Hundreds of students chase Aaron Porter through Manchester
National Union of Students President Aaron Porter was unable to speak at the rally of today’s NUS/UCU demonstration in Manchester, after hundreds of angry students chased him off the streets. As...
View ArticleNowhere to hide: Aaron Porter chased again in Glasgow
We have just received the following report from anti-cuts student activists in Glasgow. “NUS President and New Labour apparatchik Aaron Porter has been once again chased around a bit by his members....
View Article24 February: Hull University occupation calls for wave of occupations!
The occupation at Hull University has issued this call. On the 24th of February Vice Chancellors and university bosses from around the country will be gathering in London to carve out a plan to...
View ArticleAberystwyth Re-occupied! Day 5
Statement from Occupied Aber We have occupied Hugh Owen A12/A14 in opposition to the decimation of higher education in the United Kingdom. We act in solidarity with all those facing the barbaric and...
View ArticleNoam Chomsky supports Aberystwyth occupiers
Occupiers at Aberyswyth University have received a message of solidarity from Noam Chomsky. Aberystwyth University went into occupation on February 22nd in protest against the ongoing marketisation of...
View ArticleThree actions/meetings at NUS conference 2011
Details of Newcastle College UCU picket lines / Strike solidarity meeting / NCAFC fringe meeting with Education Activist Network network speaker. 1. Newcastle College picket lines On the morning of...
View ArticleRound one to workers and students at Newcastle College
By a Newcastle College student At the beginning of the year Newcastle College announced plans to cut 171 frontline jobs, 17% of the workforce. Students found this unacceptable as this would ultimately...
View ArticleStrathclyde Uni occupied as Scottish students prepare for 1 October demo
Students from across Scotland have occupied Strathclyde University against cuts and fees. (See their Facebook group here.) The plans that began at the end of last term to run down community education...
View ArticleSupport our lecturers’ action against pension cuts! (Model motion)
In the run up to the November 30 pensions strike, University and College Union members at 67 pre-92 universities are taking industrial action short of a strike, which could escalate into a marking and...
View Article10,000 demonstrators kick start student fightback
10,000 students from across the country demonstrated in London today on the national demonstration against cuts to education and public services organised by the NCAFC. Despite a much smaller level of...
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