Fees Fi Fo Fum
In response to Jasmine Bennett’s defence of tuition fees, Ross Baxter lambasts the principle of paying for higher education. Today thousands of students are expected to march in London for free education. For a...
Tagged: Student Politics
Pulling up the ladder
The Conservatives’ cuts to higher education are only helping to alienate the most disadvantaged students. Traditional institutions are at the heart of conservativism, and with vague rhetoric on “teaching British values,” in schools, David...
Defiant, Determined, Digital: The Teenagers Too Young to Vote
David Cameron has said he does not want to give 16- and 17-year-olds the vote because he does not wish to “politicise the classroom.” While this might seem like an attempt to deter under-18s...
A New Brand of Politics
Our new writer, Emily Hawkins, sums up why most young people believe in Russell Brand, don’t care about Westminster, hate politicians and why our democracy is smelling stagnant. But it doesn’t have to stay...
