20 January 2021

Socialist Students national meeting: Refund the rent, cancel the fees and fight for free education

Visit Socialist Students on Facebook for the Zoom details.

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14 January 2021

East London Socialist Party: The fight for safe schools

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13 January 2021

Ryan Aldred: Why I'm standing for Usdaw's EC

With Covid decimating the retail sector, it is vital that Usdaw takes a lead in organising retail and distribution workers in supermarkets, high street chains and smaller, independent businesses.

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13 January 2021

Act together to oppose unsafe numbers and rising workload

The mass refusal to accept unsafe conditions forced a U-turn

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13 January 2021

Refund student rent and fees - fight for free education and make the 1% pay

A statement from the Swansea University rent strike

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13 January 2021

Exams scrapped again - young people need a future with jobs and free education

In another Tory U-turn, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has told the second class of Covid that A-level and GCSE exams will not be taking place at the end of the 2020-21 academic year

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6 January 2021

Workers' action wins Tory U-turn on school safety

A monumental battle has taken place between NEU members and the government

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6 January 2021

Refund the rent, cancel the fees, for fully funded, publicly owned education

With the new lockdowns, what can students expect for the rest of the academic year?

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6 January 2021

UNICEF feeds children in the UK for the first time

"It is a real scandal that UNICEF should be playing politics this way" was the response of millionaire and Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg to the announcement that UNICEF will be responsible for feeding children in the UK for the first time in its history

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6 January 2021

University teaching moves online in England

Like in the rest of education, university staff and students are left in disarray by this consistently inconsistent and incompetent Tory government.

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6 January 2021

Nottingham City Council: Major battles against cuts ahead

Nottingham's Labour Council faces a decisive choice: whether it defends services, jobs and terms and conditions, or implements major cuts.

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5 January 2021

3 lockdowns, 20+ U-turns ... We can't trust the Tories

We can't believe a word this government says or does. Going into lockdown 3, working-class people can only rely on our own strength and organisation.

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2 January 2021

Organise a mass refusal to attend unsafe schools on Monday

There should be no return to work until safety can be assured.

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16 December 2020

School boy assaulted by police in Tottenham

People woke up to a horrific video on Friday 11 December. It was of a 16 year old black boy in his school uniform, being assaulted by a police officer in Tottenham, north London. A protest was quickly

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16 December 2020

Effective testing and properly funded safety plan needed

The health secretary hopes mobile testing units can stop the Covid tide

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16 December 2020

Strikes are how to fight for state education

Two London strikes have the future of publicly owned and run education at their heart

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16 December 2020

Welsh schools close for safety after union pressure

Belatedly, the Welsh government announced the closure of secondary schools in Wales, moving to online teaching one week before the end of term.

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16 December 2020

Cancel exams for class of Covid

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has refused to follow Scotland and Wales in cancelling exams, justifying his decision with: "Exams are the best form of assessment we have".

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16 December 2020

Determined strikers at Leaways school

NEU members at Leaways school in Clapton, East London, are taking part in a six-day strike spread over three weeks

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9 December 2020

Further education workers win pay rise in Wales

Workers in further education in Wales have won a long overdue pay increase. This will mean we are not left behind by the pay rise that was announced for school teachers in the summer.

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