Category Archives: Statement

Ken Livinstone speaks again in support of the ongoing and multiplying university occupations against cuts and fees. He mentions the Slade occupation specifically. Link: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23902919-ken-livingstone-tax-the-super-rich-to-subsidise-fees.do

We congratulate the students for their exemplary initiative and encourage all academics in the UK and abroad and the trade union movement to stand by them in their demands and to ensure that no legal action is taken against them. … Continue reading →

To walk into the quad late this afternoon and see the façade of the familiar neo-classical building of the Slade School of Fine Art covered with banners, to walk round wonderful tubular cones that stopped the ‘human’ traffic of the … Continue reading →

Bob & Roberta Smith supports our occupation, and kindly gave us this statement: The Coalition Government does not appreciate what it has got in the British Art Education system. Getting rid of the block grant will demote Arts and Humanities … Continue reading →

We believe that the current proposed cuts to university funding threaten the existence of arts and humanities education in England and Wales. It is for this reason that we have made the decision to occupy the Slade School of Art … Continue reading →