By Unis Resist Border Controls (URBC) During the last days of the initial 10 day strike during February-March 2022 at … More
Category: Writing
Aspiration and Upward Mobility: The Lies Working-Class Students Are Told About Educational Inequalities
By Amy Cayzer Bimini: You just got to try’n have a PMA. Lawrence: Fuck’s a PMA? Bimini: A positive mental … More
‘I’ll just buy a fake plant’. On plasticity of selves, precariousness and resistance in the neoliberal academia
‘I’ll just buy a fake plant’. This is what I said to my colleague yesterday during our lunch break. ‘I … More
Capital vs Caring; building a mental health offer that actually works
Andrew Gladstone-Heighton discusses the impact of our current system on young peoples mental health, explaining that solidarity, and not the wellness market, is the way out of this crisis.
Building Broad Bases: Staff – Student Solidarity in Higher Education
Zac Larkham discusses the power of student rent strikes, HE industrial action and what we learn from one another when we join forces
Art as Power
Francesca Bernardi reflects on the nature and politics of art education, outlining in creative prose an alternative based in care and hope.
Reading for a Future: William Morris’s News From Nowhere (1890)
Tom White revisits William Morris’ 1890 masterpiece News From Nowhere and finds a vision of “education in the shape of a life”.
How to improve your political education sessions, a teacher’s guide.
Nik from the Requires Improvement Podcast offers a teacher’s guide to getting more from political education sessions.
Why S**t Decisions Get Made in FE
Andrew GH uses Mark Fisher’s work to expose the ‘business ontology’ at work in further education, as well as how to fight it.
Beyond Academic Freedom
David Ridley argues for a democratic practice of academic co-inquiry to fight the encroachment of marketisation and neo-fascism in higher education.