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Glasgow University Student Tenant Union exists to combat exploitative landlordism and defend student tenant rights

[GUSTU @GUSTUnion]

CN: sexual assault, harassment.

SHOCKING PATTERNS OF HALLS MANAGEMENT MISCONDUCT, SHARE YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE

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This post contains details of this morning’s Glasgow Guardian story.

People who come to UofG halls as students are so often belittled and infantilised.

[Green Anti-Capitalist Front Glasgow @GlasGAF]

Mass action tonight for the world leaders' dinner https://t.co/Y4XpAKLBUm

[Glasgow Against Arms and Fossil @gaafmovement]

We’re having an open meeting tomorrow!

5pm in the Wee G room at the back of the Gilchrist Cafe (pictured) which is dead ahead as you walk in the main gates.

All welcome!

[SCALP Scottish Community & Activist Legal Project @activists_legal]

Interacting with the police in Scotland
❌No comment: most of the time you don’t need to give personal details or answer police questions
🔵Light blue bibbed police liaison officers *may* come across as friendly and ask questions. They aim to gather intelligence - say no comment

[GUSTU @GUSTUnion]

Your basic right to a well maintained home is written into Scottish law. It falls upon landlords to uphold reasonable living standards. When they don’t, it’s our responsibility to help you fight for your rights! This is how to get your reluctant landlord to carry out repairs. ✊

[Goldsmiths Rent Strike @goldrentstrike]

We are supporting @rentstrikeqmul in their eviction resistance efforts. Evictions are always violence, and immoral, but especially for minor offenses during a pandemic!

if you’re in London, reach out to @rentstrikeqmul on the gram to find out how can help resist evictions!

[Rent Strike Cambridge @RentStrikeCam]

✊SOLIDARITY WITH QMUL STUDENTS✊

@QMUL are evicting their students for taking part in a protest. Shouldn’t you be caring for students during the pandemic, not making them homeless? #StopEvictingStudentsQMUL @rentstrikenow @qmulrentstrike

[GUSTU @GUSTUnion]

Please sign this letter to defend students' right to protest unfair treatment, and show the university leadership that making students homeless in the middle of a pandemic is unacceptable: https://t.co/3CtMtu94yD "

[GUSTU @GUSTUnion]

Students organising a rent strike at Queen Mary's University London are being threatened with eviction. Since September, 20 students have been evicted, leaving many of them homeless.

Fuck landlords and fuck neoliberal marketised Higher Education

[Greater Pollok Services @PollokServices]

Interested in finding out more from the @COP26_Coalition Glasgow Local group?

Join us at 5pm tonight (31/03/21) on Zoom for the latest updates.

DM us for the link!
#COP26 #GlasgowCOP26 #virtualevents #ClimateActionNow

[Gordon 🇵🇸 / rent controls fan account @istreasatuatha]

rent

[Still Game For The Valley @vallyatmaryhill]

Bombshell! Very pleased to announced that in reply to our FOI @GlasgowCC informed us that there is no preferred bidder for our land in The Valley. We meet with them next week to learn where we stand with this development. Watch this space!
https://t.co/ZY3n6lGhOr

[Living Rent @Living_Rent]

We won again. https://t.co/5BiagjbdQp

[Still Game For The Valley @vallyatmaryhill]

Collina St in @vallyatmaryhill is No 1 on a list we don’t want to be on. This is no first prize. These are the proposals for use of @GlasgowCC owned land. Mostly for ‘owner occupiers’. Social housing does not appear in any plan! Social engineering.
https://t.co/SwBisS6ZNE

[GUSTU @GUSTUnion]

This is not an isolated incident. Students in halls are systematically mistreated, belittled, and dismissed. If this has happened to you, let us know https://t.co/YRO2uB3tmD

[GUSTU @GUSTUnion]

Today’s @GlasgowGuardian article today details the experiences of the ‘Murano 12’ in their own words

https://t.co/TJCmlk4OYd

Our testimonial webpage is still collecting submissions so we can build a case for better welfare at halls: https://t.co/YRO2uB3tmD

[SCALP Scottish Community & Activist Legal Project @activists_legal]

What happens when police think you have broken the law in Scotland? Find out more, p18 of our guide - https://t.co/1jrxkGNg7f

This includes specifics about young people and people without British Citizenship

ID: a lino print of handcuffs and the words "Arrest, Scottish Law"

[Gold Fees Strike // #ReinstateDesAndGholam @GoldFeesStrike]

We, students of Goldsmiths, are calling a tuition fee strike!
We are tired of a university senior management that has let down both staff and students rather than keeping us safe and secure during the pandemic. We are taking matters into our own hands! #GoldFeesStrike

[SCALP Scottish Community & Activist Legal Project @activists_legal]

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A painting of a protest with a person wearing a legal observer high vis in the foreground. The protesters have banners that spell out 'Know Your Rights'

[GUSTU @GUSTUnion]

They also say 'staff have undertaken checks on security and safety in all residences and found no issues of note.'

This ignores the Uni's own acknowledgment that Murano front doors are insecure. The uni is refusing to fix the locks. Profits are worth more than student safety.

[GUSTU @GUSTUnion]

UofG's response to this article contains more lies and victim blaming, claiming 'no reasonable explanation was offered' for property damage. A meeting to explain the damage was followed by an email the next day which stated 'your actions did not directly cause damage to the flat'

[The Glasgow Guardian @GlasgowGuardian]

This article has now been updated to include comment from the University and the SRC.

[GUSTU @GUSTUnion]

This response shows the University doubling down on their mistakes, proceeding to gaslight the flat - denying their testimony while making no attempts to apologise for their conduct.

This stinks of arrogant managerial staff more interested in image than student welfare.