Analysis: Will the Lib Dems Ever Escape the Shadow of the Coalition?
by Ell Folan
11 years on from their disastrous coalition with the Tories, the Liberal Democrats are still in disarray. Can Scotland help them return to power?
Tag: tuition fees
‘It Felt Beautiful and Precious’: Reflections on the Student Movement 10 Years On
by Matt Myers
Today marks a decade since students faced police horse charges in Parliament Square before being kettled into the night on Westminster Bridge. The 2010 student movement radicalised thousands of students in defence of public education. Matt Myers speaks to two former students about how the movement impacted their politics and lives.
IMOBastani: We Have to Get Rid of Tuition Fees
Labour have pledged to abolish tuition fees. Aaron Bastani serves up 8 reasons why this is an excellent policy.
7 Reflections on the Battle of Parliament Square and the 2010 Student Movement
by Craig McVegas and Arianna Tassinari
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
by Josh Berlyne and Rachel Hallam
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?
5 Reasons the Graduate Tax isn’t a Patch on Free Education
by Callum Cant
In the face of a burgeoning free education movement, Labour is making noises about reducing the fee cap and moving to a graduate tax model. But can this really match up to what the free education movement is demanding? (Spoiler: no.)
What’s a ‘Graduate Tax’ and Why Should You Care?
by Tom Scrivener
Labour are set to replace the current tuition fee regime with a 'graduate tax', but what does this mean for higher education, future students and the fight for free education?
“WTF is happening?!” – Warwick, the police and the new student movement
by Craig McVegas
Scenes of CS spray and a Taser being pulled on a British university campus have shocked thousands, but if the new student movement is to dig its heels in, it can expect more where that came from, writes Craig McVegas.
7 Reflections on the National Demo for #FreeEducation
by Craig McVegas
Wednesday's national demonstration for free education could have gone either way. As it stands, people are excited that it may now be the spark for a new student movement that will fight for - and crucially, could win - free education.
4 Nails in the Coffin of the NUS
by Student Mole
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.
5 Reasons Free Education is Still Worth It
by Alia Al Ghussain
The idea of education as a commodity and universities as sausage factories only seems to be on the rise, meanwhile any semblance of a higher education as a social good accessible to all only seems to becoming the stuff of fantasy. This article takes on the normalization of market logic being applied to education, as well as the NUS's preferred - and embarrassing - 'graduate tax' policy, to argue that nothing short of free education should be demanded to reclaim education.