IGNITING STUDENT ACTIVISM #3 – WORKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged activism, burnout, call to action, campaign planning, campaigning, campaigns, change, commitment, conferences, deadlines, democracy, determination, direct action, divestment, Education Act 1994, email campaigns, empowerment, energy, fossil free, Fossil Free QUB, fossil fuels, future, future focus, goals, handover, health, Igniting Student Activism, justice, leafleting, local media, machinery of state, Margaret Mead, mental health, MPs, networking, petitions, politics, progress, protests, Queens' University Belfast, raising awareness, recruitment, research, sabbatical officers, sacrifice, self care, social justice, social media, state, strategy, student activism, student media, student union elections, students, students' unions, tactics, targeting, the good fight, training, universities, workshops, young people.

by Bradley Allsop & Calum Watt

Rarely in our lifetimes has there been a more exciting time for young people to engage in politics. Change is in the air and nowhere else offers more opportunities to engage in this conversation, to learn valuable skills and to help shape society than university campuses. This series of articles seeks to offer some guidance for those aiming to ignite student activism at their institutions. Drawing on our experiences as campaigners we hope to highlight some common challenges and give you some advice on how to combat them.

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SAIL AWAY, PROFESSOR HOLMES. YOU WON’T BE MISSED.

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged 2008 crash, academic staff, amorality, banks, Barclays, Bentley, Bolton University, Brexit, Brexit divorce bill, capital, capital flight, capitalism, commentary, commitment, conflict of interest, corporate tax, corporations, corruption, emigration, EU referendum, fair pay, financial crash, Financial Times, George Holmes, government, higher education, HSBC, hubris, inequality, jeremy corbyn, jo johnson, Jose Mourinho, markets, narcissism, neoliberalism, pay equality, pay gap, pay rises, prime minister, regulation, role models, senior management, success, talent flight, tax, uk, universities, university staff, university vice chancellors, vice chancellor pay, wage gap, wealth.

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As the farce of university bosses’ salaries has finally entered mainstream debate this year, I’ve often found myself wishing that the kind of people who are comfortable taking pay rises six times larger than their average member of staff, and who don’t see a problem in sitting on the committees that decide their salary, would just piss off out of our universities altogether. So when I read the FT’s interview* with Bolton Uni VC Prof George Holmes the other day, I’ll admit I was a little surprised to read his proposal for a method of achieving just that.

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IGNITING STUDENT ACTIVISM #1 – FIRST STEPS

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged activism, call to action, campaign planning, campaigning, campaigns, change, commitment, deadlines, direct action, divestment, Education Act 1994, email campaigns, empowerment, energy, fossil free, fossil fuels, goals, Igniting Student Activism, leafleting, local media, machinery of state, MPs, petitions, politics, protests, raising awareness, recruitment, research, sabbatical officers, social media, state, strategy, student activism, student media, students, students' unions, tactics, targeting, time, universities, young people.

by Bradley Allsop and Calum Watt

Rarely in our lifetimes has there been a more exciting time for young people to engage in politics. Change is in the air and nowhere else offers more opportunities to engage in this conversation, to learn valuable skills and to help shape society than university campuses. This series of articles seeks to offer some guidance for those aiming to ignite student activism at their institutions. Drawing on our experiences as campaigners we hope to highlight some common challenges and give you some advice on how to combat them.

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