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Dear all, I attach the draft letter (below) to the Guardian - thanks to
Hazel for help with this. Thanks to all who have already signed - please
check your name, title and institution. If you haven't signed and want
to please let me know. Sian
Sian Moore Reader
Working Lives Research Institute
London Metropolitan University 31 Jewry St
London EC3N 2EY 0207 320 1318 07766021821
As academics we write to support the national walkout and day of protest
against tuition fees planned for 24th November, following the
magnificent demonstration by university and school students and by
university staff on November 10th.
We are utterly opposed to the destruction of broad-based, critical
education and its replacement by education for the market that is
enshrined in the Browne Report. We are involved in a defence, not just
of our jobs, but of the values which brought us into higher education,
reflecting the wider significance of education to society. The
CoalitionÂs proposals to slash funding for the arts and humanities risk
losing, not just a generation of artists (The Guardian 15 November), but
also a generation of critical and creative thinkers.
The planned increase in fees means the effective removal of higher
education for working people. The ending of the Education Maintenance
Allowance and Adult Learning Grants gives the lie to the CoalitionÂs
attempts to argue that those on lower incomes will retain access Â
these students will not be able to afford to stay in post-16 education
to secure the qualifications they need to apply for further or higher
education. The Coalition has no mandate for its ideologically driven
class rule  the anger of students is no surprise to us. Our intention
is to fight alongside them in our institutions to defend social science,
humanities and the arts and affordable higher and further education for all.
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*Signed*
Dr Maurizio Atzeni, Loughborough University
Paul Brook, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Iona Byford, University of Portsmouth
Liam Campling, University of West of England
Dr Hazel Conley, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Heather Connolly, University of Manchester
Dr Andrew Cumbers, University of Glasgow
Professor Andrew Danford, University of the West of England
Professor Ralph Darlington, University of Salford
Dr Steve Davies, Cardiff University
Dr Jonathan Davies, University of Warwick
Dr Peter Dwyer, Ruskin College Oxford
Ian Fitzgerald, Northumbria University
Professor Steve Fleetwood, University of West of England
Manuela Galetto, University of Warwick
Professor Gregor Gall, University of Hertfordshire
Dr Ian Greenwood, University of Leeds
Dr Ian Greer, University of Leeds
Dr Kate Hardy, University of Leeds
Marco Hauptmeier, Cardiff University
Professor Geraldine Healy, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Jane Holgate, University of Leeds
Professor Steve Jefferys, London Metropolitan University
Eleanor Kirk, University of Strathclyde
Lefteris Kretsos, University of Coventry
Dr Robert MacKenzie, University of Leeds
Professor Migeul Martinez Lucio, University of Manchester
Dr Jo McBride, Bradford University
Dr Patrician McCafferty, University of Strathclyde
Professor Sonia McKay, London Metropolitan University
Gerry Mooney, Open University of Scotland
Dr Sian Moore, London Metropolitan University
Dr Corinne Nativel, University of Franche-Comté
Dr. Valeria Pulignano, Leuven University, Belgium
Dr Helen Richardson, University of Salford
Dr Michael Richardson, University of West of England
Dr Melanie Simms, University of Warwick
Dr Andrew Smith, University of East of London
Professor Paul Stewart, University of Strathclyde
Professor Philip Taylor, University of Strathclyde
Dr Ian Towers, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Dr Steve Vincent, University of Leeds
Dr. Horen Voskeritsian, London School of Economics
Professor Martin Upchurch, Middlesex University
Beverley Woodburn, student, Ruskin College, Oxford
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Dr Jane Holgate
Work and Employment Relations Division
Leeds University Business School
Maurice Keyworth Building
University of Leeds LS2 9JT
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