Motions to NCAFC national conference
All motions and amendments received for conference are listed below, in no order. This is not the order paper and corrections are pending, so stay tuned. Conference attendees will receive the full order paper on the day. Motions document *** No to racist scapegoating – for unity in fighting cuts and racism Conference believes: 1. [...]
Students cry foul over management interference in student union referendum
Students at University College London have condemned the results of a referendum of No Confidence in their Vice Chancellor after university management sent an email to all students effectively urging them to vote against it. The vote eventually fell by 1185 to 1699, with 391abstentions. Students had been calling for a vote of No [...]
Motions deadline passed
The motions deadline for NCAFC Conference has now passed. No further motions or amendments (other than minor textual amendments) may be submitted for voting by the conference. All motions submitted will be posted on the website presently
Motions to NCAFC Conference
The following are the motions submitted to NCAFC Conference so far. More will be submitted soon – watch this space. NCAFC supporters can submit motions and amendments by emailing againstfeesandcuts@gmail.com, the deadline is 5pm Thursday 26 Jan The Liberal Democrat Spring Conference is in Newcastle/Gateshead on 9th-11th March. Anti cuts campaigners ACN and NFEN are [...]
The government shelves its HE Bill after 2 years of mass protest: the fight goes on
For press contact, ring 07964791663 Today, it has been reliably reported that the government is shelving its Higher Education Bill for a number of years. Reports show that it will wait for years to be published – and if the student movement has anything to do with it, it never will be. Why? Because the government doesn’t want [...]
Birmingham students prepare to confront ban on protests
Last November following a peaceful sit-in in an unused gate house at the University of Birmingham, university managed acquired a draconian injunction banning all “occupational protest action” for twelve months. The injunction was condemned by Amnesty International and others. Now they are preparing to take on and defeat this injunction, with a demonstration on 22 [...]
NCAFC conference is very soon: make sure you’re there!
The title says it all. It’s now just over a week until the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts holds its conference in Liverpool on Jan 28th and 29th. For the agenda, click here. If you want to have your say in what the student movement does over the next year, and have a lot [...]
Motion for NCAFC conference proposing election strategy at NUS national conference
This is one of a number of motions going forward to NCAFC national conference 2012 (28-29 January, Liverpool). To submit a motion, email againstfeesandcuts@gmail.com
Daniel Cooper for ULU Vice-President!
NCAFC national committee member Daniel Lemberger Cooper is planning* to stand for Vice-President of University of London Union, the federation uniting student unions at the “old” London universities. (The ULU elections are 2-9 February.)
Reinstate Kingston Uni student James Heslip
“James is serving a one-year prison sentence for his involvement in the student protests last year, during which he broke a window.
28 days to save profitable course that faces closure because it does not fit “business model”
There is now only 28 days left to save this unique course. As environmentalists and anti-cuts activists we should all get behind this; it is essentially a case study of all the changes we stand against in the education sector. This is a market in education destroying a valuable course. This articulates in practice all [...]
Student protestor attacked by his own tory president
Tory Guild of student’s president Mark Harrop, who was responsible for the suspension of Edd Bauer, has identified one of his students to face disciplinary for a peaceful protest, further to this he negatively speculates against the student increasing his chance of being expelled. The university on Marks evidence have decided to take the process [...]
Labour Students fight for democracy in their organisation
Activists in Labour Students, the student wing of the Labour Party and a dominant player in the leadership of NUS, are raising more and more concerns about the lack of democracy in their organisation.
NCAFC Conference 2012 Agenda
Here is the latest version of the conference agenda, which will take place on the weekend of the 28th and 29th January in Liverpool. A revised agenda with speakers will be out shortly. The deadline to submit motions to conference is 5pm January 26 The deadline for National Committee nominations is 2:10pm January 28 Saturday 10.15 Registration [...]
Motions deadline for NCAFC conference: 26th Jan
The conference of the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts will take place on the 28th and 29th January in Liverpool, and we have just decided a deadline for motions. So, if you want the NCAFC to campaign on a specific thing, or want something to change about the way we operate, send your motion [...]
Back in office to fight the White paper in the new year.
Yesterday at 16:30 I was reinstated as VP Education at the University of Birmingham guild of students. At the beginning of the academic year 2011-12, I was suspended as an elected student representative, from the position of Guild Vice President Education. I was suspended from his post prior to the conclusion of any inquiry whatsoever. [...]
The NCAFC, the student left, student unions and NUS: what the 9 November demo tells you about the state of our movement
By Daniel Lemberger Cooper, RHULSU President and NCAFC National Committee (pc)
UCL management tries to interfere in the Union in order to block the No Confidence referendum in Malcolm Grant. A student responds
Dear Rex Knight, I read with interest and slight disbelief your letter to the UCLU Trustee Board dated 11/12/11, which is now available in an online upload here: http://anticuts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/111209-RKnight-to-UCLU-Trustees.pdf The letter constitutes an attempt by UCL management to interfere in the internal affairs of UCLU. Its purpose is not to engage students in debate, or [...]
NCAFC National Conference: venue and dates confirmed
The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts is now in a position to announce the date and location of our national conference. It will take place on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th January in Liverpool. To let us know you’re coming, or to register a larger delegation, email againstfeesandcuts@gmail.com. Accommodation will be provided as far [...]
