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UCU Sussex motion on Palestinian solidarity and academic freedom
Sussex UCU branch notes: 1. The message of collective compassion shared by UCU’s Black Members’ Standing Committee, which we open this motion by echoing from our branch: “BMSC abhors the violence that has claimed innocent Palestinian, Lebanese and Israeli lives in recent days. We extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends who have…
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UCU Sussex Executive Committee statement on the policing of free speech
Curtailing of Palestinian solidarity and academic freedom on campus UCU Sussex Executive Committee expresses our unequivocal solidarity with the people of Palestine. We express our sadness and devastation at the recent immense suffering and loss of life in Palestine and Israel and we unequivocally condemn the murder of civilians, no matter their religion or nationality.…
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Branch priorities with detailed evidence on USS ahead of the UUK conference
Updated: Aug 31, 2023 Image: copy of Figure 3 below, see section 3.2 for details and links to data and analysis. Ahead of the UUK’s annual conference at the University of Manchester, 6-7 September, we have summarised Sussex and IDS UCU priorities on USS, presented with evidence, which we hope to see reflected in the Sussex…
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Sussex and IDS UCU branch draft views on the UUK USS consultation
Updated: Aug 2, 2023 Sussex and Institute of Development Studies (IDS) UCU branch present four draft priorities for the USS consultation in Section 5 below. We are seeking feedback including at the All Campus USS Community Forum on Wednesday 9 August 1pm-2pm. Background nationally: In March 2023 UCU and UUK agreed a joint statement on USS…
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Outsourcing at Sussex set to continue despite initial promises
Background to insourcing consultation In November last year many of us received an email from University of Sussex Vice-Chancellor Sasha Roseneil titled ‘Creating a better campus – the future of campus services’. The email spoke of how ‘the original outsourcing of these services a decade ago caused considerable unhappiness within the University community’ [see the…
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UCU-USSU joint statement on Sussex summer graduation 2023
Following feedback from students, representatives from the Students’ Union and Sussex UCU have met several times this week to discuss plans for graduation. We have collectively listened to, and responded to student and UCU members’ concerns around any potential disruption to graduation ceremonies in the context of the ongoing marking and assessment boycott. UCU (with…
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Open letter to University of Brighton from Sussex Centre for Advanced International Theory
To Debra Humphris and the Senior Management and Governors of the University of Brighton, We write as the management committee of the Sussex Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) at the University of Sussex. We are shocked and saddened to learn of the mass redundancies recently announced at the University of Brighton. Humanities and social…
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Open letter to University of Brighton from Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research
To Debra Humphris and the Senior Management and Governors of the University of Brighton, We write as Co-Directors of the Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Sussex. We are shocked and saddened to learn of the mass redundancies recently announced at the University of Brighton. Humanities and social sciences research culture…
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Open letter to University of Brighton from Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence
To Debra Humphris and the Senior Management and Governors of the University of Brighton, We write as the steering committee of the Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence at the University of Sussex. We are deeply dismayed to learn of the mass redundancies recently announced at the University of Brighton. The arts and humanities…
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2023-24 Executive Committee Nominations
UCU Sussex’s new Executive Committee will be elected at the AGM (Friday 26th May 1pm). All members are eligible to stand for any post. Please consider getting involved. Job shares are definitely possible and new recruits to the Exec are most welcome. It is good for branch health to have a rotation of people taking…
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