On the 24th of October the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts has called for a day of action of local marches in the lead up to the National Demo for Free Education and Living Grants for All on November the 4th. This day is intended to broaden our free education activism beyond the student sphere, in order to form the kind of robust alliances … Continue reading Housing and education for all
Universities minister sets out plans to widen participation and drive up teaching quality through a Teaching Excellence Framework. Link to speech is below… Speech https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/teaching-at-the-heart-of-the-system Continue reading Teaching Excellence Framework
Hi All, Read the following articles on big business moving away from annual performance reviews: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2015/08/17/why-big-business-is-falling-out-of-love-with-annual-performance-reviews/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/accenture-one-of-worlds-biggest-companies-to-scrap-annual-performance-reviews-10421296.html http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-push-against-performance-reviews So which companies are getting rid of annual performance reviews: Accenture Adobe Deloitte Gap Microsoft (got rid of performance reviews nearly 2 years ago) General Electric So why are Accenture getting rid of performance reviews: http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/the-brilliant-reason-why-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-companies-is-getting-rid-of-performance-reviews–bkB4iz0IXe “Accenture is getting rid of annual performance reviews – because the … Continue reading Why Big Business Is Falling Out Of Love With The Annual Performance Review
Andrew McGettigan is one of our quest speakers for the Beyond the Neoliberal University Event, here’s a biography from his website http://andrewmcgettigan.org/about/ I write and research as a freelancer on higher education. I teach at CityLit and Central Saint Martins as an hourly paid lecturer. Mainly various bits of mathematics from a philosophical or cultural history viewpoint, with an emphasis on geometry and ideas. I am the co-founded … Continue reading Andrew McGettigan
Dr Sarah Amsler is one of our confirmed speakers at our Beyond the Neoliberal University Event. Here’s a short biography I am a sociologist, critical theorist and Reader in Education in the School of Education at the University of Lincoln. I am also a member of the Social Science Centre, an autonomous higher education cooperative (UK). I live in Lincoln with my husband Mahmood Delkhasteh, who is a writer, social analyst … Continue reading Dr Sarah Amsler
Volume 2, No.1 l June 2015 Coventry University UCU Branch THE LATEST RESTRUCTURING What has happened so far? On May 20 2015, staff at Coventry University were informed by an email from the VC John Latham that a reorganisation was due to take place this summer. This was sprung on the membership of the University without any consultation, and indeed was sprung on the Heads … Continue reading June Newsletter
UCU at the University of Wolverhampton are seeking your help to stop the immediate compulsory redundancy of up to 19 Professors who are unfairly blamed for alleged poor results of their subject areas at the last research excellence exercise (REF). The results were very good across the University, and better than ever before, but the Vice Chancellor is nevertheless picking on 4 areas which have … Continue reading Wolverhampton University Redundancies
Has the idea of Higher Education as a social good been replaced by the idea of education for profit? What kind of University do we want? COVENTRY UNIVERSITY – FRIDAY 18th SEPTEMBER 2015 This event seeks to address these concerns by bringing together activists, academics and trade unionists who are engaged practically with the consequences of the way our universities are being changed. This event … Continue reading Beyond the Neoliberal University: Critical Pedagogy and Activism
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