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…
Scottish Young Greens threw a tea party for the Queen today. Here’s why.
At some point today (around according to the Telegraph), Elizabeth Windsor will become the longest reigning monarch in British history. The Scottish Young Greens heard that she’d be in Edinburgh…
The student movement is about to kick off – here’s 4 things Young Greens can do
'Students not consumers!' Callum Cant taking part in a Free Education Demo this March. Photo: William Pinkney-Baird The student movement is about to kick off. This is not an original observation -…
Osborne’s 2015 budget shows the Tories don’t care about young people
View image | Clifford Fleming, Co-Chair of the Young Greens, on what the budget means for young people. This budget, it seems, was an opportunity for the government to send…
Young Greens slam “callous” government over scrapped maintenance grants
Photo: William Pinkney-Baird The youth and student wing of the Green Party has criticised the government over its plans to scrap maintenance grants for poorer students, as contained in yesterday's Budget.…
There and back again, an FYEG tale
Tom Pashby, Campaigns Officer for the Young Greens of England and Wales, discusses his experience of the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) General Assembly 2015 in Tblisi, Georgia. Federation of…
National free education demo called for 4th November
Last November's national demo for free education, which brought 10,000 people to the streets of London. The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) has called another demonstration on 4 November…
Grassroots radicalism drives change at NUS
Young Green David Stringer gives his thoughts on this year's NUS Conference. Photo: William Pinkney-Baird. For two decades the NUS has had a reputation as both a fluffy debating club,…
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…
‘We need to get students to leverage the political potential in the local population’: interview with Abdi-aziz Suleiman
William Pinkney-Baird interviews Abdi-aziz Suleiman, standing for Vice President Union Development at NUS Conference next week, in the sixth and final of a series of interviews with some of the…