UCU strike: outrage, resentment and cheeky chants
UCU union members in higher education went on strike across England and Wales today for two hours.
All out student strike in Kiev
(picture via direct-action.org.ua)
Ukrainian students are on strike against the police and for workers rights. Nick Evans reports.
Since 10am on Monday 20 January, students at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy have been on indefinite strike. This adds...
Our University, Our Streets demo
Students and workers marched from ULU to the Royal Courts of Justice via SOAS and Holborn police station, demanding #copsoffcampus, #justice4mark and #fairpay.
The case for a higher education workers inquiry
Jamie Woodcock and Sølvi Goard make the case for a workers’ inquiry in higher education:
Higher education is the second most casualised sector in the UK economy after catering. It is undergoing huge and far...
Sussex disciplinary hearings adjourned due to bias
Students at Sussex University “have been victimised and made examples of”, writes Jelena Timotijevic at Defend the Right to Protest:
The kangaroo court set up by the university’s management managed to appoint a senior member of...
Demo attacks Benefits Street as ‘poverty porn’
(report and picture by Stef)
Around 60 people demonstrated outside the office of TV firm Love Productions in central London today to call for an end to biased media portrayal of welfare recipients.
Love Productions is...
“I was unable to eat” : food banks in Tory Britain
From the Kent International Socialists
The sight of Tory MPs laughing at stories of hungry families during a debate on the use of food banks in December was another demonstration of how out of touch...
On the Pop-Up Union at Sussex University
The Pop-up Union is a symptom of wider political radicalisation on campus.