Sussex Students’ Union to boycott oil, gas, and mining recruitment
The University of Sussex Students’ Union has voted to boycott all oil, gas, and mining industry recruitment. In doing so, the union has joined the national Fossil Free Careers campaign…
Academics and the defence of their universities
Luke Martell An inspiring Convention for Higher Education in Brighton has made an important step forward, discussing what the public university should be, and investigating the implications of its marketisation.…
Sussex Uni ‘Pop-Up Union’ to fight outsourcing
Workers at the University of Sussex have formed a new union in a bid to halt the outsourcing of 235 campus jobs. The initiative comes from rank-and-file members of the…
The Sussex Occupation and the Privatisation of University Education
Luke Martell The Sussex Uni occupation against outsourcing is in its seventh week. It hosts a national demo against education privatisation today. You can quibble whether what’s happening at Sussex…