Students Follow

The wave of student occupations has raised important questions such as why we have so little control over our universities and how we can make democratic decisions over our education.

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A wave of student occupations in solidarity with the people of Gaza is continuing to spread across Britain. There are currently occupations at Kings College London and Oxford, Sussex, Newcastle and Kingston universities. There have also been sit ins at Warwick and Manchester Metropolitan.

A mood of militancy and radicalism is sweeping Britain’s campuses following Israel’s attack on Gaza.

Students are building for a national demonstration for free education and living grants next year – but the National Union of Students (NUS) is not supporting it.

Students will march on the government’s department for innovation and skills on Friday of this week to protest against the massive budget shortfall in higher education.

It is a disgrace that 40,000 students will no longer receive the grants that the government promised them. Outrageously the National Union of Students is yet to properly respond to this attack on higher education.

The economic crisis is having a major effect on the ability of graduates to pay back their student loans.

You would think that the middle of an economic crisis would be the worst time to argue to lift the cap on top-up fees for students.

Some 200 people attended the biggest ever NUS Black Students conference in Coventry last weekend.

Students at the University of St Andrews protested on Friday of last week against the closure of Fife Park, one of the university’s two budget halls.

The National Union of Students (NUS) annual conference last week witnessed the defeat of a major attack on democracy.