Youth & Students

By John Williams, Cardiff Central Socialist Party Thousands demonstrated against the Supreme Court ruling that disgracefully attacks trans rights. We haven’t seen a demo this big since Donald Trump’s first state visit. The sense of solidarity was overwhelming. From start to finish, anger was clear. The first speaker said, if you stand with trans women, you also stand with disabled ...

B y Jacob Lloyd Cardiff University UCU Neoliberal policies make university life harder for all, be it unmanageable staff workloads or increased student fees. These have been issues at Cardiff University, with controversies surrounding vain and costly capital projects, unsustainable international recruitment, exorbitant upper management salaries, and, most recently, the shock-and-awe announcement of hundreds of staff redundancies. The departments of ...

By Aris Prevost, Cardiff Socialist Students Since the news of 400 jobs cuts at Cardiff University, there has been a flourish of activity to fight back against the cuts. The University and College Union (UCU) held a rally outside of the Senedd (Welsh Government) building to show their members’ outrage on 4 February. Over 400 people were present. There was ...

By Aris Prevost (Cardiff University Socialist Students) Cardiff University has announced a massive slate of cuts, with up to 400 jobs at risk, along with entire courses facing closure. The School of Music, Nursing, Modern Languages, and the School of Religion and Theology are set to be completely cut. And other courses are being combined into new schools, a cover ...

By Dave Reid Workers and students have reacted with shock, although not so much surprise, at the disgraceful announcement of 400 job losses and the cutting of dozens of courses by Cardiff University. Many staff have been in tears as whole departments that have existed for decades are being closed and others merged: Ancient History, Modern Languages and Translation Programmes; ...

By Aris Prevost, Cardiff University Socialist Students The Welsh Labour government announced recently that it would be following the Labour government in Westminster by raising university tuition fees. From September 2025, Welsh students in Wales will be charged £9,535 a year, an increase of £285. Fees had already been raised by £250 this September. The changes bring the university sector ...

By Joe Fathallah (Socialist Party National Committee) Keir Starmer’s New Labour government has announced its plans to raise tuition fees for the first time in nearly ten years. And such is the depth of crisis in university finances, this will not be enough to solve the funding crisis in higher education. Uni bosses will still go ahead and attempt to ...

By Aris Prevost and Joe Fathallah Socialist Students was at freshers to meet and discuss with all those looking for an alternative to rising tuition fees, marketisation of higher education, slum housing, and universities investing in arms manufacturers responsible for death and destruction in the Middle East. Keir Starmer’s Labour government is threatening to raise the tuition fees cap to ...

Ele Jane, Cardiff East Socialist Party Between 3 and 4 June, 19 protesters were arrested in Cardiff and Swansea in a brutal escalation of police response to the Palestine movement. A video shows eight police officers surrounding a disabled activist, and forcing his head down, before escorting him away. An emergency demonstration was called in response outside Cardiff Bay police ...

By James Ivens Student fury against the Israeli state onslaught in Gaza is crying out from encampments at dozens of unis. Socialist Students and the Socialist Party members are there in support – camping in some occupations, organising solidarity actions for others, and discussing among students and workers how this movement can win. It’s not good enough that vice-chancellors – ...