Handheld users: view this page better on http://m.socialistparty.org.uk
Reports and Campaigns
Education tags:
Reports and campaigns:
Stop the slaughter of Tamils (46)
Workplace and TU campaigns (4347)
Related websites
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
25 August 2011
GCSE recipients face EMA slash
Youth Fight for Jobs: Urgent press release: Today millions of school students round the country received their GCSE results. Those hoping to go to college will be the first since the government scrapped EMA...
Youth Fight for Jobs demo April 2009, photo Paul Mattsson
17 August 2011
Doors continuously shutting on young people's futures
A video of a young man telling London's Tory mayor Boris Johnson that he shouldn't be surprised at the riots, because "everything has a knock-on effect, Boris!", has taken social networking sites by storm, writes Sarah Wrack.
6 July 2011
Socialist Students meeting prepares for new term
After an academic year which has seen hundreds of thousands of students and young people come to the streets in protest, the Socialist Students national meeting on 3 July was a brilliant opportunity for activists to come together to discuss the lessons of this movement...
29 June 2011
Private railways rip off fares
Research undertaken for the RMT transport union shows that passengers on privatised UK trains have to fork out £4.6 billion a year more than equivalent travellers in France, where railways remain publicly owned.
University staff strike in Sheffield to save pensions, photo Yorkshire Socialist Party
29 June 2011
This week has seen further announcements about the sweeping privatisation set to hit our higher education system unless it is successfully fought, writes Claire Laker-Mansfield, Socilaist Students.
School students and teachers protest against academies at Tile Hill Wood school in Coventry, photo Coventry Socialist Party
1 June 2011
Coventry action against academies grows
A third trade union, Unison, has now joined the battle to defend comprehensive education against the privatisation of our education via 'academies' in Coventry, writes Sunara Begum, Coventry Socialist Party.
UCU members on strike at London Met university in 2009 say No Job Cuts, Save our staff, and Education not for sale , photo Paul Mattsson
25 May 2011
"We are London Met Uni, not EasyMet"
In April London Met university announced the closure of 70% of its courses. A campaign by staff and students has been fighting to defend the university
18 May 2011
Education, Students and Indications of 'social war'
47) A similar battle is opening up in education - in the first instance in the university and college sector...
11 May 2011
Youth and Student news: Tory education minister David Willetts' latest crackpot idea to make more money out of young people's education is to allow universities to charge rich students more for extra places, writes Ben Robinson.
Students protest against cuts, photo by Senan
11 May 2011
Students occupy against cuts at London Met
On 4 May 30 students began an occupation of London Metropolitan University in defence of courses and services there, writes Claire Laker-Mansfield, National organiser, Socialist Students.
Search entire database: