Civil Liberties, Education
Calling all students, restore the right to protest.
Posted on February 1, 2012 by Edd Bauer | No Comments
Whatever differences of our oft dysfunctional, sometime self-destructive student “left” may have, it is nice to know that we also know exactly when it is time to unite and fight. Apparently some say we are divided, and perhaps the #ncafc tag on twitter is some evidence for this. However, this so called divided “left” including [...]
UCU votes to suspend action over pensions.
Posted on February 1, 2012 by Alasdair Thompson | No Comments
Yesterday the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) held a special conference to determine where we go next in our pensions dispute. For those who haven’t been following the intricacies of it all I’ll attempt to briefly lay out where we were going into this meeting. UCU represents academic and what’s known as academic related staff [...]
The bill is gone but the fight is on
Posted on January 24, 2012 by Edd Bauer | No Comments
We need to step up our game on the White Paper; the government is no longer going to do the work of defeating it for us. They were about to put its proposed regressive changes to higher education into the cold light of day where it stood a fair chance of withering and dying. We [...]
Bright Green co-editor Peter McColl returned as Edinburgh University rector
Posted on January 11, 2012 by Adam Ramsay | 12 Comments
Peter McColl, co-editor of Bright Green, has been returned as Rector of Edinburgh University. Peter was until recently chair of Transition Scotland, works in public affairs for a Scottish charity, and was ‘Rector’s Assessor’ – effectively Deputy Rector – from 2006-9. He was voted by Total Politics Britain’s 7th best left wing blogger in 2011, [...]
University of Birmingham students declare “I am Spartacus”
Posted on January 11, 2012 by Edd Bauer | 6 Comments
Today Birmingham students showed defiance against a repressive university. In response to a student being singled out and disciplined for taking part in an occupation of an unused university building last year, all occupiers have come forward and admitted to taking the same actions as that student. They take this action at a university which [...]
Student protestor attacked by his own union president
Posted on January 11, 2012 by Edd Bauer | 2 Comments
By Simon Furse and Edd Bauer Mark Harrop, the Tory president of the University Of Birmingham Guild Of Students (student union), has Colluded with the University management to try and suppress a peaceful protest. Harrop identified one of his own students for disciplinary action and helped the university in the deployment of an injunction that [...]
I can’t draw a line under democracy.
Posted on December 21, 2011 by Edd Bauer | No Comments
Edd Bauer has spent weeks suspended from his job as Vice President Education of the Birmingham Guild of Students, threatened with dismissal because he missed some meetings – whilst being imprisoned for hanging a banner from a bridge. Yesterday, his disciplinary panel found in his favour. Here, he writes for Bright Green. Yesterday I was [...]
Addressing the democratic deficit in student unions
Posted on December 19, 2011 by Edd Bauer | 2 Comments
I was suspended on the very first day of term from an elected representative position in the guild of students on the basis of my political campaigning and arrest. Despite the fact I have not been found guilty of any crime or any wrongdoing unelected officials and undemocratic procedures have kicked into action to keep [...]
Saying No to Abstinence Education
Posted on December 13, 2011 by Alyson Macdonald | 1 Comment
The really frustrating thing about Nadine Dorries is that, just when you think she might have gone away for a while, she comes back spouting more evidence-free drivel about sex. Not the abortion counselling adjournment debate – that was organised by the Labour MP Gavin Shuker – but her other pet issue, the Bill on [...]
Disciplined by Birmingham University because I was assaulted…
Posted on December 1, 2011 by Admin | 23 Comments
by Simon Furse Last week I took part in a peaceful sit in to try and raise awareness and dialogue about the effects of the white paper. My university responded by unleashing what are essentially hired thugs to harass us and I was assaulted. Because I gave my name to the police for this assault [...]
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