Monthly Archives: April 2012

University of Birmingham Defend Education would like to express its solidarity to the staff at the University of Salford, who have been informed that a further 218 jobs are set to be cut in an attempt to save £7 million. … Continue reading →

By Simon Furse originally published here OK I’m mid exams so this is going to be brief but I thought I’d report back on what happened at NUS conference. I’m going to be focusing on things that are controversial or represent a … Continue reading →

A full 70 days after the February the 15th Protest Against the Ban on Protests, the university has initiated disciplinary investigations into an unknown number of students in attendance at the demonstration. They have informed them that they “might have … Continue reading →

University of Birmingham Defend Education stand in solidarity with Tomas, the expelled UC Davis student protester, and all those who support him against the draconian measures imposed by UC Davis (University of California) in order to silence dissent. The UC … Continue reading →

The following is a statement on behalf of University of Birmingham Defend Education in response to the recent Trustee Board decision to secretly take a Vote of No Confidence in VPE Edd Bauer: Defend Education considers this move to be … Continue reading →

by Ben Aylott In December the University of Birmingham decided it would be a good idea to take out a high court injunction banning “occupational” protests on its campus by “persons unknown” (broadly speaking…it was vague enough to include almost … Continue reading →