RoehamptonStudentProtest

Student-led movement to protest Roehampton University’s plans to close mulitple courses and make 226 members or staff redundant🪧 9th of July at 10am!

[Roehampton UCU @RoehamptonUCU]

It’s vital you talk to your students about why we are taking action and why we are striking.

To help you with this, check out these great infographics by @wawisloyola

[Hannah Hamad @hannahtribuna]

Short on lecturers for some reason? @RoehamptonUCU #OneOfUsAllOfUs ✊🏽

[Roehampton UCU @RoehamptonUCU]

Wonder why they left out teaching staff numbers?

2019: approximately 530 academic staff
2022: less than 400

[Roehampton UCU @RoehamptonUCU]

This is exactly right ⬇️

How will staffing a university with huge numbers of hourly paid staff provide the best support for our students @RoehamptonUni?

@ProtestUoR @RoeSSAH @VRoehampton

[Lorena (she/her) @AnthroLorena]

So not only I find that my tutor and supervisor have been fired, that the course I had signed up for two years ago is apparently not relevant as they have decided to close it, no lecturers to give out lectures, but on top of that, I also have no money. Thank you @RoehamptonUni

[Lorena (she/her) @AnthroLorena]

This is not the course I have signed up for. #ucuRISING @RoehamptonUCU @ProtestUoR

[Roehampton UCU @RoehamptonUCU]

Yet another sad loss to our academic community.

@RoehamptonUni have pushed so many fabulous academics out in their purge of academic staff.

Over a quarter of the academics will have left over this summer

@ucu @UcuLeft @ucu_solidarity

[Jo Grady @DrJoGrady]

this isn’t just an attack on our members, it’s an attack on the arts and humanities, and the ability of working class people to access them!

the Tories are attacking education precisely because they understand the power of it. They are terrified of an educated working class.

[RoehamptonStudentProtest @ProtestUoR]

Roehampton gives an opportunity to students that otherwise would otherwise be unable to study at University. Now access to all these subjects will be cut off to the demographic of students that need it the most. #RoeStopTheCuts

[UCU @ucu]

This isn't just an attack on our members.

It is a bonfire of arts and humanities courses.

[RoehamptonStudentProtest @ProtestUoR]

@danbarker @markleecarter @lauren_taythe which, now that I’ve checked it, seems to only be accessible for current students as it is on the student portal, so much for transparency for incoming/ prospective students

[RoehamptonStudentProtest @ProtestUoR]

@danbarker @markleecarter @lauren_taythe this is the link, it’s buried in the updated FAQs
https://t.co/b5VxeStkYl

[RoehamptonStudentProtest @ProtestUoR]

I want the take away to be how devastating this is, do not believe the university when they say this will not change anything and know they are lying when they try to justify what they have done. @RoehamptonUCU @RoeSSAH @RoehamptonUni #RoeStopTheCuts

[RoehamptonStudentProtest @ProtestUoR]

Devastating news about the future of our university is now confirmed🧵

[RoehamptonStudentProtest @ProtestUoR]

@RoehamptonUni has failed its students and staff, as well as the entire sectors it is closing off @RoeSSAH

[Hailey Bachrach @hbachrach]

Appalling that @RoehamptonUni are moving forward with these brutal cuts, despite clear evidence that they are unnecessary and based on false premises. Solidarity to my colleagues whose hard work will continue to be used for marketing.

[RoehamptonStudentProtest @ProtestUoR]

this is why we fight, the impact these cuts will have will be detrimental for the access to arts and humanities for people from backgrounds that are usually deprived of these chances #RoeStopTheCuts @RoeSSAH @RoehamptonUCU