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  • 15 Feb 2012
    Christian students challenged to 'change the world'

    With student activism on the rise, the Student Christian Movement have reported another record turnout at their annual conference.

  • 31 Jan 2012
    Christian students to explore education cuts with faith and activism

    The Student Christian Movement are inviting students to join the debate about education cuts and tuition fees at their annual conference next month.

  • 1 Dec 2011
    Occupying Royal Holloway

    This evening I have had the privilege of speaking with students at Royal Holloway College in the University of London. They today began an occupation of their college, camping outside the Principal's office and calling on him to oppose the government's agenda for higher education.

  • 18 Oct 2011
    Critics of arms trade evicted from London Graduate Fair

    A group of people opposed to the arms trade have been removed by police from the London Graduate Fair after peacefully protesting against BAE and Raytheon.

  • 17 Aug 2011
    Warning over 'undue influence' as KPMG sponsors university places

    The Student Christian Movement have warned that an increase in private sponsorship of university places may lead to undue influence from corporations.

  • 17 Aug 2011
    Dole figures fuel fear over scramble for university places

    The news that unemployment figures have risen has triggered a warning about potential students who miss out on university places this week.

  • 16 Aug 2011
    Sex, violence and Bible top the agenda for Christian students

    Homophobia, nonviolent direct action, the politics of the Bible and the gap between rich and poor have been on the agenda at a gathering of Christian students.

  • 17 Jul 2011
    We must be God's partners to tackle hunger, says Tutu

    Speaking in Britain, Desmond Tutu has said that God calls us to be his partners in changing a "crazy" world of extreme inequality.

  • 23 Jun 2011
    The role of the university amplified

    Pursuing the topic of the role of the university in an age of economic constraint and multiple other social and political pressures, Dr Andrew Hass from the University of Stirling proposes a fourfold way of rethinking universities and their purpose beyond the restrictive, and ultimately self-defeating, parameters set by the economic and business paradigms.

  • 8 Jun 2011
    Britain's young people - sexualised, radicalised or patronised?

    Concerns about young people have made the news this week. There are fears of "sexualisation" and "radicalisation". Both words imply that young people cannot make choices themselves, but only passively accept what is imposed on them. And they distract attention from the policies of a government which is set to wreck the opportunities of countless young people.