Politics
NUS calls for walkouts over ‘under the radar’ reforms
Last year’s student protests appeared to have paid off last week when David Willetts, Universities Minister, in a dramatic policy reversal, withdrew from Parliament the Higher Education Bill.
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Hungary taken to court by EU
The European Commission has started legal proceedings against the Hungarian government over sweeping changes made to its constitution, which it claims violates EU law. Punishments may go as far as taking Hungary to the European Court of Justice, imposing fines and stripping the country of some of its voting rights.
Can executive pay be curbed?
The Coalition is attempting to deal with an enraging issue, but how successful have they been?
German students embroiled in university funding confusion
Two years after being introduced in most states, tuition fees are being scrapped so that they remain in just three of Germany’s sixteen states
York students occupy Vanbrugh
Students from the University of York occupied the grass area of Le Page Court, Vanbrugh, on 23rd November in opposition to the rise in tuition fees and cuts to the education funding
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Government forced into rethink after Welfare Reform Bill defeat
Monday evening saw the UK government suffering defeat at the hands of the House of Lords, as a £26,000 household benefit cap was quashed by 15 votes. The amendment passed excluded child benefit from the cap
Daunting electoral map awaits Romney
With such attention focused on who is the least unappealing Republican presidential candidate, it has been easy to forget that whoever wins faces an increasingly formidable challenger in incumbent Barack Obama
Gingrich’s hypocrisy no problem for GOP base
After a comprehensive victory in South Carolina’s Presidential primary, it appeared that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was yet again resurgent in the race to be crowned the Republican Party’s nominee. But a stumbling performance in last Thursday’s Florida debate has left his candidacy endangered yet again.
UK must remain together
The debate on Scottish independence has recently re-ignited, highlighting numerous burning issues that need to be addressed. While the SNP effectively began their campaign after last May’s landslide victory, the unionist parties have been slow to react until now.
