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

2018-04-18 Thread Michael Szpakowski 
Hi this is running and running. Here's a video of yesterday's student protest 
and an interview with me about the 
cuts...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OZ2oPZQkFs

Please fave, post to FB &c...
We have a nice short link for the petition now:

http://www.bit.ly/NoCutsWUC


 and a QR link:https://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/39705721260/in/dateposted/
thanks to those who have signed ! 

If you haven't wherever you are in the world please sign, we're happy to shame 
them internationally!
warmest wishes to all
michael

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

2018-04-11 Thread Michael Szpakowski 
Thanks so much Alan! Anyone else if you haven't signed please consider doing so 
- every signature helps!best wishesmichael


  From: Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour 
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Of course signed and hopefully passed on! Thank you!
Obviously this is a mess and is going on all over the place -
Best, Alan

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 12:43 PM, Michael Szpakowski  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 please 
identify yourself... :)I'm attaching the motion passed today nem con in our UCU 
branch meeting..Please also tweet, FB, e mail...thanks!MichaelSign the Petition

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

2018-04-10 Thread Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour 
Of course signed and hopefully passed on! Thank you!
Obviously this is a mess and is going on all over the place -
Best, Alan

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 12:43 PM, Michael Szpakowski 
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
> please identify yourself... :)
> I'm attaching the motion passed today nem con in our UCU branch meeting..
> Please also tweet, FB, e mail...
> thanks!
> Michael
> Sign the Petition
> 
>
> Sign the Petition
> tessmat...@gmail.com: Defend Education at Writtle university College! No
> to course cuts, no to redundancies!
>
> 
>
>


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

2018-04-10 Thread Gill Davies via NetBehaviour 
Signed, Michael.  Best of luck.

On 10 April 2018 at 19:38, Michael Szpakowski 
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
> Sign the Petition
> 
>
> Sign the Petition
> tessmat...@gmail.com: Defend Education at Writtle university College! No
> to course cuts, no to redundancies!
>
> 
>
>
> This branch *feels* a sense of déjà vu.
>
> This branch *notes *that whilst members, other teachers and support staff
> were conscientiously doing their usual best the entire senior management
> team *failed*.
> *Failed* to see any problem coming, *failed* to open up any sort of
> discussion and *failed* to show any concern for staff as evidenced by the
> inept and cold-blooded way in which a package of course cuts and job losses
> was presented as a fait accompli, the day before the Easter holiday weekend.
>
> This branch *notes *the Vice Chancellor’s highly insulting comment
>
>  “*We have not driven the business to achieve excellence – our portfolio,
> in HE especially, is too broad for us to be outstanding in all fields of
> study*”
>
>  (‘Strategic Change Agenda’ p3 bullet point three)
>
> This branch *notes* that the VC and presumably the SMT believes that
> Writtle University College is a ‘business’  (ibid.) rather than an
> educational institution.
>
> This branch *notes *the hugely successful campaign waged by our
> colleagues in the pre 1992 universities to defend their pension rights and
> also the recent no-confidence vote by Open University UCU members in their
> vice chancellor when faced with a similar package of cuts, a similar
> rationale and similarly insulting language.
>
> This branch *believes* in education.
>
> This branch *believes *that the entire SLT at Writtle has *failed, *we
> have *no confidence* in it and therefore *resolve* to call upon all its
> members to resign forthwith and for the governors to replace it with a team
> which believes that the 100 year plus educational legacy of Writtle
> deserves celebrating and defending, rather than yet another round of cuts.
>
> This branch further *resolves* to call upon the governors to withdraw the
> cuts and closure proposal by the end of this week. If the package is not
> withdrawn then a dispute will exist between the UCU and WUC and we will
> seek permission to ballot for industrial action.
>
> This branch *resolves* to inform students of what is happening, both
> directly and through the NUS and to seek their active support for a public
> campaign against the cuts package including, but not limited to, social
> media and a Change.org petition.
>
> In addition we *resolve* to seek common ground in fighting the cuts with
> our colleagues in other WUC unions and other UCU branches.
>
> Passed nem. con.
>
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[NetBehaviour] brutal job and course cuts where I work -please sign the petition

2018-04-10 Thread Michael Szpakowski 


 
  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!MichaelSign 
the Petition

  
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Sign the Petition
 tessmat...@gmail.com: Defend Education at Writtle university College! No to 
course cuts, no to redundancies!  |   |

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This branchfeels a sense of déjà vu. This branchnotes 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 branchnotes that the VC 
and presumably theSMT believes that Writtle University College is a ‘business’  
(ibid.) rather than an educationalinstitution. This branchnotes 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 
branchbelieves in education. This branchbelieves 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 branchresolves 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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