Finally, proof that space exists

The LSE must stop sexual misconduct, not stop women from speaking out https://t.co/V8OVLvEGfK via @goodlawproject

Good news this week, I received a big grant 🌈

Really shocking how accepted casualization is: many academics don’t realize universities like LSE write employment protections into research staff contracts & then fail - and refuse - to follow those contracts. My job contract is not less legally valid than anyone else’s.

Here is the full PDF of The Tenure Memo describing an attack on 'tenure' at the LSE

'Tenure' for all LSE academics is under threat. PLEASE LSE academics come to the extraordinary Academic Board meeting this Mon, 2 Dec at 9:30am. Share and help us 1) demand transparency, 2) demand the Staff+Student Veto be restored, and 3) demand 'tenure' at the LSE be saved

The Memo documents the rise and fall of LSE academics' power to halt redundancy. The last row of the table is quite sobering. LSE academics would be reasonable to demand that power be restored before any further changes to the Annex (11/12)

Now LSE wants to change the Annex again. Most of their exact proposals are being kept secret up to now. But, given their above pattern of secret attacks on tenure, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ANY PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ANNEX BE MADE PUBLIC (10/12)

This table summarizes of how and when these locks on 'tenure' were dismantled at the LSE, for everyone from Research Staff to full Professors. The @ucu is now one of the few remaining safeguards that plays a substantial role in employment protection at the School (9/12)

The third attack reported on 'tenure' at the LSE was that the Annex checks and balances were systematically ignored for years, despite being found in the employment contracts of impacted staff (8/12)

The Tenure Memo seems to indicate the handful of Academic Board representatives on Council at the time actually voted to dismantle this key tenure lock, without seeking permission from the Academic Board. Very surprising and saddening if true (7/12)

The second attack on 'tenure' was the secret removal in 2022 of statutory seats providing a Staff+Student Veto on Council, the LSE governing body. Council must approve all redundancies, so this removed a crucial tenure protection through an egregious procedural error (6/12)

The first attack on 'tenure' at LSE was the sneaky removal of government oversight over changes to our Articles of Association. This was said to be caused by the Higher Education Reform Act 2017. That's false—it seems the LSE actively removed it and nobody noticed (5/12)

The Annex only protects 'tenure' if it's hard to change. Three things used to assure that: Oversight, Veto power, and Contracts. All were recently undermined, with more changes planned. By undermining 'tenure', the LSE has massively undermined academic freedom here (4/12)

Tenure was abolished in the UK by Thatcher in 1988, but a watered-down version remains protected at the LSE and roughly a dozen other UK universities by a document called the Model Statute, or "Academic Annex" at the LSE. It prevents redundancy without good cause (3/12)

The 'Tenure Memo' describes how protections were removed by misleading the LSE Academic Board and the union, and in some cases failing to consult them. Now, ongoing revisions are apparently again being carried out in secret (2/12)

The worst attack on 'tenure' at the London School of Economics in years was just revealed by the @ucu @LSE_UCU branch. It is ongoing and impacts all LSE academics, from Research Staff to Full Professors. Please share widely, as we're in trouble here (1/12)

🎧The #LSEPhilosophy panel discussion at the #LSEFestival2024 with @birchlse, @DariaZakharova9, @beckbessinger, @ElliLeadbeater1, and @SoulPhysics on 'Invertebrate minds: from spiders to octopuses' is now available as a podcast! ▶️ https://t.co/clyMrc02W0

LSE staff, you can sign the petition supporting students' demand that LSE divest here:

A statement from your Sabbatical Officers regarding the Marshall Building encampment. Swipe to read the full statement.

BREAKİNG LSE students OCCUPY Marshall Building in solidarity with Palestine and set up an encampment