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26 October 2016
Ireland: Jobstown protester found guilty
Outrageously, a student who peacefully protested against water charges in 2014 has been found guilty of falsely imprisoning the then deputy PM.
12 October 2016
South Africa: The battle for free education
University students have resumed their battle from last year against tuition fees hikes and for free education. In doing so, they have taken on South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) political establishment. Workers and Socialist Party (Wasp, CWI South Africa) activists explain what's at stake.
5 October 2016
Support the Spanish students' strike
The Spanish students' union Sindicato de Estudiantes has called a general strike of students for 26 October, which has won the support of parents' associations and teachers' unions
5 October 2016
Winning a new generation of students
Campaigning in the new term at colleges and universities has generated renewed interest
28 September 2016
Socialist Students launched in USA
Student members of Socialist Alternative, the Socialist Party's co-thinkers in the United States, have officially launched Socialist Students, a nationwide initiative to help build a socialist movement in schools and on campuses across the country. Elan Axelbank, a student in New Jersey and member of Socialist Alternative, explains why.
28 September 2016
Setting out our stall... reports of campus campaigning
Reports from Socialist Students activities at freshers fairs as universities go back.
21 September 2016
New Tory attacks on Higher Education - a programme to fight back
Raising tuition fees, creation of for-profit universities, as well as the widely criticised teaching excellence framework, are all part of making higher education part of the marketplace.
21 September 2016
Socialist Students: setting out our stall...
Reports from Socialist Students activities as schools and colleges go back.
14 September 2016
Students and workers unite to cut rents
Student housing crisis: It's no secret that house prices and living costs are unaffordable for most working class people. It's also no secret that students have been hammered by successive governments, which have increased tuition fees and axed maintenance grants.
31 August 2016
Join the student fightback to end education cuts and austerity
As the new academic term begins, students at schools, college and universities around the country face a year of important struggles. Here two young people comment on some of the difficulties facing working class students.
31 August 2016
Pressure, lies and head games: being a school student in Tory Britain
I'm just going to say it... it is hard being a school student, especially under the Tories. There is a lot of pressure on you to be perfect, to have everything figured out.
31 August 2016
Teaching unions must call coordinated national action: Education policy stands at something of a crossroads and the new academic year will be a significant one.
27 July 2016
Tories plan further fee hikes for uni students
The Tories want universities that meet their backbreaking 'teaching excellence framework' targets to be allowed to increase the cost of their courses with inflation. Universities including Manchester have already announced their fees will rise to £9,250 in 2017, before parliament has even considered the measure.
6 July 2016
Hundreds protest to demand votes at 16
A demonstration on 3 July started in Trafalgar Square with a gathering of around 70 marching towards Parliament to demand votes for 16 and 17 year olds. As we marched, the crowd increased and by the time we reached Parliament Square there were hundreds chanting and marching.
15 June 2016
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us. Student loan sharks; BHS workers face scrapheap; Tesco sells restaurants.
8 June 2016
Student nurses march to oppose bursary cut
A lively vocal demonstration against Tory plans to remove bursaries from student nurses and allied health professions took place on 4 June in London, writes Len Hockey, Unite member at Whipps Cross Hospital.
4 May 2016
NUS conference: mood to fight education cuts
A growing mood of anger was reflected at this year's NUS conference in the leadership elections and some of the motions passed.
13 April 2016
Campaigning for scholarships for refugees - and free education for all
Portsmouth Socialist Students, together with activists from other student societies, have launched a petition asking the University of Portsmouth to offer 20 scholarships to refugees. 26 British universities have already done this.
16 March 2016
Pent Valley student speaks: Save our school
In my local area we are campaigning to save Pent Valley School from closure (as previously reported in the Socialist). However, Pent Valley is not the only school that needs saving, writes Bethany Smith, sixth form student.
2 March 2016
Housing nightmare the focus of student campaign
Amy Cousens has had one of the most visible campaigns on campus with banners calling for free education and affordable rents in Leeds.
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