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Geographer Danny Dorling quotes that in an 1879 testimony to a select committee of the British parliament one petitioner said, “Geography, sir, is ruinous in its effects on the lower classes. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are comparatively safe, but geography invariably leads to revolution.” Katharyne Mitchell is able to use the geographer’s skill at looking...

Workers at the University of London (UoL) are set to walk out on 6 June as part of their fight to be taken back in house by the university. Currently they are employed by Cordiant.

The University and College Union (UCU) will hold its annual congress in Manchester this week.

One picket said simply, “I’ve worked here on a zero hours contract for ten years.”

Another huge, lively and determined picket line assembled at the main entrance of Hull College on Thursday of last week.

Workers at two London colleges struck on Tuesday as part of a rolling programme of walkouts over pay.

Workers at London South Bank University in south London held a protest against planned job cuts on Tuesday.

UCU union members at two London colleges struck on Friday as part of a series of walkouts over pay across ten colleges in England.

The Tories have unveiled plans to hand selective grammar schools £50 million—while slashing funding for state schools. The news has infuriated teachers, parents and education campaigners.

We have lost, but we have won much, and we are not defeated

Bosses have withdrawn plans for a defined contribution (DC) pension scheme for workers in older universities.