28 February 2021

Socialist Students conference

More ...

24 February 2021

Socialist Students conference - postering

On Wednesday 17 February, Socialist Students organised a postering campaign through Selly Oak in Birmingham to advertise our upcoming online conference

More ...

24 February 2021

Tories target universities in free speech shakedown

The government recently announced plans to introduce a 'Free Speech Champion' to the board of the Office for Students to regulate the approach to free speech on England's university campuses

More ...

17 February 2021

Conference - Sunday 28 February

- discussing how a movement can be built to transform education and students' lives.

More ...

17 February 2021

Strike back for free education

This year, students have been shafted. We've been used as scapegoats by the government, treated as the personal piggy banks of the higher education sector, and many of us have been completely isolated

More ...

10 February 2021

Turkey: Bogaziçi university students protest appointment of government loyalist as rector

Demonstrations have been continuing at Bogziçi University since January 2021.

More ...

10 February 2021

Why you should come to Socialist Students online conference

Socialist Students in Wales initiated rent strikes in Bangor and in Swansea at the beginning of term

More ...

10 February 2021

The Socialist Inbox

Send your news, views and criticism, in not more than 150 words, to [email protected] - or if you're not online, PO Box 1398, Enfield EN1 9GT

More ...

3 February 2021

Socialist Students open letter to Rent Strike network

Building the fightback for free education

More ...

27 January 2021

Fees frozen at £9,250 a year, fight for free education

The Conservative government has announced that it will freeze tuition fees for another year at the current £9,250 per annum level, stating it delivers "better value for students"

More ...

20 January 2021

Plymouth rent strike continues

We have now surpassed 400 signatures for our rent strike, with over £710,000 pledged to be withheld. For students there is no equivalent to the furlough scheme, and we're expected to hand over the majority

More ...

20 January 2021

Scrap fees, refund rents and pay a living grant

Right up until the last minute, the university seemed to be endlessly optimistic about how we could return this term for in-person teaching

More ...

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

More ...

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

More ...

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?

More ...

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.

More ...

16 December 2020

Effective testing and properly funded safety plan needed

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

More ...

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".

More ...

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

More ...

9 December 2020

'Cut the Rent!' campaign kicks off

Students at the University of Oxford launched a rent strike campaign amid growing anger towards the university management

More ...