Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
WALKING away from a meeting with the dean of my university alongside my classmates, I couldn’t help but smile at our unified collective action.
Major cuts are having to be made for 2019-20 and when you are personally coming out of your degree with a cumulative £27,000 tuition fee debt, cuts to lecturers and modules are the last thing you want.
Swinging into action, I got together with my fellow students, organised a formal letter on paper rather than a generic email, which secured an overnight meeting with the dean.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government
Almost half of universities face deficits, merger mania is taking hold, and massive fee hikes that will lock out working-class students are on the horizon, write RUBEN BRETT, PAUL WHITEHOUSE and DAN GRACE


