Students occupy Royal Conservatoire to protest 9k fees
About 30 students from across Scotland are staging a sit-in at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland today (Friday) in protest against the institution's announcement of 9k fees for RUK (Rest…
Lib Dem conference protester remanded in custody after banner drop
The three men remanded in custody for three days over the weekend, after a banner drop at the Liberal Democrat conference, appeared in court today. The men were remanded as…
Student Occupiers Launch New Year of Student Action
About 100 students from across Scotland occupying an Edinburgh University lecture theatre this weekend promise to disrupt management at Scottish universities with an ongoing campaign of targeted 36 hour occupations.…
Demands of the Scottish Students’ Occupation
Students occupying George Square Lecture Theatre at Edinburgh University have released a statement of their demands. We demand immediately from Edinburgh University: Freedom of access No legal or academic repercussions…
Students occupy against 36k fees
Students from universities across Scotland are staging an occupation of an Edinburgh University lecture theatre in protest against significant increases in fees for 'Rest of UK' students. Scottish university students,…
Unions and students step up fight to save education
The fight to save public education in the UK took a step forward this week as two more unions declared ballot results in favour of strike action this Autumn. Yesterday…
On Integrated Education – Happy 30th, Lagan College
This 4th September marked the 30th birthday of Lagan College, Northern Ireland’s first integrated school – that is, the first school where Catholic and Protestant children were educated together. It’s…
Edinburgh University announces UK’s highest fees
"The advancement and dissemination of knowledge". This is why the University of Edinburgh exists. That is its mission statement. The university at which I studied has a proud history of…
Free Hetherington occupation ends: final statement
The Glasgow University Free Hetherington occupation was lifted as of midday today - 31st August 2011. Yesterday was its 212th, and final, day of enforcement. It was the longest running…
Cuts abandoned in victory for long-running student occupation
The following is a statement from the student occupation of the Hetherington Research Club at Glasgow University, which has been running continuously for six and a half months. In an…