Students occupying Strathclyde University are planning to leave their occupation at 14.00 on the 30th of october following 27 hours of occupation, the time was chosen to symbolise the £27,000 fees for RUK students.
Ed Milliband has promised to cut student fees from 9,000 to 6,000 pounds. Although he is trying to position himself on the side of students he has actually endorsed Coallition policy of destroying free universal education and forcing students to start a career with the prospect of debt.
This morning at 11 am around 40 students from across Scotland went
into occupation of the collins building at Strathclyde University in
protest of the recently announced £27,000 fees for RUK (Rest of UK,
apart from Scotland) students. Students have come from Universities
all over Scotland, including Glasgow, Strathclyde, Caledonian,
A 'girl band' of environmental activists dressed as 'oily bankers' protested outside the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) sponsored Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference in Edinburgh yesterday morning (Tuesday 27 September 2011).
Saint Andrews activists could not get a minutes rest this week. With the plethra of freshers' activities we've been seen stumbling the streets, standing awkwardly at a Jose Gonzalez concert and finding new comrades and friends.
Scottish Coal look to be in trouble as their parent company, Scottish Resources Group, announced a 90% slump in their profits, which plunged from £28.4 million to just £2.6m in the year up until the 26th March.
At noon on Saturday September 24th, hundreds of people were on the move from City Chambers down the Royal Mile to Holyrood - marching, cycling and skating to call for a move beyond fossil fuels and unsustainable biomass