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Students march on Westminster in protest against education cuts
Three hundred students and academic staff from universities across London and the South East marched from the KCL Strand campus to Westminster on the 26th January to protest against government plans to cut the education budget by £950 million. Chants of “No ifs, no buts, no education cuts” and “You say cut backs we say... »
Protests and arrests over Israeli PM’s visit
University of London students participated in demonstrations against the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week. About 50 students from King’s, Goldsmiths and SOAS held Palestinian flags and signs which read ‘Netanyahu: war criminal’, outside Downing Street, where Gordon Brown was meeting the Israeli PM. About 200 protestors had obtained permission from the police... »
Why I am proud to protest
“I struggled to break free as they pinned me down, hungrily unraveling my bloodstained sari. Torturous screams from my seven-year-old brother doused in oil ready to be set alight. My father hung in the corner, mother made to watch…you ask me why… because I am Tamil.” »
No end in sight for Tamil protests
A student-led protest outside parliament demanding that the government intervene to protect Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka is entering its second month. »
Goldsmiths open day protest planned
Goldsmiths students are planning to protest during an upcoming open day to highlight their campaign for the college library to open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. »
Beauty contests: bad for women? The protestor
Betty Friedan stated: “men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women’s denigration of themselves.” »
Miss SOAS: Miss-take?
“SOAS is for education, not for your ejaculation!” »
High Court will rule on UCL’s Academy
A date has been set for a High Court ruling on UCL’s controversial City Academy. On November 5th, schools and families secretary Ed Balls and Camden Council will have to defend their decision for plans for a UCL-sponsored City Academy in Swiss Cottage. The case is being made by local lawyers Leigh Day and Co on... »
LSE gives dictator legacy
Students’ Union leaders at the London School of Economics have condemned their university’s decision to name a new lecture theatre after the founder and lifelong ruler of Abu Dhabi, which has a history of human abuses. »
An open letter to UCL students
As a former student at UCL, I have only good memories of my time there. Its academic reputation is still rightly recognised around the world. However like many parents and governors in Camden, I am dismayed that UCL has decided to join the government’s ‘academy’ programme by agreeing to sponsor a school in our area. »
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