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STUDENTS National Union of Students (NUS) conference voted yesterday to thwart Tory plans to introduce harsher assessments for college teachers.
The motion to boycott government surveys which feed into teaching assessments passed with a comfortable majority, to the delight of free education campaigners.
It was drafted by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts. Recently elected University of Warwick education officer Hope Worsdale explained: “These surveys are essential to maintaining a market in education, which turns students into little more than consumers.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
JACK DAVIDSON explains the motivation behind the UCU strike action at the University of Sheffield
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