Students Follow

The government’s constantly shifting plans for higher education funding have thrown students into chaos.

Sara El Sheekh, a former student at Kings College University, has been found not guilty of violent disorder after being arrested in connection to the student demonstration at Millbank on 10 November last year.

On Friday of last week student protester Nadir was found not guilty of violent disorder. He had been arrested after the anti-fees protest on 9 December last year, aged 17.

Over 10,000 students marched through central London last week against government attacks on education.

The demonstration has now swollen to around 10,000 strong. It is noisy and militant, with delegations of students from across Britain, including Manchester, Glasgow, Sheffield, Oxford and Brighton.

Birmingham Student activists occupied Birmingham university’s Corporate Conference Centre on Wednesday of last week.

Five protesters were imprisoned for up to 18 months last Friday. Another six received non-custodial sentences.

Around 60 students and lecturers marched in Portsmouth on Wednesday of last week against course closures and 16 redundancies.

A new review of the university admissions process reveals that rich students and private school pupils have an unfair advantage.

Hundreds of students demonstrated against poverty and inflation in eastern Sudan on Sunday and Monday of this week.

Thousands of students are preparing to descend on London next week for a national demonstration against government attacks on higher education.

Three student protesters have had accusations against them quashed.