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The McGettigan Report
Today UCU Sussex publishes a report on University of Sussex’s finances commissioned from Andrew McGettigan, independent expert on university finances and author of The Great University Gamble. The report is non-technical, clear and concise. We recommend everyone with an interest in the future of the University, and more broadly of UK Higher Education, to read…
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Video: Our Campaign, Our Demands: We Are Crisis Justice at Sussex
The grassroots campaign Crisis Justice at Sussex (CJS), formed by the local branches of the three campus trade unions (UCU, Unite and Unison) has launched an official campaign video. This video summarises, introduces and distills our public campaign and our urgent demands. We are proud to launch this video and delighted that so many Sussex…
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A Response to the Vice-Chancellor
On 5th May the Vice Chancellor sent a long email to all staff which implicitly responds to the Crisis Justice at Sussex campaign. That campaign is itself a response to the programme of cuts outlined in the Financial Review Guidelines, which were circulated in their original form on 25th March and then published in revised…
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Campaign Launch: Crisis Justice at Sussex
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX TRADE UNIONS: UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE UNION (UCU) AND UNITE PRESS RELEASE Date: Thursday 30 April 2020 for immediate release Unions launch ‘Crisis Justice’ campaign against job cuts at University of Sussex The lowest paid and most vulnerable employees are most at risk of losing their jobs in a controversial review of staff…
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The Sussex Financial Review Guidelines: A Report to Members of Sussex UCU, Unison and Unite
The University Executive Group (UEG) issued the Sussex Financial Review Guidelines (FRGs) to Heads of School and Divisional Directors on 25th March, with an accompanying note from the VC stating that budget holders ‘must strictly adhere to‘ them (bold in original). There was no prior consultation on the guidelines with the campus Trade Unions. After…
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Joint campus union statement on University of Sussex Financial Review Guidelines
On Wednesday 25 March, a set of ‘Financial Review Guidelines’ were emailed to all Heads of School and other budget holders at the University of Sussex, and then shared to a number of staff. This communication caused a considerable amount of anxiety to those who received it, as it contained proposals to ‘terminate’ some temporary…
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Rethinking Online Teaching
A guest post by a group of Sussex UCU members who’ve been reflecting on the move to online teaching By taking our teaching online, we hope to act in solidarity with our students whose education and wellbeing we care so deeply about. But we do so both while our workloads and personal responsibilities escalate with…
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Responding to Covid-19 in Higher Education with leadership, compassion, courage and justice
Covid-19 presents the University of Sussex with unprecedented threats and challenges, and we must be guided by the principles of compassion, courage and justice. This is a fast-moving situation that is changing the way we live, work and care for those around us. The University of Sussex is at the centre of the lives of…
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Covid-19: Sussex UCU public letter 14 March 2020
On 14 March, Sussex UCU wrote to Sussex management setting out actions and assurances we felt needed to underpin the University’s response to COVID-19. You can read that letter here: http://bit.ly/SussexCOVID-19. On 16 March, the Sussex University Executive Group announced that it would suspend all teaching for that week and begin online teaching from Monday…
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