National Union of Students (NUS) president Toni Pearce kicked-off the organisation’s annual conference yesterday by calling for a “new deal for the next generation.”
Ms Pearce opened proceedings by rallying members to look at today’s social and political issues through a different lens.
“We have a generation in crisis,” Ms Pearce said.
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
Almost half of universities face deficits, merger mania is taking hold, and massive fee hikes that will lock out working-class students are on the horizon, write RUBEN BRETT, PAUL WHITEHOUSE and DAN GRACE



