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What’s next for the student movement in 2015? 7 student leaders give their...
2014 has been a big year for the student movement, potentially the turning point in the development of a radicalised, organised student culture (see my top 6 highlights of 2014 for the student left...
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‘We need to make a principled leftwing intervention into NUS': interview with...
William Pinkney-Baird interviews Hattie Craig, standing for NUS Vice President for Higher Education, in the first of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for the NUS leadership....
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‘Without college funding, there’s not going to be any reason to fight for...
In the second of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for NUS leadership, William Pinkney-Baird interviews Shakira Martin, standing for VP Further Education. ‘We’re screaming...
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Young Greens endorses NUS candidates
Following an online ballot of student members of Young Greens of England and Wales on which NUS candidates to support at the upcoming elections at the national conference, the results are as follows:...
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‘We need to empower students to change their society and make it the society...
William Pinkney-Baird interviews Dario Celaschi, standing for Vice President Society & Citizenship, in the third of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for NUS leadership...
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‘We need to represent the most marginalised voices and support local...
In the fourth of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for NUS leadership, William Pinkney-Baird interviews Sorana Vieru, standing for Vice President Higher Education at NUS...
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‘NUS Welfare should be seen as one facet of a bigger fight for the welfare...
William Pinkney-Baird interviews Shelly Asquith, standing for Vice President Welfare at NUS Conference this week, in the fifth of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for NUS...
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‘We need to get students to leverage the political potential in the local...
William Pinkney-Baird interviews Abdi-aziz Suleiman, standing for Vice President Union Development at NUS Conference next week, in the sixth and final of a series of interviews with some of the...
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Left-wing breakthrough at NUS Conference
ACC Liverpool, where this week’s drama was played out. Photo: William Pinkney-Baird. From Tuesday to Thursday of this week, delegates from across the UK flooded into Liverpool for NUS National...
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Grassroots radicalism drives change at NUS
Young Green David Stringer gives his thoughts on this year’s NUS Conference. Photo: William Pinkney-Baird. For two decades the NUS has had a reputation as both a fluffy debating club, and a union which...
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Students fight deportation of NUS Officer for Refugees
Photo courtesy of @Julz2k5 on Twitter. Students across Britain are organising protests demanding the immediate release of fellow student Lord Elias Mensah Apetsi, who faces deportation on Tuesday to...
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NUS: poison or panacea to the student movement?
Photo: National Union of Students Watching the setting sun cast an orange glow across the English Channel from the Brighton seafront, your eyes are instantly drawn to the rusting remains of the city’s...
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‘We need to make a principled leftwing intervention into NUS’: interview with...
William Pinkney-Baird interviews Hattie Craig, standing for NUS Vice President for Higher Education, in the first of a series of interviews with some of the left-wing candidates for the NUS leadership....
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Lincoln SU votes to re-affiliate to NUS
The Yes campaign team at Lincoln. Photo credit: Bradley Allsop University of Lincoln Students’ Union has become one of very few Students’ Union to rejoin NUS after having voted to leave it. The...
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Young Greens join the United for Education Demo
Thousands of students and academics will be taking to the streets of London on Saturday to make their voice heard about the damaging reforms being made to higher education, with members of the Young...
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15,000 march in London for free education
A banner at the NUS/UCU demo- photo credit, Bradley Allsop On Saturday the National Union of Students and the University and College Union held a national demonstration for free education on the...
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Globally things seem bleak, but at the grassroots, there’s hope
Photo by FOES and Maverick On Saturday, 15,000 students and lecturers, including myself, marched through central London. We were taking part in a demo against tuition fees and the Governments higher...
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The Office for Students – Let’s not be caught napping
Photo credit: Pixabay user: ‘OpenClipart-Vectors‘, Creative Commons license The Office for Students, the new regulator for Higher Education Institutions in England, was launched on New Year’s day...
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Report from NUS conference, 2018
The occupation on the NUS conference stage. Photo credit: Rebecca Chapman The National Union of Students conference kicked off in Glasgow last week, with delegates representing students from across...
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A TRULY RADICAL NUS – BEYOND TUITION FEES #2
Photo from the recent NUS conference stage occupation. Photo credit: Rebecca Chapman It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees...
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