Useful resources on higher education reform 29 Sep 2012 | 05:33 pm

The world of higher education is complex and at times tough to penetrate. The effects of the marketisation of education are proving to be disastrous for the sector, for students, for academics, and wi...

Guest Post: What is The Value of Higher Education? 21 Sep 2012 | 03:01 pm

On the 20th of September, The Edinburgh University Anti-Cuts Coalition held a public meeting to discuss the nature of the attacks on International students and how they relate to the ongoing attacks o...

Massive day of strikes and action against government cuts and attacks on pensions. 2 Dec 2011 | 01:26 am

Students and educational workers were yesterday heavily involved in a day of strikes, pickets, occupations and protests in response to Westminster’s proposed pension changes and ideological dismantlin...

Picket information for tomorrow morning 30 Nov 2011 | 01:49 pm

Bit last minute, but here’s some details for the morning – see you bright and early! Edinburgh peeps – help support the picket, help make this strike as successful as possible. Here is the informati...

Events in the next few days 29 Nov 2011 | 05:28 am

TONIGHT! 5.30pm Appleton Tower lobby ‘Musical Chairs’ Discussion Groups Small group chats about: the White Paper, feminism, anarchism, the rights of addicts, radical journalism, the labour movement...

Wise words from our resident Soup Dragon 28 Nov 2011 | 01:34 pm

"Yummy" At something like an occupation or a picket line, hot food works wonders for morale. The problem is, they usually take place in locations that are a bit short of cooking facilities, but with ...

Mythbuster: The truth about unions (and strikes) 28 Nov 2011 | 12:57 pm

Red Pepper has posted this article about unions and strikes in response to anti-strike rhetoric in the press. If you’ve ever wondered what the point of unions is, why people go on strike, and whether...

Walking bus 28 Nov 2011 | 12:43 pm

I can’t believe we haven’t posted about this yet, because it’s great. Some people involved in the occupation, and some outside, have set up a Meadows Walking Bus so that people who need to walk acros...

Banners and giant posters! 28 Nov 2011 | 09:12 am

Our Demands 28 Nov 2011 | 05:31 am

Our principles: Education should be free: funded through higher taxation on corporations and the rich. Education is a social, public good: universities should not be run for private profit. Univers...