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Navitas Not Welcome In Bournville!
At lunchtime today there was a stall and petitioning session outside the Bournville School of Art, which is leased by the Birmingham City University from the Bournville Village Trust. This was to protest against the privatisation of the education service … Continue reading
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University of Birmingham Students Occupy Gatehouse
Shortly after midnight yesterday (23rd November), around 40 students occupied a building at the University of Birmingham, in protest over the Higher Education white paper, and in support of the 30th November strikes next week. This was part of a … Continue reading
Defend Education – day of action in Birmingham, Nov 23rd
There is a gap that is emerging between universities like Birmingham City University and elite institutions like the University of Birmingham because of targeted government cuts. These targeted cuts are a recipe for a deeply unequal society. A society where … Continue reading
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Students of Birmingham! Defend Education!
This is it! Invite your friends, family, housemates. Students of Birmingham defend education; Assemble 2pm, Wednesday 2nd November by the Clocktower at the university of Birmingham. Attend on the facebook event If you want to be involved in planning the … Continue reading
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Defend Education, Fight Privatisation national Demo, Nov 9th
On Wednesday 9th November university and school students will once again take to the streets, one year after the demo that saw an occupation of the Tory HQ at Millbank, and created a real spark that kicked the anti-cuts movement … Continue reading
Birmingham Guild: Reinstate the Vice President Education
Edd Bauer was arrested on Friday the 16th of September after unfurling a banner at the liberal democrat conference saying “Traitors Not Welcome, Hate Clegg Love NCAFC”. He has been constantly fighting to defend education through grass roots campaigning which … Continue reading
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J30 in Photos Part 2
So many events, so many photos.. more than enough to make a second post.. so here we are! (First post is here) UNISON NUT ATL UCU Connexions PCS Solidarity from other groups Handsworth Against the Cuts With thanks for the … Continue reading
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University of Birmingham drops all cases against students, after widespread criticism.
Stop Fees, Stop Cuts Birmingham University has announced that the University of Birmingham has dropped all the cases that they were investigating against 15 students who they had alleged had broken university rules during a peaceful occupation held last month. … Continue reading
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80% cut in funding for Birmingham schools for minor capital repairs and refurbishments
Much of the attention of the coalition government’s funding of English maintained schools has focused on the cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future programme. Almost no attention has been focused on another aspect of capital funding that will … Continue reading
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University of Birmingham students facing disciplinary action
10 students from the University of Birmingham are facing disciplinary action following the occupation of the Maths/Physics bridge on the 17th Jan Stop Fees and Cuts Birmingham reports on their blog: Ten University of Birmingham students are facing disciplinary action … Continue reading
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