About the network

15 unions worldwide have now signed an international agreement on defending education and employment standards in the context of global marketisation. Together, these unions represent more than half a million tertiary education workers around the world.

The deepening global recession and the cutting back of public provision will only give greater encouragement to a burgeoning private sector, making the international agreement only more relevant and important.

We are now turning this community of over 500,000 academics into something tangible.

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Study Group seeking new venture in Canada

Canada’s University of Windsor is considering a joint venture proposal with Study Group International (SGI) that would see the company establish a for-profit college on campus for international students.

According to reports, if the deal is approved by the university’s senate in February, ISG’s international study centre would open its doors as early as [...]

Support Latvian union’s campaign against massive cuts

Our colleagues in LIZDA the union that represents higher eduation professionals in Latvia have drawn our attention to their campaign against massive budget cuts in education. As many of you may know, our colleagues in Latvia face a dramatic financial crises as the educational budget was cut by about [...]

Update on London Metropolitan University

Latest from London Met:

Thanks to those unions who wrote to London Metropolitan University’s Vice Chancellor as part of the campaign to save the university. London Metropolitan was hit by a massive clawback of funding after it was revealed that returns of student completion [...]

Save London Metropolitan University – Thanks for your support

Many thanks to those unions who sent messages of protest to the Vice Chancellor of London Metropolitan University and circulated our call to ‘greylist’ the university. The following update went out to all our members at the end of last week.

Support for London Met campaign as greylisting continues to bite:

The campaign to [...]

Support the greylisting of London Metropolitan University

Please find below a letter from UCU’s General Secretary Sally Hunt to all signatories of the international agreement and a request for your help.

Jonathan

Dear colleague

Support the “Greylisting” of London Metropolitan University

UCU has instituted the greylisting of London Metropolitan University in protest at plans to  cut 550 jobs.

This means that [...]

French academics call for mobilisation against market in knowledge

Posted by UCU on behalf of SNESUP, a French academic union which has signed the international agreement:

 

“We do not want a market in knowledge!” Call for a European mobilisation against the Lisbon strategy in higher education and [...]

Campaigns

Coming soon… get involved in campaigns supported by the signatory unions.