After two years of campaigning by various groups on campus, Portsmouth Student Union finally passed a ‘No Platform Policy’ in last night’s Student Council. The motion, which was proposed by Education and Democracy Sabbatical Officer Godfrey Atuahene Jnr, passed almost unanimously but the debate preceding the vote was heated. The motion can be read here.… [Read more…]
January 8, 2012
As worker’s struggle reignited, the student movement left the forefront of dissent in Britain. However, students didn’t simply go back to drinking and watching Countdown (or whatever other cliché you want to throw at students). Before I go into the last year of activism, I want to explain a bit of what Portsmouth… [Read more…]
January 5, 2012
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 43 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the… [Read more…]
January 4, 2012
I want to try to reflect on the last year in Portsmouth, but I do not aim to go through every event that happened. The last year has been great in Portsmouth and the level of struggle shown is something many have not witnessed locally in years. I think it would be best to start… [Read more…]
November 20, 2011
#FuckSCAF
November 19, 2011
Questions are being asked as to why the Waterhole bar rejected an application of a Love Music, Hate Sexism event in Portsmouth Student Union. The event, which was planned by the UPSU women’s association was to be held as an alternative to the Athletic Union’s Naked Calendar launch party to be held at Liquid, another… [Read more…]
November 14, 2011
In the last few minutes, an email has been sent to Faculty of Creative and Cultural industries students confirming that the Ceramics, Small Metals and Glass workshops are to be closed. The workshops which are used by many students and have been defended by students, staff and Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry, will be lost… [Read more…]
November 10, 2011
*Written for Pugwash News In the last week, the think-tank Demos has released a report highlighting something that anyone their eyes open could already see; there has been a worrying rise of the far-right across Europe. And is not just the traditional base of European fascism such as France and Italy that has seen this… [Read more…]
November 10, 2011
Over 30 University of Portsmouth student and myself have just returned to the island after traveling up to London to march against the privatisation of Higher Education and the increase of tuition fees. This is not much more than my thoughts spread on a webpage. Media The coverage has been interesting to say the least.… [Read more…]
November 2, 2011
Around 60 students and lecturers marched in Portsmouth on Wednesday of last week against course closures and 16 redundancies. They picketed the Eldon building, where the arts department is based, then marched to University House and occupied the lobby. Students are angry that the university wants to cut workshops including ceramics, small metals and glass.… [Read more…]
January 20, 2012
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