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Plan A for Birkbeck | Branch of the University and College Union #SaveBirkbeck
London, England
Joined February 2018
Quick digest of what's happening: ⭐️ reorganisation: https://t.co/wwEUHsWPpP ⭐️ management break-in in union office: https://t.co/dlpQ5vWXBo ⭐️ punitive deductions: https://t.co/fmRq0XHmXk ⭐️ legal challenge to deductions: https://t.co/4zjIpB4dOS ⭐️ news: https://t.co/PVEcpVQ24P
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Birkbeck has been offering successful short courses for a very long time:
timeshighereducation.com
Difficulties experienced during OfS short-course trial show universities will have to work far harder to attract students, say sector leaders
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Union members are now gathering at Montpelier Gardens in Cheltenham, ready for the national demonstration that will celebrate trade union history and protest against the government's draconian measures targeted at our right to strike. #ProtectTheRighttoStrike
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It's @UNESCO International Day of Education. But the Tory government has just banned international students from bringing family members with them to the UK. The hostile environment is tearing families apart. #EducationDay @SKrishnaratne @lshtmUCU
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Lifelong Learning was the original motive behind the founding of Birkbeck, and must form part of its future
theguardian.com
Letter: Prof Jonathan Michie says lifelong learning is vital for the economy and society – there will be no levelling up without it
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UCU - Tory minimum service levels consultation a 'spiteful attack on workers everywhere'
ucu.org.uk
Responding to the government's announcement that it will consult on minimum service level, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said: ''This is a spiteful attack on workers everywhere from a party that has...
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A proud Birkbeck alum
Higher education needs radical change, @johnmcdonnellMP absolutely nails it here. Watch & share. #ucuRISING
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Holiday pay ruling ‘entitles many UK workers to thousands in unfairly deducted wages’
theguardian.com
Unison says decision affects other types of employee payments and is ‘victory for underpaid workers’
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“Education must be free.” @JohnMcDonnellMP addressing our second Labour conference fringe, on the future of universities. #LabConf23
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The tyrants at @uniofbrighton are docking 100% of my pay and starving me for the next two months. I will have to work for free in Oct and Nov until my ‘debt’ is cleared for not marking a few essays. How does this make sense? The VC is a tyrant and must go @ucu @BrightonUCU
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Our members continue to speak out against the punitive deductions! End the strikes TODAY! @OfficialUoM make us a fair offer!
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After our EGM passed three motions mandating an opt out of the strike in return for significant refunds for MAB deductions, management has refused branch demands. Birkbeck UCU will therefore take part in the National strike days from 25-29 September.
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Birkbeck UCU EGM motion pledges support for Prof. Hakim Adi's campaign to fight closure of ground-breaking MRes in African History at @chiuni
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Absolutely no need for scare quotes in this headline.
‘Excessive’ workloads clearing marking backlog ‘unmanageable’ Union members say tight deadlines not achievable as boycott ends as universities push to allow students to graduate, writes Tom Williams @TWilliamsTHE
https://t.co/y6e6PRKbKr
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It is deeply hurtful to hear HR extend "thanks and appreciation to staff who have not, and will not, be participating in this industrial action". The MAB was part of lawful dispute undertaken by some of the most committed educators Birkbeck employs.
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As the MAB ends, members of Birkbeck UCU can be proud of their commitment, their acts of solidarity with one another, their determination to resist pressure from management. La luta continua.
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Thank you to Bernadine Evaristo for standing with us❤️ @UCEA1. It's time to let students graduate and #SettleTheDispute
#ucuRISING
So grateful to Bernardine Evaristo who used her honorary degree speech last week to make clear she stands with both staff and students in the dispute. You and us both. Thank you! ✊ #SettleTheDispute
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UCU - University of Chichester's axing of African history course an 'attack on Black academia' https://t.co/ri4czM4yLk This is a terrible move: Hakim Adi is an inspirational educator.
ucu.org.uk
UCU has slammed the University of Chichester's threat to cut a unique African history course and sack the UK's first African-British professor of history as an 'attack on Black academia'.
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This is what solidarity looks like
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Edinburgh students: 'Pay your workers!' https://t.co/3a7dKlyreW
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
Students were told to ‘keep it professional’ at the ceremony after calling on the University to pay its workers.
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