We’ve received a short report from a ‘meet the candidates’ meeting held at the University of Northampton on 23 April. Ten candidates vying for the seats in Northampton North and South attended, including those representing the three major parties, the Green Party, UKIP, Save Our Public Services and two independents. The candidates were asked to [...]

A full rundown of the Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and Green party manifestos as they spell out policies on adult, further and higher education, plus trade union issues. The party manifestos – FE Adult and HE (.pdf) The party manifestos – FE Adult and HE (.doc)

The NUS has now published the names of 1,000+ parliamentary candidates who have signed their pledge. This includes, so far, 200 Labour, 400 Liberal Democrat, 13 Conservative, 200 Green, and 200 UKIP candidates. The pledge reads: ‘I pledge to vote against any increase in fees in the next parliament and to pressure the government to [...]

We’ve put together a short compilation of the People’s Panel videos which shows what they were all about. Our panel of voters quizzed candidates about different aspects of education – this ranged from primary education to higher education and spanned everything from community learning and vocational courses to post graduate research and science funding. You [...]

UPDATE: you can read one report from the event on the Hackney Citizen blog. Wed 21 April 6.00pm Hackney Community College Lecture Theatre Falkirk Street, Hackney N1 6HQ UCU and Hackney Community College invite you to come along, ask questions and debate the future of education. Representatives from political parties will be at the college to answer your [...]

Watch the video from our Leeds North West event, where our People’s Panel met Greg Mulholland, the Lib Dem sitting MP at the time of the event, Judith Blake (Labour), Julia Mulligan (Conservative) and a representative of the Green Party, Lesley Jeffries.

See what happened when our People’s Panel quizzed candidates for Brighton Pavilion: Labour candidate Nancy Platts, Green candidate (and MEP) Caroline Lucas, Tory candidate Charlotte Vere and  Mark Collins, a representative from the Lib Dems (their candidate could not attend on the day).

Advance notice for Cardiff voters - Cardiff University Students Union is hosting a cross-party hustings on the subject of further & higher education on the 20th of April at 7:30pm in the Julian Hodge Lecture Theatre, Cardiff University Business School, Colum Drive, Cardiff.

If you’re in Bristol West, see what your candidates - Stephen Williams (Labour), Nick Yarker (Conservative), Paul Smith (Labour) and Ricky Knight (Green) – said at their recent People’s Panel event:

See what happened when our People’s Panel quizzed candidates for Nottingham South: Lilian Greenwood (Labour), Rowena Holland (Conservative), Tony Sutton (Lib Dems), Matthew Butcher (Green) and Ken Browne (UKIP).