Opinion: Free Speech Means Nothing Anymore
by Lorna Finlayson
It’s tempting to rebut cancel culture panics by insisting that nobody has literally been silenced. This buys into a rightwing notion of free speech, argues philosopher Lorna Finlayson.
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Report: Universal Credit Is Riddled With Issues, but Have Some Flaws Been Deliberately Designed Into the System?
by Natalie Leal
Universal credit has proved so unfit for purpose that Labour has said it will replace it entirely if elected next month. But perhaps the most controversial element of the policy is mounting evidence that suggests some of its cruellest flaws aren't accidental failings; the Tories may have deliberately built them in to the system to deter claimants.
On the #SussexFive and Celebrating our Victories
by Adriano Mérola Marotta
When the University of Sussex indefinitely suspended five students in 2013 for taking part in an occupation of its conference centre, the public backlash could not have been predicted. This week the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education ruled that the university had been wrong, forcing it to compensate the students and formally apologise.
4 Reasons the Privatization of Sussex University Services Affects Us All
by Alia Al Ghussain
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
by Craig McVegas
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 […]