Jacob Bentley

On Wednesday 19 November an estimated 10,000 students marched across central London in a national demonstration for free education, organised by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC) and other student groups, including the Young Greens and The Student Assembly Against Austerity. Protest organisers have said that the demonstration against tuition...

The second University of Nottingham Students’ Union scrutiny panel of the academic year took place on Tuesday 11th November 2014. The purpose of the panel, which is made up of elected representatives from the student body, is to be informed about the progress of the full-time SU officers and...

A referendum on the ‘free education’ motion, which was proposed at last moth’s Union Council, is due to take place in the week commencing Monday 17th November. The motion, which has been rephrased in the form of a question, reads: “Should the Students’ Union adopt a position which strives...

A petition signed by 2000 people and 77 societies in favour of the University of Nottingham becoming a Living Wage Employer has been handed over to the university registrar, Dr Paul Greatrix. Seven university students and a professor from the University and College Union met with Dr Greatrix to...

The National Union of Students (NUS) and UoNSU have withdrawn support for the Free Education Demonstration scheduled to take place on 19th November. The funding they had given for a coach to take students to the demo has now been withdrawn. The SU decided to withdraw their support following...

The results of the two SU referenda on ‘no support for marking boycotts’ and sustainable energy were announced today, but neither received enough votes to become policy. In the marking boycott referendum, 1199 students voted yes, 600 students voted no and there were 685 abstentions. 2014 students voted to...

The National Union of Students (NUS) has launched a new manifesto entitled ‘New Deal for the Next Generation’, which outlines policy demands Students’ Unions and the student movement will push for before the General Election on 7 May 2015. Education, work and community are the three areas being addressed,...