At the start of this month, a senior lecturer at Southampton University shared an article on Facebook about low morale amongst UCL staff. The article blamed the low morale on the university management. In the post that accompanied the shared link the lecturer wrote a quote from the article “UCL Read more…
You might think that it’s hard to argue for socialism in the context of sports, but this is simply not the case; particularly with football. There’s more to football than just entertainment – the organisations behind the game play a decisive role in the sport. Like any big business, the Read more…
Hall Nixon (a Marxist student delegate) reports on NUS Conference 2017 where a well-prepared right wing outmanoeuvred the Left. Nick explains where the student Left needs to go from here. The National Union of Students’ 2017 conference (held from April 25 to 27 in Brighton) was deeply divided. Since the election Read more…
The world was horrified by a video emerging from a United Airlines flight at O’Hare international airport in Chicago, showing 69-year-old grandfather and physician Dr David Dao being forcibly dragged from the overbooked plane by the police. Having been asked to leave the plane, Dr Dao refused on the grounds Read more…
The last day of the NUS national conference saw intense factional fighting over a democratic reform motion, capping off an intensely divided conference. After speeches decrying the underhanded and at times aggressive tactics of campaigners, including personal attacks and racism, as well as an impassioned warning against depoliticisation, conference discussed Read more…
Incumbent Malia Bouattia loses to Shakira Martin for NUS president after only a year in power! Martin drew attention to her professionalism, expert research, unity and credibility in representing further education, working with institutions to win reforms etc. Making a big U-turn from her left-wing credentials in the past year, Read more…
Developments on first day of conference: Speeches from a founder of Black Lives Matter, and a Syrian refugee, along with a clip demonstrating the dangers refugees face in travelling to the West. Delegates voted to educate and mobilise around the general election, register voters, educate students on key issues and Read more…
Student delegates from all over the country have arrived in Brighton for the National Union of Students’ annual conference. With the recent shock announcement of a snap general election and rekindled controversy over alleged antisemitism, this promises to be an explosive event. Motions up for debate include proposals to defend Read more…
Capitalism has decimated the FE sector, rapidly transforming a public service into a profit-spinning enterprise. An employee from an unnamed Further Education consultancy explains how this has been allowed to take place. Over the last 25 years, further education in England has undergone a rapid process of commercialisation. Whilst Read more…
Anthony Johnson, a student nurse at King’s College London who has already voted in favour of strike action by the RCN, says student nurses need to get radical and get fighting. Article 4 of the Human Rights Act states that it is illegal for someone to be forced to provide Read more…
Theresa May shocked the country yesterday by announcing that she will seek a general election on June 8. Despite the naysayers, this is a fight that Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party can win, provided they offer a bold, socialist alternative to grinding austerity. The meteoric rise of far-left candidate Read more…
Underpaid, over-stretched nurses may down tools in response to the insulting offer of a 1% pay increase: a below-inflation award that amounts of a real-terms pay cut. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is canvassing its 270,000 members across the Britain on whether to take strike action. This would come Read more…
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