The Online Revolution

The internet is a relatively new conception, being invented in the mid-20th century, some of us remember before it was developed (and most of us remember it not being a part of our lives). Like most inventions, it has been used by both the ‘Establishment’ or ‘The Powers That Be’ and by ordinary people. The [...]

You can shove your rubber bullets…

Wednesday of this week marked exactly a year since the glorious day in November 2010 when thousands of students charged into and smashed up the Conservative Party headquarters at Millbank. A year on – and 11 months since Parliament voted through the £9k tuition fee rise – the student movement was out to prove that [...]

Huge course cuts voted through at Strathclyde & Glasgow

Crunch decisions over cuts at both Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities over the past week have yielded mixed results for the anti-cuts movement in the city. With, in particular, Humanities subjects under threat at both universities, a huge amount was at stake. Since February, when course cuts were revealed at Glasgow University, a mass campaign has [...]

Cops run riot at Strathclyde

Another day, another demo, another series of spectacular fuck ups by Strathclyde Police. In an approach to public order policing fast becoming customary for the force, Thursday’s otherwise completely peaceful demonstration against course closures and job losses at Strathclyde University saw a lengthy stand-off between protesters and the police, following the audacious arrest of a [...]

Violent eviction at Glasgow Uni leads to… another occupation!

**EDIT** As of last night, the Hetherington occupation is back on as senior management offered us back the building in exchange for giving them back their beloved senate headquarters! This rendered the whole police and security operation yesterday entirely useless! As of this morning, people are being targetted by the police and re-arrested, information here [...]

Key struggles in education

Academic staff at over 60 universities across the UK are set to take strike action over the next two weeks. Next Thursday 17 March will see the first day of action, with members of the UCU union at seven Scottish universities walking out. This will be followed by consecutive days of action in Wales, Northern Ireland [...]

Viva la Hetherington Libra!

The occupation of the Hetherington Research Club at Glasgow University entered its third day today, and continues to go from strength to strength. The club is now a fully functioning social and educational space, with an ever-expanding schedule of meetings, film showings, discussion groups, workshops and more. Yesterday, the occupation was privileged to get a [...]

Students occupy Research Club at Glasgow Uni

It’s been a hectic few days for the anti-cuts struggle in Glasgow. After Saturday’s frantic day of charging around the city centre for the Glasgow Against Education Cuts organised ‘tour of cuts and cutters’, which saw the arrest of one student activist, early yesterday afternoon dozens of students from across Glasgow reclaimed the former post-grad [...]

Right to the City Education Forum

Tomorrow SSY members will be among the folk going along to the Right to the City discussion forum on education. Right to the City is a political group that is based on ideas put forward by the Marxist anthropologist David Harvey (he’s the guy in that cool cartoon about the economic crisis). The idea is [...]

Fuck yer povvy weans!

The government have taken yet more measures to ConDem (geddit?!) the nation’s children to a life of poverty and misery. Funding for Bookstart, which provides a free pack of books to every baby in the UK in order to “inspire, stimulate and create a love of reading that will give children a flying start in [...]

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