Tag: nus

HE Reforms Have Been Rocked, but the Student Movement Must Keep Pressure On
This week the House of Lords passed an amendment to the HE Reform Bill, uncoupling the link between the 'Teaching Excellence Framework' and fresh fee hikes. Yet it's no time for the student movement to rest on its laurels, argues Ana Oppenheim.
What Is a Union For?
Sunday Long Read: Just part of the fallout of the recent NUS conference has been a conservative-led wave of calls for SUs to disaffiliate. At its root is a battle over the very purpose of a union.
7 Reflections on the Battle of Parliament Square and the 2010 Student Movement
It's five years since the ‘Battle of Parliament Square’, when students marched on parliament to oppose the tripling of tuition fees. Many left bloodied, others radicalised and many more exhausted. Here are some thoughts on what we can learn.
Walkout, strike…then strike again? Next steps for the UK student movement
Medical doctors are being squeezed and the recent HE Green Paper signals tuition fees could rise again before long. The UK student movement intends to escalate its tactics: can it succeed where the 2010 student movement failed?
Access, Intersectionality, Autonomy: What the NUS’s Misuse of Language Means for the Left
NUS conference is around the corner, and student activists and bureaucrats of varying stripes will undoubtedly wage war against one another once again. In recent years some key concepts from the radical left have gained traction with the NUS mainstream, but what does that mean for the left?
4 Nails in the Coffin of the NUS
While campuses across the country are gearing up for the national free education demonstration on 19 November, the National Union of Students leadership has dramatically pulled its support in spite of the wishes of its national executive committee and those organising the march. While many were angered by the U-turn, few experienced activists could claim to be surprised.
4 Reasons the Privatization of Sussex University Services Affects Us All

The anti-privatization campaign at Sussex University has been one of the catalysts for a recent resurgence in political activity on campuses across the UK. A major hurdle Sussex campaigners have had to overcome is conveying to fellow students the consequences that privatization of university services has – for all of us. Here, Alia Al Ghussain […]
3 Years On… 7 Fragments on the Latest Winter Rebellions

Next to the storming of Millbank, 9th December 2010 arguably saw the most notable ‘moment of excess’ of the Coalition-era student movement. Over the course of about ten hours, thousands of young students from universities, colleges and schools found themselves on the wrong end of police batons, riot shields and horse charges. Suddenly, aggressively, masses […]