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Sign Open Letter on Student Finance Issues
Sussex Students’ Union have published an open letter regarding the recent student finance issues that have affected members of our Sussex community. Sussex Exec voted to endorse and circulate the letter last week in support of USSU and our affected members. In early March, just under 900 students received ‘reminder letters’ from the University Finance…
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Sussex scraps BA Languages and Intercultural Studies without transparency or accountability
We must be under no illusion: the withdrawal of this BA will have a negative impact on the decolonization of the curriculum and the University of Sussex’s image as a “Global” university. The University of Sussex’s brand new BA Languages and Intercultural Studies (LIS) degree programme, which was to have received its first intake of…
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Sussex union and students press the University to halt redundancies at Chartwells
As the University of Sussex’s catering contractor Chartwells presses ahead with plans to make 70% of its staff redundant on 17 November despite the extension of the government furlough scheme, unions and students have written to the University outlining why it must step in to stop this. 23 October 2020 From: Sussex campus unions To:…
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The Free Black University Fund
“Education is at the heart of growth and transformation in our society. Today we stand at a critical juncture in our collective history – things cannot continue the same after this moment. It is imperative we focus on what the production of knowledge looks like after this point.” – Melz Owusu, The Free Black University…
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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…
Sussex UCU, Brighton, UK 