Monthly Archives: November 2011

Why do we peruse with campus beautification, While our education lacks modernization? Do we need to see our library’s translocation? Or should be see some managerial reorganization? Wages going up, but just for a few Lecturer’s see their’s drop, for … Continue reading →

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Well that was a fun run, we’re a lot faster than security. We ran into the university admin bloc in the Aston Webb and Senate chambers chanting “When Eastwood earns a grand a day, tell us why we have to … Continue reading →

Here’s a copy of the letter sent by the Brazilian Workers Party (who head Brazil’s government) to Legal Services Director Carolyn Pike, Vice Chancellor David Eastwood and Registrar Lee Sanders… The Brazilian Government will invest a substantial amount of money … Continue reading →

We left the occupation at 9pm due to the university getting an immediate interim possession order against us in the High Court in London. They must have spent tens of thousands of pounds to get that through such a high … Continue reading →

We have received this open letter: To the occupiers, We are sorry to see the way the university has reacted to your peaceful occupation; we are ashamed of our university’s actions. On a day when over 10 universities all across … Continue reading →

The government’s white paper outlines the proposed changes to the structure of higher education. Currently there is a quota of 406,000 university places. Under the proposed changes, 85,000 of these places will be opened up to competition. Of these 85,000 … Continue reading →

At 23:30 as the occupiers were settling down for the night, university security began harassing the students. Simon Furse a second year International relations student said “It was disgraceful, I have never seen like it university security are just hired … Continue reading →

Earlier today we were told we are already facing disciplinary action and would have to pay the “substantial” cost of the university’s legal fees for an injunction they will take out against us if we do not leave by 9am … Continue reading →

We have occupied the abandoned former gatehouse of the North Gate of the University of Birmingham. We have done this because despite the university and government taking increasingly regressive measures to make universities inaccessible, we are determined to keep the … Continue reading →