The policies put forward by candidates in the full-time officer elections and the (limited) policy discussions at this year’s National Union of Students conference (28-29 March) reflect a growing layer of left-wing students campaigning in UK higher education. The background to a push back against marketisation in HE is popularity for socialist ideas among young people, the experiences of the pandemic, and long-term failures in higher education to provide basic support particularly for mental ill-health.
The policies put forward by candidates in the full-time officer elections and the (limited) policy discussions at this year’s National Union of Students conference (28-29 March) reflect a growing layer of left-wing students campaigning in UK higher education. The background to a push back against marketisation in HE is popularity for socialist ideas among young people, the experiences of the pandemic, and long-term failures in higher education to provide basic support particularly for mental ill-health.