Bristol Marxist Society
- Universities in Crisis - A revolutionary way forward Upstairs at Brewhouse & Kitchen, BS6 6JY Thursday 05-02-2026 - 18:30 until Thursday 05-02-2026 - 23:00
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Universities in Crisis - A revolutionary way forward
Join us on Thursday 5th Feb, 18:30 at Brewhouse & Kitchen, BS6 6JY, to discuss the crisis we're facing in universities across the country today - and to hear the revolutionary way forward!
Universities stand at a crossroads. Course closures and job cuts are the order of the day. This is the endpoint of the process of marketisation, compounded by the crisis of capitalism. For free, high-quality higher education, we say: kick out capitalism! The university sector was once the crown jewel of British capitalism. Free and accessible to all, higher education was emblematic of social mobility in the post-war period.
But today, course closures, ‘restructuring’, and redundancies. Overworked staff, overpriced accommodation, and paltry student services. The state of higher education in Britain is not just bleak: it is fundamentally broken. Students and workers should certainly be in charge of universities; and all the private companies that leech off the education system must be in-housed – from cleaning services to private student accommodation. But even these measures alone wouldn’t get to the root of the problem.
At bottom, there is a funding crisis in higher education. And this crisis – like that in schools, social housing, and the NHS – is caused by the capitalist system. The money exists for a fully-funded, free education service. Student bursaries, decent maintenance grants, funding for staff, and government grants for research on problems that plague humanity. All of this is possible. And not only is it possible: for communists, for the working class, and for the future of humanity as a whole, it is greatly desirable.
That is why, to fix higher education, we must expropriate the capitalist parasites – the big banks, the construction companies, energy and infrastructure monopolies. With the top 100 companies nationalised and democratically run as part of a planned economy, it would be the working class that has the final say on where to invest the vast wealth at our fingertips. This is the only way to return to quality, free, lifelong education for all.
Venue/Timing
Venue : Upstairs at Brewhouse & Kitchen, BS6 6JY
Type: Free, Refreshers, Social, Society Events, Talks and Lectures
Start Date: Thursday 05-02-2026 - 18:30
End date: Thursday 05-02-2026 - 23:00
Capacity: 50
Contact Details
Ashley Cogdon
ashley.r.cogdon@gmail.com
07399982348
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