Armageddon out of here…
Daniel Randall reports on the February meeting of the NUS Trustee Board.
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NCAFC calls for wave of direct action
From the website of the National Campaign Against Fees & Cuts
Following its first steering meeting The National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts is calling for a wave of action to defend education from March 1st.
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Westminster Uni students and workers fight cuts
From fightcutsatuow.blogspot.com
Over 150 staff and students placed a unanimous vote of no confidence in the vice-chancellor, and his management, at a rally addressing Westminster’s severe proposed job cuts.
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Chris Marks for NUS president
ENS supporter Chris Marks is standing for NUS president at this year’s NUS conference (in Newcastle, 12-15 April). His manifesto is below.
The Facebook group for his campaign is here. His manifesto is online here.
To support Chris, to help at the conference or in the run up or for more info email c.marks@hull.ac.uk
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Sussex Uni in occupation
From the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts.
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National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts launched
Over 150 students, lecturers and campus staff, representing anti-cuts campaigns from more than a dozen campuses around the country, attended the National Convention Against Fees and Cuts on Saturday 6th February in University College London. Read more
Leeds UCU vote for strike action
Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at the University of Leeds have today (Wednesday) voted overwhelmingly in favour of both strike action and action short of a strike. The turnout was 66%; the highest figure UCU has ever had in a ballot. The union said the unprecedented turnout was indicative of the strength of feeling among UCU members across the country over savage funding cuts and damaging job losses.
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Model amendments and ordinary motions for NUS conference 2010
Below are some model amendments and motions for NUS conference 2010 (13-15 April) drafted by ENS supporters. At the bottom is an alternative amendment on NUS democracy drafted by ENS supporters at Cambridge University.
Under NUS’s new, undemocratic constitution, text is produced as reports and motions by the various ‘Zone conferences’. Student unions can then amend this text or, if a subject is not covered, submit ‘ordinary motions’ on it. Each student union has 1400 words to use in total, distributed between the five zones - Further Education, Higher Education, Union Development, Welfare and Strong & Active Unions - at will.
For more information, including the reports/motions the amendments are amending, see resource.nusonline.co.uk/media/resource/NC2010_CD5_Zone_Reports_0.pdf
The deadline for submission is Friday 5 March 2010. If you’d like help, get in touch: education.not.for.sale@gmail.com
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