Tomorrow (17 March): Demonstrate outside Senate meeting and EGM!!!
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RALLY OUTSIDE SENATE
| Date: |
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
| Time: |
12:00 - 14:00 |
| Location: |
Meet Library Square |
SUSSEX UCU RALLY AGAINST CUTS
12pm : Meet in Library Square for a student rally
12.30pm : Join UCU rally outside Senate
After a record-breaking ballot for strike action Sussex UCU kicks off its fight back with a rally on Wednesday in the build up to a one-day strike on Thursday 18th March.
Turn up to support our lecturers!
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12pm : Meet in Library Square for a student rally
12.30pm : Join UCU rally outside Senate
After a record-breaking ballot for strike action Sussex UCU kicks off its fight back with a rally on Wednesday in the build up to a one-day strike on Thursday 18th March.
Turn up to support our lecturers!
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USSU EMERGENCY GENERAL MEETING
The union has received a written request for an EGM signed by over 150 students.
An Extraordinary General Meeting will therefore take place at 2pm on Wednesday 17th March in Mandela Hall, Falmer House.
The meeting will be open to all University of Sussex students to discuss and vote on the following motion:
“This union has no confidence in the Vice-Chancellors Executive Group.”
Emergency motions and amendments may be submitted in writing to the Chair at the start of the meeting.
This meeting needs 600 students to be quorate and to make a representative decision.
The motion itself is posted below.
Motion of No Confidence in the Vice Chancellors Executive Group (VCEG)
This Union notes:
The proposals by management to make 115 redundancies, close Unisex, privatise the crèche, dismantle the student advice services and cut the student union block grant.
University management’s unwillingness to consider the alternative proposals presented by the lecturers union (UCU) as well as various Schools.
The Equality Impact Assessments required by law were insufficient and contained no data
The creation of a fictitious hostage situation during the Sussex House occupation (03.03.10) in order to justify the use of riot police on campus
The suspension of 6 students on political grounds following the protest
With the largest turnout in a UCU ballot, the campus lecturers’ union voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action (76% in favour with an 80% turnout)
This Union believes:
If allowed to go through, the proposals will have hugely detrimental effects on education and student experience at Sussex
The injunction issued against all staff and students for the purposes of preventing peaceful protest is a human rights violation.
The six suspended students have been scapegoated for the actions of the wider student community, and more specifically, the Stop the Cuts campaign.
Cuts to USSU’s block grant will not allow the union to provide adequate services and representation for the student body
The VCEG have been the architects and administrators of the above actions, and should resign with immediate effect
This Union resolves:
That it has no confidence in the Vice Chancellor’s Executive Group at Sussex University
Proposer - Richa Kaul Padte
Seconder - Claire Laker-Mansfield
An Extraordinary General Meeting will therefore take place at 2pm on Wednesday 17th March in Mandela Hall, Falmer House.
The meeting will be open to all University of Sussex students to discuss and vote on the following motion:
“This union has no confidence in the Vice-Chancellors Executive Group.”
Emergency motions and amendments may be submitted in writing to the Chair at the start of the meeting.
This meeting needs 600 students to be quorate and to make a representative decision.
The motion itself is posted below.
Motion of No Confidence in the Vice Chancellors Executive Group (VCEG)
This Union notes:
The proposals by management to make 115 redundancies, close Unisex, privatise the crèche, dismantle the student advice services and cut the student union block grant.
University management’s unwillingness to consider the alternative proposals presented by the lecturers union (UCU) as well as various Schools.
The Equality Impact Assessments required by law were insufficient and contained no data
The creation of a fictitious hostage situation during the Sussex House occupation (03.03.10) in order to justify the use of riot police on campus
The suspension of 6 students on political grounds following the protest
With the largest turnout in a UCU ballot, the campus lecturers’ union voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action (76% in favour with an 80% turnout)
This Union believes:
If allowed to go through, the proposals will have hugely detrimental effects on education and student experience at Sussex
The injunction issued against all staff and students for the purposes of preventing peaceful protest is a human rights violation.
The six suspended students have been scapegoated for the actions of the wider student community, and more specifically, the Stop the Cuts campaign.
Cuts to USSU’s block grant will not allow the union to provide adequate services and representation for the student body
The VCEG have been the architects and administrators of the above actions, and should resign with immediate effect
This Union resolves:
That it has no confidence in the Vice Chancellor’s Executive Group at Sussex University
Proposer - Richa Kaul Padte
Seconder - Claire Laker-Mansfield
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