UK Indymedia - UK Education Newswire Archive

US charity bribing UK drug addicts to sterilise selves in eugenics agenda

07-11-2010 15:51

I originally published this on Bristol Indymedia but the charity is targeting those it terms as drug addicts in London, Glasgow, Bristol, Leicester and parts of Wales.

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Cambridge Students Against Fees Demo

05-11-2010 20:16

ARU & Cambridge University student unions organised a local march against fees & cuts, in preparation for the National NUS march on November 10. Some photos follow ...

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boycott vodaphone demo newcastle tommrow 6th november

05-11-2010 17:14

demo against vodaphone tommrow 12pm

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25,000 students march in Ireland

05-11-2010 17:00

Upwards of 25,000 students from across Ireland descended onto the streets of Dublin on Wednesday, 2,000 students broke off and occupied the Department of Finance, here are 2 interviews with students present.

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Student Uprising as University Axe Human Rights

05-11-2010 15:47

Roehampton University plans to axe its unique Human Rights degree programme which was originally boosted after a 4.5million goverment injection of funding . Students are planning a nationwide campaign to save the Human Rights department which is one of only several in the UK and which was the very first of its kind. Angry students are organising protests to coincide with an International Symposium on Human Rights to be held at the University next week.

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Future Survivor

02-11-2010 14:29

1PM Tuesday 26/10/2010
Mental Health Campaigners’ Speech Get Workers Support On Social Welfare Cuts

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BAE on the back foot: Student protests against arms trade sweep UK universities

02-11-2010 10:31

The Ban BAE campaign is getting bigger and has BAE on the back foot as students UK wide organise demonstrations against arms companies on campus!

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Islamist radicalisation at British universities

29-10-2010 09:53

Islamist radicalisation at British universities

A Quilliam Foundation report

Study highlights intimidation of women, Jewish, gay and Muslim students

London, UK - 29 October 2010

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Anti cuts demo escapes police control in Oxford

29-10-2010 00:18

A huge crowd, mostly students, mobilised at short notice to protest the visit of Vince Cable to Oxford, turned up in spite of the fact that he cancelled his visit, and briefly took over several busy areas of Oxford in the face of police attempts to contain us.

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Over a thousand on the streets of Oxford protesting against public sector cuts

28-10-2010 19:26

Over 1,000 people of Oxford gathered on the streets today to express their anger and refusal to accept the public sector cuts, in particular those to higher education. The gathering was made up of students, academics and citizens of Oxford.

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Future Survivor

26-10-2010 07:23

A 21st century demand for representation by responsable workforce opens up our lip service

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NUS and UCU anti-cuts national demonstration; London; Wednesday 10 November

24-10-2010 22:48

Join the march on the streets of central London to fight against the looming, savage education cuts.

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Sit in at Birmingham universities Vice chancellors office

22-10-2010 15:40

Birmingham students determined to stop the fees hike and over £20 million pounds worth of planed cuts, stage sit-in in vice chancellors office as first step in new campaign.

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Rally against the cuts in Oxford

21-10-2010 21:10

The Comprehensive Spending Review was announced on 20 October. I went along to the rally against public sector spending cuts in Oxford that evening. Here is what I saw and felt ...

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BAE Systems protest at Guardian's London Graduate Fair

20-10-2010 13:12

Attempts by the arms giant BAE Systems to recruit graduates to their business were met by a series of forceful but peaceful protests at a major careers fair in central London yesterday afternoon (19 October).

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Don't let the Lib Dems break their promise on fees! Demonstrate at Lib Dem HQ

18-10-2010 17:06

Student activists will be protest outside Lib Dem Headquarters in London on Monday 25 October, to demand they keep their promise to oppose higher fees. Join us!

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UG #520 - Education and Its Discontents (HowSchooling has Undermined Learning)

13-10-2010 01:04

This 10th anniversary episode of Unwelcome Guests, with Guest Presenter, Tereza Corragio, looks at the claim of US schools and colleges to serve the greater good of society. Are they in fact serving the greater wealth of CEOs by creating a pliable underclass who can be moulded according to the whims of capital? We recall Lyn Gerry's original mission for the show, and contrast that with the US education system. We start with two episodes of Third Paradigm about college financing, and read from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. In our second hour, we compare Jonathan Kozol's analysis of US schools with the similar, but more radical critique by John Taylor Gatto.

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"In the beginning is the web"- Global Interactive Discussion Live Webcast

12-10-2010 19:59

"In the beginning is the web"- Unique Global Event from Glasonbury UK - Live Interactive experimental fully participatory event
"Around The Table TV"
(formally The Kitchen Table TV)
A merging of theatre, discussion & the internet

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Japan Continues Murdering Dolphins and Whales... Canada Has Not Ended Seal Murd

12-10-2010 14:17

turning the blue seas purple with the red blood of dolphins

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Sheffield Free School: What is a social centre?

09-10-2010 22:50

Attached is a recording of a discussion at the Sheffield Free School, recorded on 9th October 2010, discussing What is a social centre? which was advertised as a session to "Share your views on what an autonomous social centre could be, what purposes it could serve, and why (or whether) it’s something worth putting a lot of energy into making happen."