Liverpool Education Newswire Archive

25-03-2009 23:22

John Moores Students Protest Against Cuts

John Moores Vice Chancellor Michael Brown fled a group of 150 angry students and their supporters in his BMW (complete with JMU 1 numberplate) this afternoon. In doing so, he postponed a showdown over his plans to cut thirty-four courses from September. Read more >>

17-03-2009 17:39 | 3 comments

Demonstration against cuts at JMU

demo against cuts forced on staff and students a John Moores University Read more >>

12-02-2009 13:57

Search for the Alternative Valentines cards about Real Love

One hundred cards will be left around Central London this Valentine’s day. Each contains an alternative valentine’s letter, a handmade gift and a sweet. Hand delivered to gaps in walls, cash machine slots, shop shelves- they won’t be affected by the postal delays and you don’t have to be in a relationship to have one of these!
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10-01-2009 22:31 | 1 comment

fotos from thessaloniki 9/1/09

fotos from thessaloniki 9/1/09 Read more >>

30-12-2008 15:30 | 2 additions | 3 comments

Liverpool - 11th Jan Make Wars History tour

Make Wars History Tour Read more >>

24-11-2008 08:59 | 1 comment

2nd Working Class Bookfair Success

Nice article (3 columns - Top and centre of page) and photo in today's Northern Echo (24.11.08, page 26) about the 2nd Annual North East Working Class Bookfair. Read more >>

30-09-2008 11:38

Digital Freedom in Education and Youth :: October 19th :: Marbella Cafe

DFEY-NW (Digital Freedom in Education and Youth) is a group formed in response from a growing need in the Northwest of England for a Group to encourage and promote young people's involvement with the free software community by creating a social space to make it more comfortable for young people to get involved with GLUGs and FSUGs. Read more >>

12-09-2008 12:09 | 1 comment

Climate change book launch, Manchester, 17th September

17th September - Book launch of Only Planet Manchester at the Sand Bar on Grosvenor St, 8pm Read more >>

06-08-2008 20:13

Gay Teen Murdered in Liverpool: LGBT Youth Groups Demand Action

Gay Teen Murdered in Liverpool: LGBT Youth Groups Demand Action Read more >>

25-07-2008 18:58

It’s Chilling: Iraq Before Liberation

Often forgotten are the children whom the British Government also sought to "liberate" before rendering an estimated 4.5 million extra Iraqi children as orphans through "liberation" Read more >>

04-06-2008 13:25

Press Release: Palestine Lives 2008

ON SATURDAY JUNE 7TH FROM 1-4 PM , MANCHESTER’S ALBERT SQUARE WILL BE THE VENUE FOR A FESTIVE CELEBRATION OF PALESTINIAN CULTURE,ART, HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE Read more >>

23-04-2008 00:35 | 15 comments

Reclaim the Uni! Manchester students storm University building

Around 350 students on the 'Reclaim the Uni' demo occupied a new building in protest against cuts in contact hours and the business-led approach to higher education. Police attempted to obstruct the march before the occupation, but students broke their lines and side-skirted their blockades. A conference was held inside the building and a set of demands was issued to the University. Read more >>

26-02-2008 13:54 | 10 comments

JSA Rights

Here follows a brief analysis of statistics produced by DWP on sanctions imposed on JSA claimants. These confirm what most people already know- that if you appeal to the independent tribunal you will most probably win. And if everybody appeals the sanctions system will collapse. Read more >>

04-12-2007 10:23

Young People and the Media

Britain’s youth is often dismissed as delinquent, riding roughshod over local communities, vandalising and victimising to its heart’s content. But by providing the opportunity to make their voices heard in the local community, Halton Access to Media (HAM) and its reACT media course is empowering them to become confident, articulate and productive individuals. Read more >>

02-12-2007 21:30

School children are being fingerprinted without parental knowledge!

Many parents aren't even aware that their children have been fingerprinted at school. Some find out by chance, sometimes years later. If you're a parent, we strongly recommend you ask your children if it's happened to them. You may be shocked by what you discover. Read more >>

02-12-2007 15:11 | 3 comments

North West Vegan Festival - all welcome

Sat 26th January 2008 10am-6pm, Sachas Hotel, Tib St, just off Piccadilly Gardens. A free event with loads of free info and food samples available, aimed at everyone who is exploring the vegan lifestyle as a positive way to reduce their environmental impact. Read more >>

26-10-2007 21:15

New York Communities Together to Fight Gentrification

Zapatismo in Spanish Harlem
The Movement for Justice in El Barrio, Inspired by the Zapatista Other Campaign, Brings New York Communities Together to Fight Gentrification

By R.J. Maccani
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

http://www.narconews.com/Issue47/article2859.html Read more >>

15-10-2007 20:33 | 1 comment

student protest forces vice-chancellor concessions

Manchester University student union staged a protest under the slogan "education not profits" today. 100 students followed the call and converged on the university's 3rd foundation ceremony headlined by VC Alan Gilbert. After scuffles with security guards, some 25 students broke into the conference centre forcing Gilbert to agree to a public debate. Read more >>

13-10-2007 14:14

Anarchism and Feminisms

The next in the monthly series of anarchist educationals in Next to Nowhere will be this Thursday October 18th at 7.30. We will be focusing on anarchism and feminisms - discussion anarcha feminism, radical feminism, autonomist feminist and possibly other varieties and their relationship to anarchist thought and struggle. Read more >>

05-10-2007 00:17 | 1 comment

Liverpool Anarchist Educational is Class!

`We've been conditioned to think that education must be expensive, that it is too complex for ordinary people and must be left to experts, and that it is so vital it is best organised by large and powerful institutions, like the local education authority or the state. Like most things we are taught to believe, this is a lie.' - The Nihilst Read more >>