Student demonstration
- Right of international students to study in UK under attack June 15, 2013
International students attempting to study in the UK are being deterred by punitive restrictions. - Top UK universities call for cuts to funding for poorer students May 30, 2013
According to the Times, vice-chancellors at Britain’s Russell group of 24 top research universities are “privately urging” government ministers to cut funding used to support poorer students. - UK teaching unions stage token protest in North West May 1, 2013
The timetable of rolling regional strikes is designed to have as little effect as possible. - National Union of Students complicit in British government attacks on students April 17, 2013
The National Union of Students has launched a phoney campaign to “Bring Back” the Educational Maintenance Allowance, after previously sabotaging the opposition to its abolition. - UK: Privatisation agenda causing overcrowded schools and poor-quality education April 5, 2013
The drive towards the privatisation of education in Britain is leading to a dire shortage of school places and poor-quality education provision. - UK teaching unions signal no resistance to cuts March 26, 2013
Unions announce a timetable of rolling regional strikes, not scheduled to begin for three months. - Oppose the privatisation of education March 20, 2013
Public education in Britain is being eliminated and handed over to the private sector. - Britain: Student beaten by police finally found not guilty March 16, 2013
Alfie Meadows, who was brutally beaten by police during the anti-tuition fees protests in 2010, was cleared of violent disorder. - Sussex University students and staff oppose privatisation March 2, 2013
Hundreds of students and staff at the University of Sussex are protesting the outsourcing of non-academic jobs to privately owned companies. - UK Conservatives appoint major donor John Nash as education minister January 18, 2013
The appointment of venture capitalist John Nash as British education minister hammers another nail in the coffin of public education.
