NUS conference 2018: what have we learned and what’s next?
The NUS conference has now closed for another year. This time it met during the most militant industrial…
NUS conference 2018: how do we tackle the mental health crisis?
Mental health has become a buzzword of student politics. “We need to solve the mental health crisis” never…
NUS conference 2018: how can we fight for free education?
With 7 million students behind it, the National Union of Students (NUS) potentially has enormous power to fight…
NUS conference 2018: why has the conference been shut down?
During the most militant UCU strike action in history, where the NUS could be mobilising its 7 million…
NUS conference 2018: why did the Left fail to win the presidency?
The challenge mounted by the student Left for the position of NUS president has failed. The attempt, had…
NUS conference 2018: what should the NUS say about Brexit?
On the first day of the NUS conference 2018 the question of Brexit dominated the Education Zone discussions…
NUS conference 2018: what kind of leadership does the NUS need?
This year the NUS conference is taking place in the midst of some of the most militant industrial…
University bosses give ground: solidarity works! Keep up the pressure!
A number of concessions won by student activists and workers at King’s College London have precipitated an important breakthrough in the on-going UCU pensions dispute. The pension scheme will be left untouched for a year, during which time it will undergo a new, independent valuation, with involvement by the UCU.
NUS conference 2018: fighting for a socialist NUS
Next week the annual conference of the National Union of Students will take place in Glasgow. This conference…
Students and workers grill KCL management – the fight goes on
As strike action at King’s College London enters its final week, student occupiers, together with representatives from Unison…
UCU strikers demonstrate in central London
Yesterday’s amazing demonstration in central London was followed by a retreat on the part of the UCU leadership…
UCU strike – reject the deal!
A terrible deal has been struck between the UCU leadership and university bosses which, if accepted, would mean…
