Student Activism

New rules risk locking poorer students out of uni
Activism

New rules risk locking poorer students out of uni

Cruel system — Proposals to introduce a minimum GCSE threshold for student loans will disproportionately affect those from marginalised backgrounds, reports Ella Glover.

Written by: Ella Glover

We must resist the Tories’ brutal changes to university
Activism

We must resist the Tories’ brutal changes to university

People before profit — Government plans to make it harder for people to go to university and to force students to pay more of their loans back will only entrench inequality.

Written by: Hillary Gyebi-Ababio

Universities are failing students on the climate crisis
Activism

Universities are failing students on the climate crisis

Divestment now — Rather than syphoning off students’ exorbitant fees to fossil fuels and arms companies, universities have a duty to set an example, writes NUS Vice President Hillary Gyebi-Ababio.

Written by: Hillary Gyebi-Ababio

Teachers and students are uniting for Goldsmiths strikes
Activism

Teachers and students are uniting for Goldsmiths strikes

‘Knowledge before profit‘ — Following the institution revealing that it plans to cut at least 52 jobs, staff have organised a three-week walkout over redundancies with students standing in solidarity with them.

Written by: Jessica Rawnsley

The rise of anti-abortion activism in UK universities
Activism

The rise of anti-abortion activism in UK universities

‘It’s actively dangerous‘ — The government’s efforts to protect ‘free speech’ within universities has emboldened pro-life campaigners operating on campus. Unsurprisingly, it has led to significant backlash among students.

Written by: Katie Tobin

The radical student activist group taking on big tech
Reportage

The radical student activist group taking on big tech

No Tech for Tyrants — Through a mix of protests, teach-ins and online campaigns, a group of activists are hoping to expose and undermine the links between education and technology companies.

Written by: Richard Gall

Students gather to demand climate education reform
Activism

Students gather to demand climate education reform

Teach the future — Following the IPCC report issuing its most severe warning on climate yet, students from across the country came together outside the Department of Education to demand urgent action over a curriculum which is failing to address the current crisis.

Written by: Ben Smoke

The anarchists helping students take on landlords
Activism

The anarchists helping students take on landlords

This is SolFed — Throughout the pandemic, the government has neglected students – particularly when it comes to housing. But a group of old school activists are stepping in and using their radical politics to fight for a younger generation.

Written by: Katie Tobin

Free speech reforms will only protect intolerance
Activism

Free speech reforms will only protect intolerance

Hollow culture war — Earlier this week, the Education Secretary announced plans to tackle ‘silencing’ views at University. The move is merely a callous distraction from the far graver issues students face both within and beyond campus, argues first-year uni student, Kimi Chaddah.

Written by: Kimi Chaddah

Why we started a club night for our teacher, Mark Fisher
Culture

Why we started a club night for our teacher, Mark Fisher

For k-punk — Ahead of an event hosted at the ICA in his memory, three of the late Mark Fisher's students remember their lecturer and describe the ways they have endeavoured to keep his fierce spirit and energy of his music writing alive.

Written by: Natasha Eves, Archie Smith and Kitty McKay

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