Don’t sell us out: students and officers tell NUS NEC to respect conference
To sign this statement, email againstfeesandcuts@gmail.com At National Conference, students voted by a clear margin for a radical set of policies to put NUS at the centre of the fight for education and the welfare state. These included a national demonstration in the autumn term and a series of walkouts in FE. The political basis [...]
Postgraduate teachers’ conference: May 26th
TIME: Saturday 26th May, from PLACE: School of Oriental and African Studies, London Graduate teachers face unique pressures from Universities: Experience of teaching is invaluable for career progression, whilst institutions face a crisis in funding due to the coalition governments attack on education. This means that many institutions are increasingly relying on graduate teachers for the bulk of [...]
East London: Support the CFGS school strike on Friday!
Support Central Foundation Girls’ School workers! Facebook event here Workers at Central Foundation Girls’ School in East London are engaged in a battle against job losses, pay cuts and workload increases. After a solid strike by both NUT and Unison on 24 April, management are shifting, and have backtracked from cutting support staff pay this [...]
Support the Quebec students’ movement! Demonstrate 16 May!
Support the students’ movement in Quebec! Stop the violent police repression! Demonstrate outside the Canadian High Commission in Trafalgar Square to denounce police attacks on Quebecois students! 17:30-19:00, 16 May, 5 Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster, London, SW1Y 5BJ. Details of the demonstration here Sign the online petition against police violence here We send our [...]
NUS Trustee speaks: scrap the NUS trustees!
Edward Bauer was elected to the NUS Board of Trustees at NUS Conference 2012 We don’t need the board of trustees. I was elected to the Trustee Board on a clear platform of opposing the slippery slope this Board represents, and defending the grassroots democracy of the NUS. I will be an anti-trustee. I will [...]
NUS conference votes for a fightback
The national conference of the National Union of Students (NUS) last week approved a series of radical policies to lead the fight back against the government’s agenda in education. To get involved on facebook, join this event This is a brief report from NCAFC co-founder and NUS NEC member Michael Chessum. A fuller report will [...]
NCAFC @ NUS Conference
NCAFC @ NUS conference 2012 The NCAFC will be taking an active part in this year’s NUS conference, which takes place in Sheffield 24-26 April – as part of a campaign for a national union that leads students’ fightback. We will be promoting policy, standing candidates, distributing literature, organising meetings and caucusing regularly to organise [...]
NUS Conference: notes on policy
This is a blogpost by an NCAFC supporter. If you want to participate in the debate, get in touch at againstfeesandcuts@gmail.com, or take part in NCAFC caucuses at conference. The following is not a definitive statement of the views of the NCAFC, but it is a broad guide to the decisions that leftwing delegates will [...]
Vice Chancellor high pay report
by Edd Bauer and Michael Chessum The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts has released a report on high executive pay in Britain’s universities. Check it out by clicking here. We have found that: A total of £382 million is being spent on the highest paid members of staff in just 19 universities, roughly double [...]
It’s now or never to save the welfare state
This article was published today on Comment if Free. Click here to view it. By MICHAEL CHESSUM It has been a year since the TUC national demonstration – under the banner of “Jobs, Growth, Justice” – brought nearly half a million trade unionists and supporters to the streets of London. For the student activists present, who had [...]
NUS must call a national demo: sign the statement
Ahead of NUS National Conference on April 24-26th, ,more than 100 student officers and activists have signed a statement calling on NUS to vote for a national demo in autumn term. The amendment to vote for, if you are a delegate, is 305b. To add your name, email againstfeesandcuts@gmail.com “We believe that the National Union [...]
An injury to one is an injury to all: hundreds demonstrate for suspended Cambridge student
By Chris Page, Cambridge University SU Welfare and Rights Officer-elect Yesterday, around 400 students and academics of Cambridge University marched on Old Schools, the centre of the University administration, protesting against the victimisation of Owen Holland, a Cambridge Defend Education activist.
NUS’s day of action: read the Guardian live blog
The NUS’s national day of action – which NCAFC supported – has just taken place. Read the Guardian’s live blog here. For comment from NCAFC, ring 07964791663
PRESS RELEASE: Cambridge University suspends student for 2 years for peaceful protest
Today the University of Cambridge suspended a junior member of the university until the end of 2014 for his part in a protest last November against David Willetts, government minister for Universities and Science. In a hearing that lasted six hours, the university Court of Discipline ruled that for his part in the peaceful [...]
NUS day of action: one week to go
The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts is calling for maximum turnout for ‘Come Clean’, the NUS day of action on March 14th. Here’s a blogpost about what you can do on your campus on the day. If you’re in London, assemble at ULU at 2pm. ASSEMBLE 2PM, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON UNION, MARCH 14TH. “David [...]
USA: Students for a Democratic Society and Occupy take action against austerity!
A National Day of Action has been called today by Students for a Democratic Society – the American equivalent of NCAFC – supported by the American Occupy movement, to demand better access to education, lower tuition fees, and the cutting of top-paid administrator’s salaries. The March 1st Day of Action to Defend Education – known [...]
Stand up for Justice: Defend the Right to Protest public forum, March 5th
At its conference in January, NCAFC voted overwhelmingly to work with Defend the Right to Protest. We encourage supporters to get involved in their events. “DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST PUBLIC FORUM: STAND UP FOR JUSTICE! Monday 5th March, 7PM Friends Meeting House,173 Euston Road. Opposite tube: Euston Station Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/242723812474501/ Speakers include: IMRAN [...]
Don’t let the Tories sell off the NHS! Protest in London Weds 29 Feb
Student activists and others will be taking action in London on Wednesday 29 February against NHS privatisation. NCAFC is supporting actions to save the NHS from cuts and privatisation. Watch this space for future student actions against NHS cuts! Facebook event here If the Coalition’s Health and Social Care Bill becomes law, private businesses will [...]
Take Back Your Campus at Birmingham: a report
On Wednesday 15th February around 200 people from around the country travelled to Birmingham to take part in a march protesting against the draconian measures put in place by the University of Birmingham to prevent peaceful and legitimate protest on campus. The University of Birmingham is the first university to successfully take out a high [...]
WALKOUT: 14th March
The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts is calling for maximum turnout for the NUS week of action on March 12th to 16th – with a national walkout on March 14th. There is now less than a month to go until we’re on the picket lines! This strike is an opportunity for students and staff [...]
