artemiou 7 February 2017 The TEF: why it isn’t good enough2017-02-07T09:02:04+00:00 *Society* No Comment
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…
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Globally things seem bleak, but at the grassroots, there’s hope

Alex Powell 24 November 2016 Globally things seem bleak, but at the grassroots, there’s hope2016-11-24T10:49:57+00:00 *Society* 2 Comments
Photo by FOES and Maverick On Saturday, 15,000 students and lecturers, including myself, marched through central London. We were taking part in a demo against tuition fees and the Governments…
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15,000 march in London for free education

Bradley Allsop 21 November 2016 15,000 march in London for free education2016-11-24T17:52:34+00:00 *Rights & Democracy* No Comment
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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10,000 March for Free Education in Dublin

Ashley Jones 21 October 2016 10,000 March for Free Education in Dublin2016-10-21T16:39:40+01:00 *Rights & Democracy* No Comment
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…
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Why I occupied Nick Clegg’s office for free education

Minesh Parekh 5 March 2015 Why I occupied Nick Clegg’s office for free education2015-03-27T15:45:25+00:00 Comment No Comment
Yesterday, along with The Free University of Sheffield, I occupied Nick Clegg’s office. The reasons for doing this are several, probably obvious, but always worth repeating: Nick Clegg & the Liberal Democrats…
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Labour’s tuition fee pledge shows just how bleak politics has become

Bradley Allsop 2 March 2015 Labour’s tuition fee pledge shows just how bleak politics has become2015-03-10T01:03:03+00:00 Comment 1 Comment
Students protest for free education in London, 19 November 2014. Photo: William Pinkney-Baird. It is often said that the electorate has a short memory, a saying that Labour is clearly…
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Lowering tuition fees to £6000 ignores the problems of student debt

Robbie Lee 27 February 2015 Lowering tuition fees to £6000 ignores the problems of student debt2015-03-10T01:03:14+00:00 Comment No Comment
Robbie Lee, a 15-year-old member of Manchester Young Greens, on why Labour’s promise to lower tuition fees to £6000 is not enough. Students protest in support of free education, 19…
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