UK Universities Are Smashing Humanities and Arts Subjects to Pieces
Juliet Jacques
And it’s not an accident.
Tag: higher education
Goldsmiths University Hires ‘Fake Teachers’ for Arts Psychotherapy to Break Strikes
Simon Childs
‘It has put our entire course in jeopardy.’
Open University U-Turns on ‘Ancient Palestine’ Ban
Harriet Williamson
After making a commitment to a pro-Israel lobby group.
A Student Was Referred to Prevent for Tweeting ‘From the River to the Sea’
Rivkah Brown
The crackdown has become a farce.
Students at UK Universities Are Helping Develop Killer Robots
Zac Larkham
A new report has found 65 research programmes across UK institutions are at risk of contributing to weapons development.
York Students on Rent Strike Celebrate After Debt Collectors Called Off
Ella Glover
A u-turn from the university has led to hope of future victory.
A Prestigious London University Has Suspended Four Latinx Cleaners for Protesting Racist Pay, Falsely Accusing Them of Violence
Polly Smythe
The good news is they may be suing.
How Striking Lecturers Won Their Students’ Support
Alessio Koliulis
New tactics are working.
University Students, Get Your Asses on the Picket Line
Zac Larkham
We share a common enemy: university management.
Students’ Unions Are Demanding a Covid-19 Discount. They Should Be Demanding Much More
Sarah Cundy
Students aren’t consumers who’ve been mis-sold a product.
Attacks on the Arts Are Part of the Tories’ Culture War
Chardine Taylor-Stone
By cutting funding for arts subjects at universities, the Tories could be about to immiserate Britain's arts and culture industry for a generation.
Reopening Universities Isn’t Just a Threat to Staff and Students – It’s a Threat to Communities Too
Sarah Kraus
Why Are University Staff Going on Strike? Here’s What You Need to Know
Oliver Eagleton
5 Reasons We Should Abolish Oxbridge
Angus Satow
“It’s strikes that win”: UCU, Students and the Fight Against Outsourcing
Joe Hayns
Should Students Demand Refunds? 3 Perspectives on Student Demands in the UCU Strike
Illan rua Wall, Myka Tucker-Abramson, Hope Worsdale, Elio Di Muccio
Support the UCU Strike
Today was the first of fourteen days of strike action by the University and Colleges Union (UCU) over proposed 40% cuts to the USS pensions scheme. 61 campuses are taking part in the largest strike action in UK Higher education history. Callum Cant went to the picket lines to find out more.
