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Requiem for the Public University | John Holmwood buff.ly/2pWu0Cg
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.@UEL_News Gargi Bhattacharyya and Corinne Squire are important writers, dedicated teachers and energetic union organisers at UEL. It's appalling that the management has targeted them--and others--for redundancy because of their UCU activities Please spread this news far & wide.
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Appalled to see Prof Gargi Bhattacharyya, one of the UK's leading scholars on race and capitalism, is being made redundant by @UEL_News.
UEL should urgently rethink this decision. Moves like this have to be resisted in the fight against the ongoing marketisation of HE #saveUEL
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Prof Gargi Bhattacharyya is one of the UK’s most eminent scholars of race and capitalism - & a brilliant teacher + union organiser.
She is being made redundant by @UEL_News in an apparent targeting of union organisers.
RT to say NO to redundancies and TU victimisation
#saveUEL
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‘Unis in at least 19 [US] states have reported outbreaks, despite health protocols on campus. Many outbreaks are tied to large group gatherings..., leading some schools to suspend students + orgs for breaking social distancing rules on + off campus’ edition.cnn.com/2020/08/24/h…
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“Edinburgh’s Napier University has agreed to halt compulsory redundancies after union members voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in response” ✊edinburghnews.scotsman.com/n…
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doi.org/10.1177/003802612094…
So very made up that this article (by @maike_poe & @mariekmoran & me) is out - it'll maybe/definitely interest critical #sociology of #education ppl, inc @ingram_nicola @SolGamsu @kirsty_morrin @AbrahamsJJ @Dr_Finn_ @UWankings @public_uni @soconsyllabus
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heartened to see this intiative uniting vocies against the marketisation of HE
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The @HEconvention is back with an online lobby with @EmmaHardyMP & contributions by @cdbuni @public_uni along with @ucu branches facing job cuts inc @ReadingUCU @UCUSOAS @ULivUCU2 5.30pm Tuesday21 July. Stop the assault on our universities! heconvention2.wordpress.com/…
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In the light of the government's "restructuring regime" for universities, the next Higher Education Convention meeting & online lobby is even more crucial - with @EmmaHardyMP & reps from @NUSScotland @cdbuni @public_uni 5.30pm Tuesday 21/7 heconvention2.wordpress.com/…
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Sign two letters to stop the exploitation of Tier 4 students as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown! DEADLINE TO SIGN // TUESDAY 14 JULY 2020 @ChaseFeminist @StudentChase @WelfareUSSU @TheBadgerSussex @lgsmigrants @MigrantVoiceUK @public_uni unisresistbordercontrols.org…
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Even though their instruction will be entirely online in 2020-21, Harvard Arts & Sciences will require testing of students in halls of residence every 3 days👇.
fas.harvard.edu/fas-decision…
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Is anyone aware of any @UniversitiesUK employer that will be testing all students with the 2-3 day frequency that this paper👇says is necessary for safe re-opening of campuses? Or who has explained why this isn't necessary? Please read thread.
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Covid-19 crisis could bankrupt a dozen UK universities, IFS warns ow.ly/Nnxm30qWsNZ | THE
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Hidden gem on impact of #Brexit in the IFS report in UK universities Covid19 bailout scenarios here ifs.org.uk/uploads/BN300-Wil…
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Will universities need a bailout to survive the COVID-19 crisis? - Institute For Fiscal Studies - IFS ifs.org.uk/publications/1491…
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Australia today, the rest of the world tomorrow, esp the US and the UK. It'd be good to have a look at the evidence and proper debate now before its spreads any further @BritishAcademy_ @AcadSocSciences @cdbuni @britsoci @PSABlog @craigjcalhoun @triandafyllidou @public_uni
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Crisis of democratic governance? #UoNOpenTalk 11 June @UoNSoE @public_uni @UoNUCU @UoNSociology @mcgrath_simon @NadiaWhittomeMP @LilianGreenwood @AlexNorrisNN @cllrsamwebster @CllrAndrewRule @SallyLongford @Angharad4Labour @CllrDaveTrimble @CllrDavidMellen @NottinghamPost
Adult Education Online
Thursday 11 June, 7pm
The crisis of democratic governance. What we can learn from managing the pandemic?
Led by Professor John Holmwood
#UoNOpenTalk #WeAreUoN
bit.ly/2Vx5Con
