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protestA demonstration from Clapham Common to Windrush Square in Brixton on the 15th June 2013 protesting against the government's austerity measures meaning hard cuts to Lambeth college

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GoveMichael Gove's determination to demoralise and destroy public sector education appears to be boundless

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Gove 1984 spoofFar from improving schools, the education secretary is trying to divide teachers and make the education system more viable for private sector providers, writes Martin Copson

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Halesowen Four marchThe sacking of four Trade Unionists at Halesowen College in highly controversial circumstances sets a dangerous precedent argues Adam Tomes

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Gove wants the deregulation of education and the increased privatisation of schools writes John Westmoreland

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NUS bannerThe failure of the NUS leadership to build student protests has led to calls from some activists to break up the NUS and create alternative structures – a mistake argues James Meadway

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Student protesterAusterity has been a disaster for students as it has been for so many people. But the student movement is not responding adequately to the crisis. Katherine Connelly explains

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Teachers protestEducation generally and the teaching profession specifically are at the forefront of government attacks. But, writes Martin Copson, teachers are fighting back

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As Michael Gove intensifies his counter-revolution in the classroom, Sean Ledwith rediscovers the work of a radical educational thinker who influenced ideas about teaching and learning from the 1960s onwards

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Michael Gove’s replacement for GCSEs is an all-out attack on working class kids, argues Adam Tomes

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The recent furore over GCSE grades has once again thrown into sharp relief the clash between two philosophies of education that underpins most controversies in the sector, explains Sean Ledwith

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London Met ProtestOpposition to plans to deport 2,600 London Metropolitan students hit Whitehall today as students, staff and supporters from across London marched on the Home Office and Downing Street

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gove failAs the uproar over the exam boards’ manipulation of results continues, a college lecturer looks at the role of the businesses profiting from the chaos

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London Met protestThe threatened deportation of 2,600 London Met students is an issue for the whole movement argues Des Freedman

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Gove FailMichael Gove has denied thousands of young people a chance to continue their education as exam boards responded to his demands for ‘academic rigour‘ argues Adam Tomes

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Sean Rillo Raczka, vice president of the University of London Union, shares his thoughts on N30, the student movement and the need for more mass action against the government.

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Henry Parkyn-Smith and Naomi Thompson recount the experience of the recent occupation at the University of Sheffield on N30, and argue for continued protest on campus.

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Des Freedman, one of the editors of the The Assault on Universities, explains why the Higher Education Manifesto is important, and how we can use it to defend education against marketisation. The book is being launched at Housmans Bookshop on Wednesday, 23rd November.

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students protest ULU vice president Sean Rillo Raczka: Students will be marching to the City this Wednesday 9th November to continue the fight against fees and cuts.

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As another anti-cuts activist is sentenced to jail, John Westmoreland laments the loss of caring and committed young activists to political sentences.

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The white paper is, in essence, a fairly typical piece of neoliberal ideology that combines an attack on public provision with yet more state intervention, argues Des Freedman.

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