CANAPES, CONFERENCES AND CLASS DISCRIMINATION – ACADEMIA IN 2017

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #LiberateMyDegree, academia, academic culture, accessibility, Aristotle, assessment, BME, BME academics, bursaries, casualisation, class, conferences, curricula, disability, disabled academics, discrimination, diversity, education, erasure, exclusion, hidden costs, higher education, history, legislation, Lisa McKenzie, Louise Richardson, LSE, middle class, minority groups, NUS, politics, postgraduate, poverty fund, psychology, recognition, Sally Hunt, scholarships, sexual harassment, state funding, student support, subsidies, truth, UCU, understanding, universities, VC salaries, Vice Chancellors, women academics, workers rights, working class, working class erasure, working class movement.

by Bradley Allsop

CW: mentions sexual harassment

A teacake and a portable phone charger. Unlikely objects to trigger a tirade against the state of academic practices in the UK, but here you are, about to read one anyway.

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“A VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF POLITICS” – RESPONSE TO NUS CONFERENCE DAY 1

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #NUSNC17, access, anti racism, anti-sexism, attainment gap, Brighton, campaigning, deportation, direct action, far right, Free Education, HE bill, international students, Liber8 Education, liberated curriculum, liberation, malia bouattia, marketisation, migrant rights, nss, NSS Boycott, NUS, NUS conference, nus elections, NUS Trans Officer, oppression, politics, racism, Sally Hunt, sexism, Sorana Vieru, student activism, student debt, student mental health, student politics, students, suicide, trade unions, trans students, tuition fees, UCU, women's rights.

by Cherry Somersby

Content warning: Article mentions suicide.

The political transition we have seen in NUS over the last 12 months would have been unthinkable this time last year. The student movement has risen to the growing need for radical action this year, building groundbreaking, vital campaigns, presenting a powerful response to the many crises modern students face.

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QUICKER ISN’T BETTER – PROFIT BEFORE HEALTH IN TWO YEAR DEGREES

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged academic staff, casual employment, conservatives, counselling, government, higher education, Higher Education Bill, jo johnson, marketisation, mental health, national student survey, PhD students, profit, research, russell group, Sally Hunt, student life, tef, tuition fees, two year degrees, UCU, UEA, undergraduate, universities, zero hour contracts.

Last week the government announced plans to allow students to complete an undergraduate degree within two years instead of the usual three. To facilitate this fast-track system, universities will be permitted to charge £13,000 a year in tuition fees for these courses. As many have already noted, it’s easy to see what this announcement really is: another step in the marketisation of higher education. UCU general secretary Sally Hunt described it as ‘another misguided attempt to allow for-profit colleges access to UK higher education.’ The government have become less and less tactless when it comes to putting profit before the education of students.

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