Being a student is wonderful in theory: you receive an education from the best professors in their field in whichever subject you’re most passionate about and take the skills you learn into the world of work. In reality, it’s an increasingly demanding sphere where students are required to work long hours on top of study just to make a living. That in mind, activists with the Better Than Zero campaign (see their work in the video below) write for Conter about an empowering series of courses starting tomorrow…

Earlier this year, students embarked on the longest ever occupation at the University of Edinburgh in solidarity with striking lecturers. This renewed student radicalism was replicated at universities and colleges all over the country. Keeping that spirit alive is The Rattlecap, a new student-led magazine which launched in the aftermath of that occupation. Iz Gius and Phoebe McGowan write on the motivations behind this project and why students should get involved…

Over the past week and a half, Scottish students have occupied (or continue to occupy) university premises in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Strathclyde, Dundee, Stirling and Aberdeen - all to show solidarity with striking staff in their pensions dispute. In this adapted piece, Rory Scothorne explores the history of Scottish student radicalism during the "1968" era and how it has left a lasting impression...