Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 - FAQs

Legal Briefing prepared by Bindmans LLP

A short introduction to the concept of the Border Industry and some of the companies profiting from the persecution of migrating people.

A short introduction to the various ways that migrant justice struggles intersect with climate justice and why we must fight for both!

A Just Transition is one which puts workers, unions, and organised labour at the heart of decision making. If you are worker at university and part of a union branch, or know someone who is, then you can use our template union branch motion to link up struggles on campus and solidify student-staff solidarity.

This report holds Scottish universities to account on their Fossil Free and Fossil Free Careers commitments. It follows COP26 in Glasgow, and explores what the climate talks meant for the universities of the host nation. Was climate justice being as clearly centred by these universities as the rhetoric we saw being pumped out of them suggested? Or in reality, was it all business as usual?

Feel free to print these flyers out and use them for your campaign. You can put them on the table on your outreach stall, or take a stack with you to your action and use them to engage folks passing by and tell them about the campaign.

Feel free to use these Fossil Free Careers logos in your designs, posters, flyers, social media posts and banners. Available in horizontal and square formats, and in multiple colour schemes.

For universities with separate colleges, you can pass this motion to show broad support for the Fossil Free Careers campaign across the University.

We’ve made this guide to take you through some steps to ensure your group continues next year and continues to build on the progress you’ve made, even if key organisers are leaving.

A list of the companies targeted for divestment due to their complicity in border violence. 

Read about People & Planet's Fossil Free Careers campaign. Find out why it's so vital that we start dismantling recruitment pipelines into the oil, gas, and mining industry. Learn about the power that students have to take action!

Universities claim their hands are tied by the Home Office. However, without contravening UKVI’s student sponsorship guidance, there are still a number of steps universities can take to create a more just and supportive learning environment for all.

A brief guide on why and how to hold your university accountable for their divestment commitment.

This guide by NUS, NUS Black Students and Defend the Right to Protest is intended to provide you with the information necessary for you to take control of your protest experience and prepare in a way that is right for you.

Learn how to make decisions through consensus and to ensure everyone has an opportunity to feed in.

A quick checklist for planning occupations.

Learn how to write great scripts with comic effect for your campaigns with activist-poet extraordinaire Danny Chivers  from BP or Not BP.

Useful hints and tips to help you prepare for a media interveiw.