Pandemic Precariat

We ask you to support the Pandemic Precariat Campaign to put people before profit at the University of Edinburgh.

[Pandemic Precariat @PanPrecariat]

We are petitioning to oppose cuts at @EdinburghUni, to protect precarious workers & students, & for practical, humane & democratic planning during Covid-19. Any financial sacrifices must come from the top to ensure job security & diminish pay inequalities https://t.co/1gI6tgSlwX

[UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh]

🚨Event🚨

As part of the 'PGR as Staff" campaign, UCU is launching the PGR manifesto, which has been developed with PGRs as a campaign tool and stepping-stone to securing employee status.

https://t.co/zLw5wND4dB

[Scottish PSC @scottishpsc]

Solidarity with Jerusalem tomorrow (10/5/21) 6pm outside Scottish Parliament #saveSheikhJarrah #ApartheidIsrael

[UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh]

📅Migrant staff discussion, TOMORROW 1-2PM📅
We will share insights into the material & psychological experiences & needs of migrant staff & brainstorm ideas for campaigns demanding greater institutional accountability & commitment to improving our working conditions.

[Rent Justice Edinburgh @rentjusticeedi]

@EdinburghUni is SCARED 🐓🐓Read this article written by @sssn_edi to hear how the uni would rather threaten @rentjusticeedi strikers with legal action than sit down at a table and discuss it with us. Solidarity with our strikers 🥰✊
Text here: https://t.co/28WdkAQE2I

[sözün bittiği yerdeyiz. @demodernise]

This is not ok. Ever. We need to stop TaLkInG about how bad the situation is and start DOING something. #precariousPhD @PanPrecariat @PandemicPGRs

[UnisResistBorders #WearAMask #BordersKillKnowledge @UnisNotBorders]

@UnisNotBorders member & chair of @pauseorpayuk @nonpartisanrat interviewed in @guardian about the many international students taking part in tuition fee strikes all over the UK. Great to see int' students fighting back against their exploitation: https://t.co/vxLFdObdkM 1/1

[UnisResistBorders #WearAMask #BordersKillKnowledge @UnisNotBorders]

Labour MP Emma Hardy resigned earlier this week as shadow minister for universities. @UnisNotBorders can't tag her because she blocked us (not a fan of #EmmaHardlyWorking).

Here is a timeline of her incompetence: https://t.co/q7hUdbqShT

@MattWestern_ hope you're better!

[Pandemic Precariat @PanPrecariat]

@KevinStewartSNP @Living_Rent @scotgov Why not just extend it indefinitely?

[UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh]

"The rich get richer, the poor get poorer:
Austerity in the corporate university as the new ‘normal’'"

Really interesting contextualization of some of the decisions being made and consideration of how we might work together to resist.

Have a read📰👇

[UnisResistBorders #WearAMask #BordersKillKnowledge @UnisNotBorders]

Our #TuitionFeeAmnestyNOW letter, endorsed by 500+ lecturers, students, @ucu & SU reps was sent in Aug 2020.

Over 6 months on, we have yet to hear from @EmmaHardyMP!

@UnisNotBorders are working hard to help international students, what about you?

#EmmaHardlyWorking

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[SOASWTFEES @soaswtfees]

FEE STRIKE UPDATE! The walkthrough tutorial video will be uploaded shortly to all our social media platforms. Here is the link to the meeting tomorrow to ask any questions you may have: https://t.co/09LkPLykqa
Meeting ID: 891 4146 2069
We are all in this together! #soaswtfees

[Pandemic Precariat @PanPrecariat]

#freezerents @Living_Rent

[UnisResistBorders #WearAMask #BordersKillKnowledge @UnisNotBorders]

Good reportage by @Anja_Popp @Channel4News. Stories like that of 3rd year international medical student, Sola Abigail who is being sent threatening email by @UniofNottingham for being unable to pay her £43K tuition fees are all too common. 1/1

https://t.co/URmQstxXES

[Pandemic Precariat @PanPrecariat]

Ensure the wellbeing and safety of students, especially precarious, vulnerable, and international students

[UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh]

What do VCs do? Wrong answers only

[UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh]

*Someone* has been failing students throughout the pandemic, but it hasn't been their teachers.

[UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh]

We're just saying *teaching staff* didn't tell students to move across countries during a pandemic to then lock then in accommodation with inadequate mental health support and food packages so bad they made the news.

[UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh]

Just in case you're one of the workers at the university who *doesn't* make £342,000 to make disparaging comments about the work of others.

[UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh]

yes

[UnisResistBorders #WearAMask #BordersKillKnowledge @UnisNotBorders]

Ultimately @UnisNotBorders needs to see @ucu, @rentstrikenow, @PandemicPGRs, @Liberatetheuni & all other supportive groups work with us on stopping universities from weaponising the precarious immigration of these students to force them out of their studies, especially now. 1/14

[UnisResistBorders #WearAMask #BordersKillKnowledge @UnisNotBorders]

Reply from @michelledonelan , Minister for Universities, 26 November 2020: https://t.co/v10mLhXprZ

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