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Requiem for the Public University | John Holmwood buff.ly/2pWu0Cg

.@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.

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

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

‘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/hea…

“Edinburgh’s Napier University has agreed to halt compulsory redundancies after union members voted overwhelmingly to take strike action in response” ✊edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/ed…

doi.org/10.1177/003802… 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

heartened to see this intiative uniting vocies against the marketisation of HE

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/2020/07/16/sta…

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/2020/07/16/sta…

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.uk/2020/07/07/sig…

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-2…

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.

Covid-19 crisis could bankrupt a dozen UK universities, IFS warns ow.ly/Nnxm30qWsNZ | THE

Hidden gem on impact of #Brexit in the IFS report in UK universities Covid19 bailout scenarios here ifs.org.uk/uploads/BN300-…

Will universities need a bailout to survive the COVID-19 crisis? - Institute For Fiscal Studies - IFS ifs.org.uk/publications/1…

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

Crisis of democratic governance? #UoNOpenTalk 11 June @UoNSoE @public_uni @UoNUCU @UoNSociology @mcgrath_simon @NadiaWhittomeMP @LilianGreenwood @AlexNorrisNN @cllrsamwebster @CllrAndrewRule @SallyLongford @Angharad4Labour @CllrDaveTrimble @CllrDavidMellen @NottinghamPost