Vol 2 No 4
Wessex Student Magazine – Vol 2 No 4 (1986)
1986
Regional student news and commentary across universities and polytechnics in the Wessex area. Coverage of student union activity…
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Vol 2 No 4
1986
Regional student news and commentary across universities and polytechnics in the Wessex area. Coverage of student union activity…
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Vol 2 No 4
March/April 1986
Benefit cuts; Fowler Review; student union autonomy; education cuts; anti-racism; NUS politics; Southampton Itchen election coverage
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Vol 3 No 2
Nov/Dec 1986
Youth Training Schemes; student loans; access to education; anti-apartheid protest; Stay Dry campaign; student housing; FE student rights
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Vol 3 No 1
Sept/Oct 1986
Student housing crisis; teacher training cuts; welfare reform; anti-loans campaign; Chilean student movement; anti-apartheid activism; student union organisation
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Vol 2 No 5
Summer 1986
Bournemouth and Poole Students’ Union; student union autonomy; AIDS awareness; sexual harassment; NUS elections; higher education cuts; WASF…
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Vol 5 No 1
Autumn 1988
Student union autonomy; Baker review; housing crisis; Section 28; sexual abuse; Paddy Ashdown; NUS membership; student rights
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Vol 4 No 2
February 1988
Education Reform Bill; Clause 28; housing rights; NUS reform; student mobility; anti-apartheid boycott; welfare advice
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Vol 4 No 3
Summer 1988
Nelson Mandela at 70; apartheid; student loans; discretionary awards; Section 28; NUS conference; schizophrenia; WASF Sports Day
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Vol 3 No 3
Jan/Feb 1987
Drugs education; student loans; safer sex; women’s movement; overseas students; LGBTQ+ campaigns; art education; student music
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Vol 3 No 4
March/April 1987
Student loans protest; AIDS awareness; Rape Crisis Line; Chile solidarity; student elections; education for liberation; music and cinema
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Vol 4 No 1
October 1987
Lesbian and Gay Pride; WASF introduction; Nicaragua solidarity; Education Bill; women in Wessex; student union rights; liberation campaigns
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Vol 3 No 5
Summer 1987
General Election 1987; higher education policy; whaling and environmental protest; student sport; co-operatives; summer jobs; local music
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Vol 5 No 2
March 1989
Grants Not Loans; student loans White Paper; Southampton Women’s Festival; international affairs; higher education reform; student demonstrations
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May 1989
Student loans; Poll Tax protests; NUS Spring Conference; AUT dispute; Lesbian and Gay campaign; performance art; local elections
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Vol 6 No 1
October 1989
Student loans; Poll Tax; Green politics; Lesbian and Gay liberation; voluntary membership; student unionism; live music and theatre
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Vol 2 No 1
October 1990
Conservative Party Conference demonstration; student loans; access to education; NUS President Stephen Twigg; Europe; student funding; music
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