[NetBehaviour] Fw: brutal job and course cuts where I work -please sign the petition

Wed Apr 11 00:42:32 CEST 2018

Big thanks to both of you Marc and Rob! Much appreciated! Michael

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On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 11:21 pm, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:

#yiv4381303809 p.yiv4381303809MsoNormal, #yiv4381303809 p.yiv4381303809MsoNoSpacing{margin:0;}Signed.

Funny not funny how the people who are the most obsessed with an aesthetic of businesslike behaviour are the least able of identifying those courses that most add to their bottom line.
- Rob.
On Tue, 10 Apr 2018, at 3:14 PM, marc.garrett via NetBehaviour wrote:

Hi Michael, 

I have signed it but will add comments tomorrow when I've got more time - they are utter scum.

wishing you & those losing their jobs well.

marc

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On 10 April 2018 8:50 PM, Michael Szpakowski <m at michaelszpakowski.org> wrote:

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On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 8:27 pm, Michael Szpakowski <m at michaelszpakowski.org> wrote:

Thanks so much Gill!

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On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 7:42 pm, Gill Davies <gill.davies at gmail.com> wrote:

Signed, Michael.  Best of luck.

On 10 April 2018 at 19:38, Michael Szpakowski <m at michaelszpakowski.org> wrote:

And for those of you who have a connection with the course and with Writtle, please leave a comment...If you're an artist or writer &c any sort also please identify yourself... :)
I'm pasting below my sig the motion passed today nem con in our UCU branch meeting..
Please also tweet, FB, e mail...
thanks!
Michael
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tessmaths1 at gmail.com: Defend Education at Writtle university College! No to course cuts, no to redundancies!
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This branch feels a sense of déjà vu.

This branch notes that whilst members, otherteachers and support staff were conscientiously doing their usual best theentire senior management team failed.
Failed to see any problem coming, failed to open up any sort of discussionand failed to show any concern forstaff as evidenced by the inept and cold-blooded way in which a package ofcourse cuts and job losses was presented as a fait accompli, the day before theEaster holiday weekend.

This branch notes the Vice Chancellor’shighly insulting comment

 “We have not driven the businessto achieve excellence – our portfolio, in HE especially, is too broad for us tobe outstanding in all fields of study”

 (‘Strategic Change Agenda’ p3bullet point three)

This branch notes that the VC and presumably theSMT believes that Writtle University College is a ‘business’  (ibid.) rather than an educationalinstitution.

This branch notes the hugely successful campaignwaged by our colleagues in the pre 1992 universities to defend their pensionrights and also the recent no-confidence vote by Open University UCU members intheir vice chancellor when faced with a similar package of cuts, a similarrationale and similarly insulting language.

This branch believes in education.

This branch believes that the entire SLT atWrittle has failed, we have no confidence in it and therefore resolve to call upon all its members toresign forthwith and for the governors to replace it with a team which believesthat the 100 year plus educational legacy of Writtle deserves celebrating and defending,rather than yet another round of cuts.

This branchfurther resolves to call upon thegovernors to withdraw the cuts and closure proposal by the end of this week. Ifthe package is not withdrawn then a dispute will exist between the UCU and WUCand we will seek permission to ballot for industrial action.

This branch resolves to inform students of whatis happening, both directly and through the NUS and to seek their activesupport for a public campaign against the cuts package including, but notlimited to, social media and a Change.org petition.

In additionwe resolve to seek common ground infighting the cuts with our colleagues in other WUC unions and other UCUbranches.

Passed nem.con.

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