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

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28 October 2020

Evicted students can fight back and win

On Monday 19 October, students in Paragon accommodation, west London, checked their emails and got a huge shock

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28 October 2020

Birmingham: 'Refund our fees' protests

Locked out, but we still marched to campus: After growing discontent among students and staff, Birmingham Socialist Students called a march on 21 October

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21 October 2020

Students: Give us our money back

Students are dissatisfied, frustrated and angry. Socialist Students decided to make a stand.

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14 October 2020

Students not to blame for unsafe uni conditions

Over the last few weeks, the capitalist media has expressed outrage at students and young people holding parties, socialising, or even just queueing in large numbers.

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19 August 2020

Student protests force government retreat

Reports from just some of the campaign actions which the Socialist Party and Young Socialists took part in...

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19 August 2020

Students 2 : 0 Tories - Protests work!

The anger of school students has forced a humiliating double U-turn over A-level and GCSE grade moderation. Now fight for a decent future for all young people!

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22 April 2020

Coronavirus: Students' charter

Coronavirus has revealed the chaos of the Tory marketisation of higher education

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26 February 2020

Students and workers out together on Budget Day, 11 March

Socialist Students is backing protests against the Tory budget on 11 March

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2 October 2019

Freshers fairs 2019: Impatience for change and determination to fight

Students are looking for an explanation for the political crisis, and for a way to join a real fight for socialist change.

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18 September 2019

How students can fight and win

As university campuses reawaken for a new academic year, what are the major issues facing students - and how can they fight back?

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26 September 2018

Students and workers unite and fight

Socialist Students is campaigning for an autumn of resistance against Tory marketisation of our universities. For students, this has meant cuts to education services alongside rising tuition fees and massive debt.

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12 September 2018

Students unite and fight - free education now!

In 2017 the total student debt in the UK rose to over £100 billion

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23 May 2018

Student leaders claim one million on the streets against Brexit - fight for a workers' exit

One hundred and twenty student union officers - who have so far failed to lift a finger in the fight against tuition fees and cuts, or to support striking lecturers during the recent University and College Union dispute - have made national headlines with the claim that "over one million students demand a people's vote on the Brexit deal".

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4 April 2018

Students protest as NUS restricts debate

National Union of Students conference 2018: thanks to the actions of the right-wing leadership, the conference was devoid of serious political discussion on the most important issues facing the movement

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21 February 2018

How can students and young people fight the Tories?

Prime Minister Theresa May has proposed cutting tuition fees for some students - who are clamouring to get involved in the fight on any issue they think they can win

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7 February 2018

GCSE grading game stresses out students - even more than before!

The government has implemented new GCSE rules and with them stress, and with them fear, and with them anxiety.

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15 November 2017

March for free education! We demand a future!

Millions of young people face a future of only insecure work and a lifetime of debt.

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8 November 2017

Walk out against tuition fees on Budget Day!

Socialist Students is preparing for walkouts

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20 September 2017

Fight tuition fees

Tories in retreat - kick them out: Tory chancellor Philip Hammond's recommendation for a reduction in university tuition fees shows how desperate the Tories have become to maintain power.

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