students Articles

Students are a vital part of the communities we represent. Government has a duty to remove the barriers they face when registering to vote, argues Rosie Duffield Like many other university cities, the Labour party’s remarkable 2017 success in Canterbury has been...

The art of opposition is to credibly oppose the government of the day while positioning yourself as a legitimate government-in-waiting. You need costed, credible policies to motivate activists and signpost the future direction of your government, but not so many as to...

In his autumn statement, albeit delivered in winter, George Osborne announced that loans of up to £10,000 would be made available by the Students Loans Company for postgraduate study. My reaction was mixed. I was pleased that funding was finally on offer to students...

Ed Miliband’s announcement committing a future Labour government to cutting university tuition fees by a third is a game changer in this election. Vice-chancellors will no doubt shout loudly about a funding shortfall. Yet they personally have been cocooned from the...