Tag: events
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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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The future of campus services – a joint statement from University of Sussex trade unions
Updated: Jun 1, 2023 This statement is in response to the Vice-Chancellor’s announcement that the current campus contracts for catering and facilities management will expire in August and December 2023, and sets out the position of Unison, Unite and UCU – the three trade unions representing staff on the University of Sussex campus. We welcome this…
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The future of campus services – a joint statement from University of Sussex trade unions
Updated: Jun 1, 2023 This statement is in response to the Vice-Chancellor’s announcement that the current campus contracts for catering and facilities management will expire in August and December 2023, and sets out the position of Unison, Unite and UCU – the three trade unions representing staff on the University of Sussex campus. We welcome this…
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Police on campus. Re-statement of solidarity from UCU Exec and Reps
31 March 2021 Sussex UCU Executive and Representatives share the general concerns voiced by the University of Sussex Students’ Union over the large police and security presence on campus, and the specific concerns brought to light by a recent video in which a Sussex student is seen to be manhandled and forcefully arrested by a…
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Solidarity with staff and students of Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
As Sussex UCU we stand in solidarity with staff and students of Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, to defend academic freedoms. At its Emergency General Meeting on 14 January, Sussex UCU (University and College Union) Branch passed a motion supporting colleagues and students in Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. The university’s long-standing tradition of the democratic selection…
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