Dear students, and staff of SOAS, Today the University of Bradford Union meet to discuss the deportations of cleaners at the School of African and Oriental Studies, London. We want to send our solidarity greeting to you. We were both shocked and appalled to hear last week that the University had been complicit in allowing…
On a cold February morning about 60 students from Bradford set off to London to make their mark in the start of the free education ahead of the government review on University fees. With mounting evidence that graduates will not earn significantly higher than non-graduates the reasons for going to University are quietly clearly for…
On Monday 9th March about 40 Students gathered to hear Tamar Katz talk about her experiences being jailed for refusing to fight in the Israeli army. Tamar, a high school student, was drafted in to the army but told her story about how a group of school students and her joined a small but growing…
Now, more than ever, the right to education is important and it’s not just about giving people a fun few years at University. It’s about the “economy, stupid!” (As Bill Clinton once said) and most of all its about giving outcomes that achieve justice and equality. In this article I will explain why free university…
Over the last few weeks, and going in to months now occupations about Gaza have been happening up and down the country. This amazing act of solidarity has seen almost 20 Universities occupied from Scotland to Brighton even spreading to New York. The movement needed to come together – share ideas, and exchange views. That…
Please support this statement and get involved in organising the demonstration I am part of Education not for Sale a campaigning and anti-capitalist part of the student movement in the UK to find out more then please go to http://www.free-education.org.ukEducation – a right not a privilege No to fees – A living grant for every…
I’ve just come out of the University Council meeting where the Union presented it’s way forward for both services and finances. It was I would say a success but it still has its dangers along in the process of greater collaboration for the Union and the University. I have always believed in reform I think…
At the first committee meeting of the new ENS we discussed things that actually matter. ENS was reinvigorated at its “Reclaim the Campus” Conference held last month at Birkbeck College the conference defended in to factional infighting, leading to me calling for us to save the left before we reclaim the campus (see previous NUS…
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