Opinion pieces written by our members and guests.
The following is a Spanish translation of yesterday’s post on the kidnapping of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teaching school. The English version is available here. La Sociedad Socialista de la […]
Edinburgh University Socialist Society stands in solidarity with all those facing state violence for standing up for justice in the face of the abduction of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa […]
UCU members at 69 universities will begin a boycott on marking assessments. This post written by a University of Edinburgh tutor explains the reasons for this action and why students should support them.
On the 29th of January at Birmingham University, student activists demonstrated against the recent education funding cuts, fee hikes, vast inequalities in the wages of staff, the marketisation of education, […]
The Socialist Society Committee are pleased to hear that students have occupied Charles Stewart House in solidarity with University staff and their ongoing industrial dispute over pay. The interests of students […]
The following was originally published on Bright Green Scotland, and is reposted here with permission from the author, Alyson Macdonald. On Thursday 31st October I am going on strike for […]
Today, university staff across the country are on strike. Two tutors from Edinburgh University have kindly shared their thoughts with us on why they are striking, and why you should […]
The New York Times described it as “the greatest speech since President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address”, the following speech was given by Jimmy Reid on his installation as Rector of Glasgow University. Reid […]
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