The London FreeSchool collective has decided to organise another week-end of skillsharing on March 6-7.
This will be the fifth London FreeSchool event since september 2008. We had tons of workshops, hosted in many different social centres scattered around london and lots of very diverse people doing and attending workshops!

• Tuesday 15th December,
• 4.30pm Moorgate Building, (see map)

UPDATE: 'Oppose' have occupied the UAL rector; Nigel Carrington's office today for 6 hours, resulting in a meeting with the deputy rector for an hour to air their views. See their blog at the bottom of this article for latest updates.

Students from London College of Communication last night (09/11/09) occupied the Main Lecture Theatre over changes implemented by senior management. The group, 'Oppose', formed at the end of the academic year 08/09 in light of the 'efficiency programme' proposed by the recently employed head of college, Sandra Kemp. The programme presents 16 courses to be cut and approximately 180 staff to be made redundant.

The Tower Hamlets College Strike continues.

Teachers again affirmed support for continuing the indefinite strike action in a mass meeting Tuesday. About 150 people voted to stay out, with 13 abstentions and no votes against. At the meeting a number of people expressed their understandable concerns about surviving longer with no income and more people talked about how students were suffering, but many more people argued that the students know what we're doing and support us.

Non Commercial House, 165 Commercial Street, London, E1  -  close to the Shoreditch High Street / Gt Eastern St junction

Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street Station

Non Commercial House, 165 Commercial Street, London, E1  -  close to the Shoreditch High Street / Gt Eastern St junction

Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street Station

Non Commercial House, 165 Commercial Street, London, E1  -  close to the Shoreditch High Street / Gt Eastern St junction

Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street Station

Non Commercial House, 165 Commercial Street, London, E1  -  close to the Shoreditch High Street / Gt Eastern St junction

Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street Station

Non Commercial House, 165 Commercial Street, London, E1  -  close to the Shoreditch High Street / Gt Eastern St junction

Nearest Tube: Liverpool Street Station

165 commercial street, near the shoreditch high street / great eastern street junction.

nearest tube: liverpool street station

165 commercial street, near the shoreditch high street / great eastern street junction.

nearest tube: liverpool street station

Non Commercial House, 165 Commercial Street, London

The London FreeSchool began occupying 161 Commercial Street. There will be various workshops and discussions held there over this weekend on 'Squatting, Housing & Gentrification'. The event begins at 10am Friday 19th June so feel free to pop in anytime from then onwards. For more information see the website http://londonfreeschool.wordpress.com.

Our revised list of demands (unfortunately our computer had a trojan horse which meant we lost the document that we had worked hard on to word water tight so had to re-write it again late last night. We hope the school take it on face value based on the general gist and dont conitune to provaricate over the odd incorrectly worded statement.)

This morning the school responded by saying no to all of them except number

A well-written and well-researched piece giving us statistics on educational inequality in the UK.

See: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/06/432066.html

Lecture Theatre 106, First Floor, Roberts Building, UCL, Torrington Place (opposite Waterstones, Malet Street).

Dateline: Haringey, London, UK, Sat 30 May 09 – On a gloriously sunny Saturday in May, Haringey Independence Day 2009 provided discussions, workshops, stalls, films, socialising and refreshments for everyone who cares about their community, environment and workplace and wants to change them for the better. 

The Apple Tree pub, 45 Mount Pleasant, WC1 (Russell Square, Farringdon, Kings X or Angel tube)

The spirit of the Glasgow school occupation and the Visteon workers has spread and parents in a primary school in Lewisham have occupied the school roof in protest at its closure. Lewisham Bridge Primary School is a thriving community school, recently given a Grade II listing by English Heritage who have described it as having "special architectural and historic interest".

City based livery company Leathersellers wish to knock down the school and convert it into a Foundation School, something long objected to by many residents, but strongly supported by Lewisham Council.

Anger spilled over when parents began being forced to bus their children to another school over one and a half miles away whilst this historic building stands empty.

On November the 5th 2008 took place a global action day for education. Protests took place at least in
Liberia, Germany (Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Mannheim, Marburg), Croatia (Zagreb, Pula), Bangladesh
Canada (Toronto, Ottawa, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Mississauga, London, Guelph, Peterborourgh, Hamilton,
Scarborough, Kingston, Windsor), USA (Kentucky), Austria, Argentina, England (Gateshead, Manchester), Bulgaria, Serbia, Turkey (Istanbul, Izmir, Diyarbakir, Ankara), Egypt, Sierra Leone, (f.Y.R.o.) Macedonia, Netherlands, France, Ireland (Dublin, Galway).
though we did not have material from all those places the video is kind of small but tries to give at least a feeling of what happened at this day.

titles are in english in this version

for more information look at
http://www.emancipating-education-for-all.org

London College of Communication

Elephant and Castle (Northern and Bakerloo Line)

follow the subway signs to London College of Printing

The occupation of the London College for Communication has ended tonight, after the students reaseived a letter by the University, accepting most of the demands. During the day the students had dropped a banner from a tree in front of the main entrance opposite the shopping centre.

Come and celebrate Friday, Feb 25th, 2:15pm outside LCC.

Around 1000 students marched from the School of Oriental and African Studies to the Vice Chancellors organisation (Universities UK) and then onwards to the head of Universities UK at Kings College.

In the wake of recent successwul demands to Universities, UAL students have asked their University to meet similar demands. Following a positive meeting with Rob Imeson, dean of students, alongside two equality and diversity officers on 11th of Feburary, the response received on February 18th reads very ambiguous, vague and inconsistent. After an event on Monday, 23rd, speakers Organised by the UAL Palestine Solidarity Network and the UAL Stop the War Society including Tony Bann and Mark Howell, students of the College of Communication occupied the Podium lecture theatre until their demands have been met by the University.

London College of Communication

Elephant and Castle (Northern and Bakerloo Line)

follow the subway signs to London College of Printing

Friday 20th will be taking place at rampART Social Centre: http://www.rampart.co.nr

Saturday 21st, to be confirmed

Sunday 22nd will be at the Library House: http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com/

Friday 20th will be taking place at rampART Social Centre: http://www.rampart.co.nr

Saturday 21st, to be confirmed

Sunday 22nd will be at the Library House: http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com/

Friday 20th will be taking place at rampART Social Centre: http://www.rampart.co.nr

Saturday 21st, to be confirmed

Sunday 22nd will be at the Library House: http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com/

At yesterday's Student Union AGM, Kingston University students voted to "ban Military Forces from Promoting on Campus".

As part of a 2006 stock transfer, Swan Housing took control of The Exmouth Estate from LBTH, promising improved services to everyone.??

Shortly after residents began to witness the emergence of a two tier class system on The Exmouth Estate.? Residents who blindly approved of development decisions by Swan benefited from well maintained living conditions.?

However things were much tougher for those residents who questioned Swan's decisions, as decay due to lack of maintenance set in.