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How our education system is failing us… and our democracy

Bradley Allsop 8 December 2014 How our education system is failing us… and our democracy2014-12-08T10:27:45+00:00 Comment 1 Comment
Bradley Allsop examines the psychology behind voter behaviour to argue that changes to our education system have brought about an increasingly disempowered electorate, with disastrous results for our democracy. "Schools have…
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Austerity isn’t good for the economy, young people – or anyone else

Georgia Elander 7 December 2014 Austerity isn’t good for the economy, young people – or anyone else2014-12-07T11:41:01+00:00 Comment 2 Comments
Georgia Elander, a member of the Young Greens' National Executive, explains how the government's programme of austerity is hurting young and everyone else. George Osborne’s Autumn Statement was, if nothing…
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“Get Organised!” – why young workers should join trade unions

Georgia Elander 1 December 2014 “Get Organised!” – why young workers should join trade unions2015-03-11T00:39:12+00:00 Comment 1 Comment
Georgia Elander explains why it's important for young workers to join trade unions, and discusses Young Greens' new Get Organised! campaign, which had its first national week of action last…
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BREAKING: Glasgow students win Fossil Fuel Divestment

Ric Lander 8 October 2014 BREAKING: Glasgow students win Fossil Fuel Divestment2015-03-11T00:40:10+00:00 Environment 1 Comment
Climate Action Society in the quadrangle of Glasgow Uni, March 2014. Image: Ric Lander. After a relentless and inspiring campaign students at the University of Glasgow have won university divestment…
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Young Greens plan week of action against university pay inequality

Josiah Mortimer 5 March 2014 Young Greens plan week of action against university pay inequality2015-03-11T00:40:46+00:00 England & Wales 3 Comments
The Young Greens are planning actions at campuses across the country as part of a national week of action against pay inequality at UK universities. The youth branch of the…
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Solidarity Beyond the Picket Line: Notes on the HE strike

AlysonMacdonald 30 October 2013 Solidarity Beyond the Picket Line: Notes on the HE strike2015-03-10T01:33:33+00:00 Green Parties 4 Comments
On Thursday 31st October I am going on strike for the first time in my life. I’m not a lecturer or a researcher but for the past seven years I’ve…
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How Do We Stop The Student Loan Book Sell-Off?

Adam McGibbon 2 July 2013 How Do We Stop The Student Loan Book Sell-Off?2015-03-11T00:42:13+00:00 *Rights & Democracy* 16 Comments
The Gown student newspaper, November 1995. NUS call for a bank boycott over student loan privatisation plans.   Not content with attacking current and future students, the Coalition government now…
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Changes in NUS rules have damaged the student movement

Bright Green Editors 15 April 2013 Changes in NUS rules have damaged the student movement2015-03-11T00:42:54+00:00 *Society* 3 Comments
 A tail of how the dry business of democratic structures can be used to limit debate, and what this means for the progressive left in the student movement - by…
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Sussex Uni ‘Pop-Up Union’ to fight outsourcing

Adam Ramsay 26 March 2013 Sussex Uni ‘Pop-Up Union’ to fight outsourcing2015-03-11T00:42:42+00:00 *Society* No Comment
Workers at the University of Sussex have formed a new union in a bid to halt the outsourcing of 235 campus jobs. The initiative comes from rank-and-file members of the…
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Michael Gove: Letting the Whole School Down

AlysonMacdonald 27 January 2013 Michael Gove: Letting the Whole School Down2015-03-10T01:38:01+00:00 *Society* 7 Comments
Tory Education Minister Michael Gove What's the difference between Michael Gove and a plastic surgeon? A plastic surgeon tucks features, but For a while, Michael Gove was one of the…
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