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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.
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
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
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
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
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?
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.
16 December 2020
Effective testing and properly funded safety plan needed
The health secretary hopes mobile testing units can stop the Covid tide
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".
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
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
9 December 2020
York students determined to build for rent refunds and free education
Students held a protest in York city centre against their ongoing treatment by the government and university management
2 December 2020
Rent strikers' victory in student halls
Students at the University of Manchester won a 30% refund of their rent for the term
2 December 2020
Solidarity with Brighton UCU strike - we won't pay for Covid crisis
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18 November 2020
Manchester student occupation - end rip-off rent, free education now
Socialist Party members in Manchester visited the 25 students occupying 'The Tower' at Manchester University to show our solidarity on 15 November
18 November 2020
Wales exams scrapped: What's behind the headline?
The decision by the Welsh Government to scrap 2021 end-of-year exams for A-level and GCSE students is a step in the right direction
18 November 2020
Tories student 'evacuation' plan won't work
The government plans to allow students in England to travel for Christmas
11 November 2020
Solidarity with Manchester students - fight for democratic control of campus safety
Socialist Students sends solidarity to students at the University of Manchester (UoM), who through their protests, have ensured the removal of two-metre high security fences designed to pen them in
11 November 2020
Schools need union action for safety
Socialist Party members in schools speak out: While we welcome the NEU taking the stance that schools and colleges should be part of the lockdown, what's become clear to members is that it lacked teeth
4 November 2020
Building Bangor Socialist Students
Since arriving at Bangor University in September I have been busy setting up a Socialist Students society. We now have ten other students in our society and three locals who are interested too.
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