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Category: De Montfort University

October 9, 2020October 9, 2020mbarker2012

Covid-19 in Leicester and the Immediate Need for Full Online Teaching in Colleges and Universities

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020mbarker2012

Education Unions Strike Together in Leicester

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020mbarker2012

The University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor Who Loves Steve Jobs and Hates Workers

February 11, 2019March 30, 2019mbarker2012

Let the Investigation of Dominic Shellard Commence!

February 3, 2018February 3, 2018mbarker2012

Leicester Demands an End to the Tories NHS Crisis as Part of National Day of Protest

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018mbarker2012

Leicester’s Labour Council Must Stop “Diligently, Though Reluctantly” Carrying Out Tory Cuts

March 18, 2017March 18, 2017mbarker2012

How NHS England Are Proposing to Destroy Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland’s Health Services

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017mbarker2012

Growing Resistance in Austerity Leicester

January 16, 2017January 16, 2017mbarker2012

Congratulating De Montfort University for Highlighting Poverty

August 14, 2016August 15, 2016mbarker2012

The Politics of Austerity in Leicester and Dublin

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