Tag: solidarity
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Update from 2025 UCU Congress
By Tom Cowin, outgoing Sussex UCU Vice President and member of the Anti-Casualisation Committee We are writing to report back from the first-ever hybrid UCU Congress — the supreme policy-making body of our union, which determines national policy and strategic direction. This year’s Congress took place over the late May Bank Holiday weekend in Liverpool and…
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Sussex UCU Executive Committee statement supporting the Sussex Palestine solidarity encampments
On May 13, 2024, Sussex University students began an encampment protesting the university’s ties to Israel’s actions in Gaza. They demand a ceasefire, divestment from Israel, and resources to rebuild Gaza’s educational institutions. Sussex UCU supports these demands, urging the university to act and condemning all forms of discrimination.
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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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