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Warwick para educação gratuita.
Sem Taxas Sem Cortes Sem Dívida.
O que é a mercantilização do ensino superior e como combatê-lo?
O refrão não pode ser repetido o suficiente: os cortes previdenciários são simplesmente um sintoma da mercantilização do setor de EI, que prejudica estudantes e funcionários. Mas o que precisamente significa dizer taxas universitárias, cortes de pensões, a precarização do trabalho e uma miríade de outras mudanças significativas dentro da ES estão unidas pela agenda destrutiva da mercantilização? Reavaliar os fundamentos desse argumento parece essencial para entender as forças que se colocam contra nós e, assim, consolidar uma visão de nossos interesses comuns. Sem esses entendimentos comuns, vamos nos esforçar para formular um argumento convincente de que o sacrifício imediato de curto prazo da participação em palestras nos dias de greve, em última análise, beneficia todos nós coletivamente a longo prazo. Também corremos o risco de esquecer o desenvolvimento de uma orientação estratégica que reconheça a necessidade de luta, organização e ação coletiva: pois é a força calculista e implacável da mercantilização, seu enfraquecimento de qualquer noção de cultura democrática dentro da universidade, que torne esses meios necessários e efetivos.
A "marketização", em sua essência, refere-se à tentativa de criar à força um "mercado" dentro da ES: a reestruturação da educação de tal forma que funciona como um negócio. Seria errado sugerir que esse processo não está em andamento há muito mais tempo do que simplesmente a década passada; no entanto, o triplo das mensalidades em 2010 e o brutal regime de austeridade, implementado com a reconquista do poder pelos conservadores, aceleraram imensamente esse processo. Cortantes cortes nos financiamentos das universidades foram compensados ​​por uma escalada massiva do peso da dívida de estudantes individuais, conspirando com a ampla privatização de serviços e infra-estrutura no campus para formar uma cultura cruel na qual os imperativos do lucro e da competição agora dominam o impulso de servir o bem público. A mais recente rodada de reformas de ES reforçou isso, com programas como o Teaching Excellence Framework explicitamente subordinando o ensino às demandas dos empregadores, as taxas de ensino aumentadas e o acesso de provedores privados inexplicáveis ​​ao setor de ES aliviou.
Cursos "sem fins lucrativos" que não estão de acordo com as demandas dos negócios foram cortados; os projetos de expansão corporativa e o latifúndio proliferam à medida que os serviços de assistência social estão subfinanciados e os aluguéis excessivos se aproximam; Empresas "subsidiárias", como a Unitemps, foram estabelecidas pelas Universidades para "internamente" terceirizar o trabalho de serviço sob termos e condições mais pobres; o trabalho de ensino é cada vez mais realizado em contratos fragmentados, com poucas proteções ou benefícios, cada vez mais regimentados por métricas insustentáveis ​​e restritivas; os salários da gerência sobem - resultando em escândalo após o escândalo sobre o exorbitante pagamento da VC - à medida que mais e mais estudantes e acadêmicos em início de carreira lutam para sobreviver; estruturas democráticas são usurpadas por chefes do setor privado e mantidas reféns das pressões do "pragmatismo financeiro".
Essas são as tensões que sustentam a atual disputa pelas aposentadorias: é uma luta muito mais ampla sobre o propósito da própria educação. Quando estudantes e funcionários são relegados a fontes de receita pela universidade, a exploração é abundante: condições cada vez mais agravadas e cargas de trabalho intensificadas para a equipe se refletem em fundos de apoio destruídos e em cada vez mais dívidas e custos onerosos para os alunos. Os recursos disponíveis para nós são diminuídos à medida que cada vez mais é extraído de nós. Apostar nas pensões dos funcionários do mercado de ações é, portanto, consistente com essa lógica: a segurança do emprego a longo prazo e os benefícios que seriam considerados como dados há décadas foram dizimados por um ataque de desregulamentação. O instinto voltado para o bem público - como a renda acessível ou o tratamento justo do pessoal - é evitado como um fardo para o resultado final, aprofundando a desigualdade na universidade e, por sua vez, na sociedade.
Essa cultura é responsável por uma pacificação política de amplo alcance, à medida que os estudantes são obrigados a competir uns contra os outros para garantir os "retornos" mais vantajosos em seu "investimento", a pressão para avançar economicamente a educação superior como uma busca criativa e exploratória. As demandas sentidas pela equipe ao mesmo tempo se intensificam através da imposição incessante e nebulosa de parâmetros de "satisfação do cliente" ao aprender. Somos assim confrontados uns com os outros como consumidores e libertadores de um mero serviço de formação profissional, em vez de unidos como uma comunidade. Ficamos ansiosos, divididos e atomizados.
Essas dinâmicas formam o quadro ideológico no qual somos jogados um contra o outro durante a ação industrial. Devemos recusar a narrativa que coloca os funcionários como nossos inimigos: antes, reconheçamos o sacrifício que muitos acadêmicos particularmente casualizados estão fazendo para defender o ideal da educação como um bem público e proteger nosso bem-estar coletivo. Este não é simplesmente um argumento funcional que à medida que a mercantilização se aprofunda, as condições de ensino se deteriorarão, restringindo as condições de aprendizado - nem mesmo apenas um argumento de urgência reativa - que ataques tão drásticos aos direitos da equipe exigem uma solidariedade visceral dos estudantes. último recurso. Esses argumentos são importantes, e não devemos minar que as pessoas estão desesperadas - que os meios de subsistência estão sendo jogados, que os motivos do lucro são realmente insensíveis e implacáveis, que se formos derrotados, um precedente será estabelecido para a evisceração indiscriminada direitos trabalhistas em todo o setor. No entanto, não devemos cair em um fatalismo que coloca essa greve como um mal necessário: mas sim uma liberação sem precedentes e corajosa da força sindical do enfraquecimento de décadas de reformas neoliberais antidemocráticas. Devemos ser ousados ​​o suficiente para dar continuidade ao argumento de que os direitos trabalhistas só podem ser defendidos e ampliados por um exercício de poder coletivo e solidariedade preparados para agir de forma combativa contra os impulsos covardes e agressivos de lucro - os próprios impulsos que tornaram o trabalho mais estressante , instável e incerto em toda a sociedade.
Em última análise, nossas condições coletivas e o futuro da própria educação dependem de nossa atuação, permanência e união. Isto é especialmente verdade porque os estudantes não são apenas futuros trabalhadores, mas também são cada vez mais trabalhadores, obrigados a equilibrar estudos e trabalho a tempo parcial devido ao aumento da incerteza financeira: todos temos uma participação coletiva na luta da corrida para baixo. sobre as condições de trabalho. Este não deve ser o ponto final - mas um catalisador para um movimento revitalizado para recuperar o poder sobre nossas universidades. Uma ação como essa deveria realmente ser entendida como sintetizar o ideal educacional público: uma transcendência das fronteiras tradicionais do pensamento, um teste sem remorso das estruturas de poder vigentes, uma resistência contra a impotência e a desilusão, uma reavaliação do político contra o econômico, um experimento para nos relacionarmos uns com os outros e nos organizarmos de maneira diferente, uma representação de uma visão alternativa e transformada da universidade. Devemos aproveitar isso como uma ruptura de possibilidade renovada de resistência organizada - não como uma prova de recuo. A mercantilização tem procurado implacavelmente nos fraturar e nos privar de nossos direitos. Como comunidade, precisamos nos tornar poderosos novamente. Devemos nos juntar às linhas de piquete porque, simplesmente, elas são nossas linhas de piquete também.
3 de dezembro: 3 anos depois.
Hoje, há exatamente três anos, desde que os ativistas da Warwick For Free Education (WFFE) foram violentamente atacados pela polícia durante um protesto pela educação gratuita no edifício Senate House de Warwick. Este ataque, facilitado e supervisionado pela nossa própria universidade, enviou ondas de choque em todo o setor.
Em nível local, os estudantes de Warwick fizeram uma demonstração histórica de 1000 “Cops Off Campus” no dia seguinte, o que levou a uma ocupação de 8 dias. Além de Warwick, houve uma onda de protestos e ocupações de solidariedade em todo o país, uma onda de condenação das comunidades estudantis e acadêmicas, bem como a cobertura da mídia nos níveis nacional e até internacional.
Os eventos de 3 de dezembro de 2014 marcam um capítulo crítico na história em andamento de ataques à liberdade de protestar em nossos campi. Mas eles também marcam um momento doloroso, mas formativo, na história da WFFE, que serviu como um catalisador para mais três anos de ativismo educativo de base livre, vibrante e eficaz.
E é essencial que nos lembremos e comemoremos essa história. A partir dos eventos de 3 de dezembro de 2014, podemos extrair inúmeras lições importantes & # 8211; sobre a repressão e a violência do Estado, sobre democracia e poder dentro de nossas instituições, sobre solidariedade e comunidade # 8211; que impulsionam o nosso ativismo e informam a nossa luta contínua por um sistema de educação que seja livre, liberado, democrático e acessível a todos.
Quando as administrações universitárias, apoiadas pelo Estado, implantam violência e repressão contra ativistas estudantis (como tem sido visto em vários campi nos últimos anos), esperam que ela sufoque a dissidência, aterrorize as pessoas a se libertarem da luta e esmaguem os movimentos chão. Em Warwick, não deixamos isso acontecer. Nos últimos 3 anos, vimos algumas campanhas incríveis, ações e vitórias que são um testemunho da força, trabalho duro e determinação dos ativistas de base aqui. E daqui para frente, continuaremos a lutar contra a mercantilização insidiosa de nosso sistema educacional e a cumplicidade de nossa própria instituição nessa agenda.
Exatamente um ano atrás, ontem, ativistas da WFFE iniciaram uma ocupação da Slate & # 8211; A nova instalação de conferências corporativas de £ 5,3 milhões da Warwick & # 8211; exigindo a retirada da uni do Quadro de Excelência de Ensino, melhores direitos para professores remunerados por hora, a remoção da liminar e um pedido de desculpas pelos eventos de 3 de dezembro de 2014. Essa ocupação ganhou algumas concessões importantes, notadamente o levantamento do protesto draconiano liminar postas em prática após a ocupação de 2014, bem como um pedido de desculpas da universidade para o tratamento dos eventos de 3 de dezembro. Isto marcou uma grande vitória para muitos de nós que foram direta e profundamente afetados por esses eventos, bem como pela proteção do direito de protestar contra todos os estudantes em Warwick, tanto agora como no futuro.
A dor e o trauma de 3 de dezembro de 2014 permanecerão sempre com os envolvidos, mas também a nossa determinação em lutar contra a injustiça e a opressão que existem dentro do nosso sistema educacional. Embora a administração da universidade deseje escovar o que aconteceu há 3 anos atrás do tapete, não deixaremos de lembrar a nossa história.
É a história da WFFE.
É a história do ativismo em Warwick.
É a história do movimento estudantil.
Como sempre, a luta continua.
Terceiro Ano da WFFE: Uma Breve História.
Warwick For Free Education (WFFE) emergiu de um grupo anterior, Protect the Public University (PPU), em outubro de 2014. Voando para as manchetes nacionais apenas dois meses depois de nossa formação, quando a polícia violou violentamente uma reunião no Senado com CS gás e Tasers, lideramos uma ocupação de oito dias do Edifício Rootes em dezembro de 2014, trouxemos o vice-chanceler anterior, Nigel Thrift, a um descrédito generalizado e nos envolvemos em ações, campanhas e trabalho de solidariedade de manifestações em centros de detenção a piquetes mobilizações antifascistas. Você pode encontrar uma história do primeiro e segundo anos da WFFE aqui e aqui. Agora, apresentamos um breve resumo de um terceiro ano igualmente explosivo.
Termo 1: Enfrentando uma ascensão de extrema direita e reação conservadora nacional e globalmente, começamos o ano com o ataque. Jack Hadfield, um estudante de extrema direita com ligações com o fascista Alt-Right, propôs as eleições de outubro para o Executivo de Desenvolvimento da SU. Publicamos um blog amplamente lido, expondo alguns de seus pronunciamentos racistas e sexistas. Hadfield escreve para o site de extrema-direita, Breitbart, descreveu o feminismo como um "câncer" e escreveu um artigo assustador chamado "loucos do campus", zombando do peso corporal de oficiais mulheres no Reino Unido. Hadfield também gostava de postagens no Facebook que brincavam sobre “dar um tapa” nas “bundas arrogantes” das mulheres e que celebravam gangues de extrema direita espancando crianças refugiadas na Suécia, e também argumentaram que o terrível incidente racista no campus em abril de 2015 foi uma farsa. Hadfield perdeu a eleição.
Passamos as primeiras semanas do semestre em duas coisas: recrutamento e seleção de prioridades de campanha. Também ajudamos a SU a mobilizar-se para a manifestação nacional de educação gratuita em Londres em 19 de novembro. Organizamos o dia da desorientação, que reuniu vários outros grupos de ativistas e libertação no campus, incluindo Pride, Anti-Sexism Society, Enable. e Sociedade Anti-Racismo. Com o apoio da SU, a Desorientação apresentou palestras sobre vários assuntos e campanhas no campus. Almoçamos no Loteamento e fomos recebidos por Shelly Asquith, do NUS, à noite.
Depois de introduzir vários novos ativistas na organização, amplas discussões internas resultaram em três prioridades para o próximo ano: trabalho de solidariedade migratória, derrotar as destrutivas reformas do ensino superior do governo e defender o direito de protestar - incluindo continuar nossos esforços para acabar com o Supremo Tribunal autoritário. injunção contra ocupações. Correndo por todos estes foi um compromisso com os esforços de solidariedade dos estudantes-funcionários.
Reunimos as duas últimas dessas prioridades em um estilo espetacular em dezembro, quando ocupamos a totalidade de uma enorme nova instalação para conferências corporativas, a Slate. Exigimos que a Universidade excluísse o Quadro de Excelência em Ensino, parte da mercantilização do setor imposta pelo Estado, descartasse a liminar, pedisse desculpas pela violência policial de 3 de dezembro de 2014 e concordasse com as seis demandas da Warwick Anti-Casualisation em torno de trabalho de precificação para tutores remunerados por hora.
A ocupação foi um enorme sucesso, com centenas de estudantes passando pelas instalações de luxo - repleta de cozinha industrial, sistema de alto-falantes e oito projetores - para ouvir palestras sobre educação gratuita, a história do ativismo em Warwick, Prevent, descolonizando o currículo, ação direta, despejos em Jacarta e muito mais. Houve exibições de filmes, workshops, apresentações e reuniões.
Nossas táticas causaram sérias perturbações financeiras na Universidade, forçando conferências corporativas lucrativas a serem canceladas e - reforçadas por uma excelente equipe sabatina no SU - conduzindo a administração à mesa de negociações. Depois de duas semanas controlando todo o edifício e transformando-o em um espaço transformador, conquistamos concessões significativas e saímos pouco antes do Natal. A liminar foi descartada, uma grande vitória para a legitimidade da tática consagrada pelo tempo das ocupações estudantis. Warwick concordou em implementar um acordo de reconhecimento para tutores remunerados por hora, permitindo que eles fossem representados pela Warwick UCU, o sindicato de funcionários acadêmicos. O VC, Stuart Croft, declarou seu "pesar profundo" pelas ações da Universidade em dezembro de 2014, que causou, ele disse, "enorme transtorno em toda a nossa comunidade". Croft também escreveu uma carta contundente no Times Higher Education, declarando que o governo tinha universidades "sobre um barril" com o TEF, que foi citado várias vezes como evidência da oposição da universidade aos planos do governo.
Termo 2: Nosso grupo expandiu-se muito durante e após a ocupação. Duas campanhas dominaram o segundo mandato: o boicote do National Student Survey (NSS), e as eleições do SU. A primeira, convocada pela NUS e pela Campanha Nacional contra Taxas e Cortes (NCAFC, à qual somos filiados), foi uma tentativa de criar uma estratégia industrial para alavancar o governo sobre seus planos de elevar taxas, privatizar a educação superior e impor arbitrariedades, métricas orientadas para o mercado no setor. A SU fez a maior parte do trabalho pesado para a campanha, e empurrou com sucesso a participação na pesquisa para baixo de 81% para 57%, enquanto nós apoiamos com algum engajamento de base e com o golpe publicitário ocasional. O boicote em si foi recebido na imprensa nacional como um sucesso para os estudantes e ganhou algumas concessões do governo. Concordamos com a NCAFC que ela deve ser estendida por mais um ano, particularmente porque o desempenho do Partido Trabalhista nas Eleições Gerais em uma plataforma de educação gratuita mudou significativamente a conversação nacional em torno de taxas e ensino superior (graças, em grande parte, nós acrescentar, a anos de trabalho de estudantes ativistas). As eleições da SU resultaram em mais vitórias para a WFFE. Um membro do núcleo, Hope Worsdale, correu com sucesso para o presidente em uma campanha acalorada contra a presidência da sociedade Tory. As emoções aumentaram em todos os lados ao longo da campanha, e realizamos algumas discussões reflexivas internas uma vez que a poeira havia se estabelecido em relação a como nos conduzimos como um grupo. Tudo somado, no entanto, continuamos a obter legitimidade da população estudantil para nossas ações e política.
Termo 3: Esperando que a maioria de nossas atividades estivesse terminada para o ano, alguns de nossos ativistas se concentraram em apoiar o Corbyn's Labour durante as Eleições Gerais em Leamington e Coventry, ajudando Jim Cunningham e Matt Western a triunfar (nós piquetamos o antigo Leamington Tory MP's escritório em 2015 - boa viagem!).
Ficamos chocados com a nossa complacência, no entanto, quando a administração abandonou uma bomba: eles estavam tentando destruir as principais proteções de emprego para o pessoal acadêmico, colocando em risco a liberdade acadêmica e a segurança do emprego em toda a Universidade. Lançamos uma campanha para salvar o Estatuto 24 em apoio ao sindicato dos funcionários, UCU. Revelações de que Warwick tinha planejado demitir funcionários politicamente ativos no final dos anos 1960 - com pelo menos mais um caso recente em 2014 - deram uma séria urgência à campanha. Nós aprovamos uma moção sobre o assunto por meio de um referendo da SU e realizamos uma marcha silenciosa pelo campus durante o Dia Aberto e interrompemos o prédio central da Oculus, levando nossa mensagem a centenas de futuros alunos e contribuindo para que a gerência repassasse sua decisão sobre o Estatuto 24 até o próximo. ano. Esta campanha continuará a ser uma grande prioridade para nós no próximo ano.
O ano estava repleto de outros eventos: tivemos longas discussões com uma líder estudantil indiana, Shehla Rashid, sobre a crise nas universidades indianas, demonstramos solidariedade nas reuniões de equipe, participamos de protestos no campus contra a proibição muçulmana, realizamos discussões sobre a visão de uma Serviço Nacional de Educação, e ajudou a encher treinadores para manifestações contra o centro de detenção de imigrantes Yarl's Wood.
Continuamos a desempenhar um papel vital na vida universitária, politizando eventos, impulsionando nossas idéias, intervindo em eleições, criticando e combatendo a má conduta administrativa, e mobilizando estudantes para apoiar as lutas nacionais. Três anos para baixo: aqui para os próximos três.
Estatuto 24 campanha: contexto, progresso até agora e para onde vamos a partir daqui.
A base da força da campanha do Estatuto 24 tem sido a solidariedade pessoal-estudantil. Depois de inicialmente formar alianças em 2015 para combater com sucesso as tentativas da administração da universidade de casualizar a equipe acadêmica através da Teach Higher, preservamos e fortificamos essas relações através de reuniões regulares, esforços conjuntos em campanhas contra TEF, Prevenção e condições inseguras e exploradoras para tutores remunerados por hora. e emprestando nossa solidariedade à greve, Assembleias de pessoal e pressionando o Senado e o Conselho. O significado e o alcance dessas alianças foram incorporados em nossa ocupação da Slate, onde explicitamente pedimos à Universidade que cedesse às 6 demandas da fantástica campanha da Warwick Anti-Casualisation por condições justas de ensino em Warwick e, finalmente, conquistou o reconhecimento sindical por horas pagas. tutores.
Através de nossa resistência combinada como estudantes e funcionários nos últimos anos, alcançamos vitórias significativas que não poderiam ser obtidas se tivéssemos permanecido divididos e atomizados. Tem sido aproveitando e cultivando ainda mais essas alianças que a campanha do Estatuto 24 ganhou força e deu frutos - com os planos de reformar o Estatuto, com sucesso adiado depois que uma série de moções de oposição foram aprovadas nos departamentos, na União dos Estudantes e na UCU; uma Assembléia de funcionários ocorreu e votou esmagadoramente para se opor às reformas; campanhas de conscientização e mídia social, reuniões públicas e demonstrações de força foram realizadas.
Uma faceta fundamental da estratégia para deslegitimar Teach Higher foi a imprensa negativa - expor o esquema para o programa de precarização que realmente era, desmentido pelas narrativas universitárias prometendo uma reforma nas condições do pessoal pago por hora para simplificar a burocracia e introduzir mais paridade. A linguagem da "eficiência" - um pretexto enganoso e onipresente para o tipo de desregulamentação fundamental para a agenda neoliberal - era dominante na retórica em torno do Teach Higher, e através do desmantelamento efetivo dessa linguagem codificada e da exposição da natureza real do esquema, começamos a recuperar o controle sobre as narrativas. O mesmo aconteceu com as reformas do Estatuto 24 - exceto que, desta vez, havia ainda menos pretensão da direção da universidade de que isso era tudo, menos uma tentativa de poder, outra tentativa flagrante de afastar o poder institucional dos trabalhadores em favor dos chefes. A localização desse conjunto de reformas propostas como um ataque à liberdade acadêmica, e talvez ainda mais importante, como um elemento de uma série de ataques abrangentes às proteções, à segurança no emprego e às condições dos trabalhadores, era essencial.
Com isso, ancoramos nossa campanha nos ideais de proteger uma visão da educação como um bem público e social, conceitualizando isso não como uma campanha isolada, mas como uma resistência sustentada contra mudanças institucionais danosas dentro da Educação Superior que presidiram cortes de serviço e curso. supressão e privatização sem precedentes e precarização a nível nacional e local. Isso permitiu a formação de amplas coalizões e enraizou a campanha na infra-estrutura sustentada e na energia coletiva gerada por estudantes e trabalhadores no campus na luta contra as reformas do ensino superior, cortes em subsídios de manutenção, cortes salariais, prevenção, precariedade, etc. as lutas devem ser amplas, unificadoras e robustas, encorajadas por um horizonte do sistema de educação mais justo, emancipatório e democrático pelo qual estamos nos esforçando. Não devemos simplesmente lutar contra a remoção de um Estatuto em particular - mas por uma mudança fundamental no equilíbrio de forças dentro da universidade, uma democratização de suas estruturas opacas e controladas privativamente, e condições de trabalho justas e dignidade para todo o pessoal.
Com uma série de cortes de empregos anunciados nos campi em todo o país, e talvez logo ameaçando Warwick, essa infra-estrutura e ideal - e não simplesmente a dependência de combate a incêndios que nos coloca sempre em posição de retiro disperso - se tornarão cada vez mais importantes garantir que continuemos a expandir nossa resistência e avançar para frente. A recente e inspiradora vitória do SOAS Justice For Workers - um fim completo à precariedade em todos os setores da Universidade - deve nos animar nesse contexto e oferecer uma visão moral e estratégica premente sobre as importantes potencialidades da organização de serviços, bem como dos trabalhadores acadêmicos, unindo todos os setores da comunidade universitária contra o inimigo comum da administração.
Esse controle da narrativa foi uma das razões pelas quais encenamos os protestos nos dias abertos da universidade no final do ano. Embora a marca elegante e as brilhantes campanhas de RP dos dias abertos tenham alunos em perspectiva que a Warwick University seja uma instituição esclarecida, digna e progressista, sabemos que essa imagem é falsa. Quando os estudantes foram re-classificados como 'investidores' e 'consumidores' por reformas neoliberais desastrosas na educação, reconhecemos que ameaçar a reputação da reputação da universidade, expressa principalmente através dos 'ciclos de vendas' dos dias abertos, é um ponto particularmente significativo de pressão. De fato, foi a iminente ameaça de interrupção de dia aberto, como a culminação de esforços contínuos de campanha, que eventualmente forçou a administração da universidade a descartar os planos de Ensino Superior. Ano após ano, interrompemos os dias abertos da universidade - por uma variedade de razões e causas - e percebemos que continuar essa tradição teria um impacto considerável nas escalas de cálculo da administração ao impulsionar as reformas do Estatuto 24 e incorporar a narrativa alternativa de um educação livre e liberada na cultura cotidiana do campus. Por meio da pressão exercida sobre a administração, interrompendo estratégias de marketing imaculadas, aumentando a conscientização dos pais e futuros alunos sobre os perigos e injustiças de tais reformas nas instituições de ensino superior e reivindicando o campus como um espaço de militância, resistência e discordância. senso de vida estudantil - esperávamos expressar o poder e a criatividade de nossa campanha.
Como tal, estamos envolvidos em uma demonstração de ruído no edifício Oculus no primeiro dia aberto, visando especificamente o Why Warwick? eventos orquestrados pela administração para promover suas estratégias de marketing. Nós distribuímos milhares de panfletos, conversamos com pais e alunos sobre a importância de se opor às reformas do Estatuto 24, e efetivamente contra-atacamos seu "ranking de vendas" de rankings de tabelas, estatísticas de emprego e resultados de pesquisas de satisfação. Somos estudantes, funcionários, agentes sociais, membros de um coletivo e uma comunidade, não instrumentos de métricas, mercados ou administração: moral e estrategicamente, acreditamos que nossa presença nos dias abertos é poderosa e necessária. A posição central que ocupamos no Oculus envolveu nossas bandeiras estampadas nas janelas do prédio para todos os transeuntes em volta do campus central verem, enquanto nossos sinceros cantos de solidariedade estudantil reverberaram pelo espaço e além, galvanizando atenção e conversas e infundindo campus com uma energia política incendiária. No final do dia, nós retiramos uma faixa da Casa do Senado, estimulando ainda mais a empolgante militância que tinha - e não a marca da universidade - as primeiras impressões dos futuros alunos.
No dia seguinte, nós nos envolvemos em uma marcha silenciosa pelo campus, depois de ouvirmos discursos empolgantes de representantes, trabalhadores e ativistas da SU, para simbolizar a repressão da liberdade de expressão e discordância que resultaria das reformas do Estatuto 24. Vestimos roupas coordenadas. Lançou foguetes, distribuiu panfletos, jogou faixas e marchou através de vários edifícios importantes para a imagem e reputação da universidade. No final da marcha, rasgamos a fita de nossas bocas, entramos no edifício Oculus e marchamos para o campus central em uma agitação de labaredas, cantos e vibração, livres de inibições e restrições ao livre pensamento e expressão, e liberando finalmente e completamente nossa atenção. força coletiva. Nós novamente atraímos muita atenção, com todo o campus em chamas com nossa narrativa, nossas ações incorporando o significado da liberdade de expressão e discordância em um contexto onde esses princípios estão sob ameaça. Isso encerrou a campanha do termo em uma nota de capacitação que sinalizaria as coisas que viriam no novo ano acadêmico. Apesar de as pessoas estarem envolvidas em exames, números mais baixos do que esperávamos nas ações e o estabelecimento da inércia política no final do prazo final, essas ações foram um sucesso e estabeleceram um precedente para o escopo e a escalada de resistência no novo termo.
É importante que não nos recuperemos nem nos comprometamos com as maquinações burocráticas do Senado e do Conselho quando entramos nesse novo ciclo de luta. Como discutido em um post anterior no blog, houve alguma oposição às reformas por parte dos membros do Senado, e sob pressão das mudanças na equipe de funcionários estudantis, foram feitas mudanças nas reformas propostas, com as emendas revisadas por um grupo de trabalho formado internamente. . Outra reunião do Senado já passou, e parece ainda que pouco mudou, com a elucidação das propostas de emendas às reformas feitas de volta à reunião do Senado em outubro.
Devemos estar vigilantes, mantendo a pressão e não desistindo de nossas ações até que essas reformas propostas sejam completamente derrotadas. Tais táticas de adiamento e revisão simbólica são repetidas no tempo e no tempo por tais comitês burocráticos formais: ajustar as propostas superficial e cosmeticamente, de modo a parecerem receptivas às demandas democráticas dos sindicatos, dos sindicatos estudantis e da pressão dos ativistas, apaziguando esses esforços. e atolando-os em processos pesados ​​de consertos prolongados até que a pressão diminua. Mais uma vez, neste contexto de ofuscação, devemos estar claros em nossas narrativas: nenhuma alteração superficial ou acomodação de “preocupações das partes interessadas” pode realinhar essas reformas nos interesses coletivos dos estudantes e funcionários. Assim como com políticas como TEF e Prevent, essas reformas do Estatuto 24 são fundamentalmente prejudiciais, intrinsecamente planejadas para atacar os direitos dos trabalhadores. Esses vagos "grupos de trabalho" e procedimentos burocráticos opacos estão localizados inteiramente nos termos da administração, e não devemos ser enganados por eles - nossa oposição à reforma do Estatuto 24 a pedido da administração deve ser firme e absoluta.
Como tal, o horizonte de luta é claro: devemos continuar a pressionar o Senado e o Conselho a se oporem às reformas, como as moções aprovadas em numerosos fóruns e departamentos democráticos dentro do mandato da universidade. Conquistamos concessões e atrasamos a implementação das reformas, mas ainda não vencemos. Warwick UCU aprovou recentemente uma moção para considerar as potencialidades da ação industrial contra as reformas do Estatuto 24 - isto é incrivelmente significativo e um desenvolvimento que apoiamos incondicionalmente, particularmente porque o poder dos sindicatos tem sido dramaticamente enfraquecido pelas reformas neoliberais e este sinalizaria a expansão da resistência sindical além de disputas de pagamento restritas. Juntamente com a agitação para que tal ação industrial aconteça, se necessário, devemos continuar a ampliar e fortalecer alianças e o alcance de nossa campanha, realizar uma série de acrobacias criativas, demonstrações e ações militantes para manter a pressão e convencer camadas mais amplas do campus da necessidade. de se opor a estas reformas através de fóruns, reuniões públicas, cartas abertas, flyering etc.
We must do so with optimism, acknowledging that victory is possible, that the forward march of casualization and marketization is not inevitable and we can develop the collective power to resist and overcome. We must do so with confidence, expanding the infrastructures of struggle we have already formed, taking stock of our previous victories and drawing inspiration from them. We must do so with hope, that a different kind of education and society is necessary and within our power to enact together.
STATEMENT ON SENATE MEETING: LITTLE HAS CHANGED.
Many of you may have learned that the Senate, which along with Council is the supreme governing body of the University of Warwick, was supposed to vote on June 14th on whether to support the proposed reform of statute. This vote did not happen due to objections to the reform. While some may see this as a victory, the tactics that senior management used at this Senate meeting, and the position that the Senate adopted make it absolutely clear that those who oppose the draft statute need to continue escalating the fight to stop it from becoming reality.
Thanks to the extensive lobbying of members of Senate by students and staff members, along with multiple large mobilisations of staff dissent (like the Assembly and the UCU Emergency General Meeting) opposition to the changes has achieved a foothold in the Senate. However, members of senior management were aware of their weakened position and came prepared to this Senate meeting.
At one point a small group of senate members proposed a motion to completely reject the proposed changes to statute, but senior management managed to make sure that this new motion was not voted on and instead forced a “compromise”: a small working group of Senate members would review the draft statute.
We have seen again and again that senior management have been unable to give legitimate reasons for why the proposed changes to statute will improve the university. This was most blatantly seen at the recent Assembly where administrators did not put up a single person to speak up in defense of the proposed changes; instead, their strategy was to ignore the Assembly.
Management have tried their best to push the battle on to another day by forming a working group which will most likely propose cosmetic alterations to the proposed changes and then claim that staff and student concerns have been resolved.
While we are grateful for the courage of those members of Senate who tried to kill the draft statute outright, we must recognise that we did not win anything tangible on June 14th. We have not defeated the proposed changes, we have only forced Senate to promise to discuss the proposed changes amongst themselves. We have still not been heard.
That’s why it is crucial to continue lobbying members of Senate to completely drop the proposed draft statute and to join the Emergency Action on June 24th called by the Protect Academic Freedom at Warwick coalition.
To find out more about the reforms and how to help stop them, see here. To read an in-depth analysis of the likely impact of the reforms, and how similar proposals have been defeated at other universities, see here.

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Jews denied entry to eugenics libel event at the University of Warwick.
Last night, at the University of Warwick, Faculty arranged a public talk that accused Israel of eugenics. Let us digest a simple truth. Like with most medical or technological innovations, Israel is a global powerhouse in fertility treatment. Every Israeli citizen, regardless of race, religion or colour, receives equal treatment. If you are Muslim and in need of IVF then no citizenship in the world, guarantees you the sort of world-class treatment that being an Israeli does. If you have doubts, talk to Prof. Foad Azem, I am sure he would be happy to convince you.
Eugenics is defined as ‘ a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of a human population ‘. Eugenics were most famously used as a justification for the racial policies of Nazi Germany. They are clearly associated with the Holocaust. False accusations of eugenics against Israel, places an accusing finger on the biggest victims of 20th century eugenic experiments – the Jews. The Jews are a people who lost one third of their number to genocide. You cannot spread these type of lies, which clearly fall under the IHRA definition of antisemitism, and then ignore complaints about your failure to protect Jewish students. There is something rotten in Warwick.
Dr Siggie Vertommen.
The event was a talk by Dr Siggie Vertommen. It was titled ‘ Anti-colonial Resistance is Fertile: Sperm Smuggling and Birth Strikes in Palestine/Israel ‘. Vertommen is Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine at King’s College London. Like many activist academics, Vertommen places her pseudo-science atop a biased and twisted view of Zionism. As Vertommen specialises in ‘the political economy of global fertility chains’ then this is what she places on top of her twisted views of Zionism.
To understand the mindset, Vertommen wrote a piece on the social unrest in Israel in 2011 and 2012. It was published as a chapter in a book. The title was: ‘ Help, de onderdrukkers worden onderdrukt! Sociaal protest in Israel ‘. This translates as ‘ Help, the oppressors are being oppressed ‘.
Unpack the title. In Israel, people are oppressors. Not the government, not a political body, not an ideology, but the people. In every other nation, social protests such as this are viewed as being carried out by those fighting for change, as opposition to the status quo. In Israel, they were labelled ‘oppressors’ by Vertommen. It perfectly demonstrates, that for Vertommen, there seems to be no way out for the Israeli whatever their views. It suggests a highly racist mindset.
The University of Warwick event.
This is how last night’s event at the University of Warwick was advertised:
It suggests that Israel is well known for its pronatalist stance, but goes on to say that ‘ critical scholars have rightly argued that Israel’s pronatalism is a selective one, primarily to serve the reproductive rights of its Jewish population at the expense of the indigenous Palestinian population ‘. It argues that ‘ rather than understanding Israel’s fertility policies in terms of rights, choice, peace and reconciliation ‘ Vertommen will propose a ‘ reproductive sabotage framework ‘ & # 8211; or in other words – eugenics . She complains Israel is seeking to enhance the Jewish population, whilst she is herself actively promoting ‘reproductive sabotage’. Note the Causality Reversal. Not only is she falsely accusing Israel of eugenics, but her solution is a eugenic one.
How did Vertommen do it?
The advert alone should automatically be rejected as a vile antisemitic slur . The way modern pseudo-science works is clear. It begins with a bias, upon which an academic then constructs a theory. The question then becomes: Can the academic bring together enough linkage to make the argument look innovative enough to be swallowed and propagated by other academic activists? Truth is not part of the calculation.
In Israel this works because of the variables thrown up by the conflict and because every society has unique elements to it. If every aspect of every society is slightly unique, then there is space for academic research to investigate that uniqueness. Yet one of the variables in almost any study on Israel, is the Jewish majority. Now follow the logic, if every element of every society is slightly unique, and the Jewish majority is also a unique element of Israeli society, then * every * negative aspect of Israeli society will correlate with the Jewish majority. Through a strategy of omission (in Vertommen’s case ignoring the equal rights of Israel’s non Jewish citizens, and blurring the 1967 lines) you can academically create an argument to blame the Jews for just about everything. Even eugenics .
And look at this case. This isn’t even a ‘negative’. Israel’s innovation, strength in the medical field, and the freedom given to every one of its citizens, is twisted to become the most spiteful of slurs. Jews cannot want to strive for parenthood for natural reasons, there has to be a demonic reason for Israel to invest so heavily in fertility treatment. Jews as the devil.
The audience has no interest in what is true. They have bias, there are many Jew haters amongst them, and they are only interested in feeding the hate, not seeking genuine academic knowledge. It is antisemitic pseudo-science . Our universities have no place catering for this type of hate-speech, whether it is driven by students, financial support, or driven by Faculty.
Vertommen’s pseudo-science.
Because boy is Vertommen pushing pseudo-science. Her entire argument could be placed onto any nation, which has majority and minority, wealth and poverty, prisoners and freemen, and any type of s ocial stratification . So the core question of a researcher with integrity would be – does my example replicate itself even if I remove what I argue may be causal elements? With Vertommen, the answer is yes, they replicate everywhere, even in the total absence of Zionism, the Jewish State and the Palestinians.
There are for example, about 200,000 inmates in Federal prison in the United States – all denied conjugal rights. And sperm is smuggled there. Why is less sperm smuggled there? Perhaps because the security is tighter. Or perhaps, Israel turns a blind eye to sperm smuggling. Maybe there are not 100,000 cameras focusing on the wives of federal prisoners, so it simply isn’t reported. Or perhaps Palestinians seek to publicise it as a PR exercise, whilst federal prisoners do not. Maybe it is just that academic activists aren’t interested in sperm smuggling in Salford? Quem sabe. What we do know is that Israel’s citizens are all equal and the number of long-term Palestinian political prisoners is insignificant when discussing population growth.
Or in other words – she might have wrapped everything up in academic double speak to make it sound scientific, but the entire thesis is still bunkum. Or, back to the basic point, Vertommen seems to possess a ‘hate Israel’ bug and has simply placed her research on top of it. She has of course signed the academic boycott. Nothing that hundreds of other academics in UK universities are not already doing, except that Vertommen has pushed the antisemitic eugenics label onto the Jewish State.
University of Warwick Faculty.
This wasn’t my first time at the University of Warwick. I went to a full-day conference there last year and have been in contact with several Jewish students who have found the university response to their special case – unhelpful. What is the special case at the University of Warwick? It is that the extremism isn’t a battle between students – the problem is with members of the Faculty.
If you want to understand academic anti-Israel activism, Warwick is one of the universities that you need to place under the microscope. There are two Palestine societies at Warwick. The regular student one, and the one created by the Faculty. In the first meeting of the Faculty driven society in late 2016, it was explained that they had created the new anti-Israel group, because the student group was not extreme enough. The beginners guide to the history of the conflict that evening was given by Teodora Todorova. It was nothing more than an error-laden rant, by a pseudo-academic with a fetish for Israel hate. How a university can allow a person to lie so blatantly to students, and still teach them in any discipline, is beyond understanding. Either accuracy and truth is important – or it is not. Clearly at the University of Warwick it is not a requirement.
Nicola Pratt is Todorova’s main supporting act. Pratt once supervised an Israeli student, Smadar Bakovic, who felt intimidated by the academic’s anti-Israel activism. The university ignored her complaints. When the student’s mark did not meet expectations, the student complained again. Eventually th e work was re-marked and Bakovic obtained a distinction. In Pratt’s comments she had said that ‘Bakovic had a tendency to adopt Israeli/Zionist narratives as though they were uncontested facts’. Given Pratt’s ‘tendency’ to spread anti-Israel falsehoods amongst students, this is rank hypocrisy.
Another at last night’s event was Lisa Tilley. Others such as Sara Salem and Alice Panepinto have also been involved in the anti-Israel activism, but I am not sure if they were present last night. The Faculty at the University of Warwick contains an antisemitic vipers nest .
Unpalatable truth.
Last night, Warwick held back-to-back events, with a second ‘Palestine discussion event taking place. Two anti-Israel events in one university on the same day. Internal protests against them proved unsuccessful. Students had been clearly unsettled by the eugenics event, and following up, Jewish Human Rights Watch had also called to register their complaint against a ‘blatantly antisemitic eugenics event’. All this in turn has led to a third event being scheduled for early February, that wanted to see these ‘academics’ discuss ‘ Prevent and the Misuse of Antisemitism ‘. What they want students to believe, is that in a nation that delivers 176 anti-Israel events in a single month, their voices are being brutally suppressed.
The unpalatable truth, is that anti-Jewish hatred is spreading almost unabated, academia is proving to be fertile ground for the virus, and Jewish students and their parents are suffocating under the strain. When the victims of this racism complain, the antisemites feel their fetish is unfairly being stifled, and use free speech arguments to defend themselves. 176 events against 1 tiny state isn’t enough, they want more, they even want to accuse the Jews of practicing eugenics, and they will be damned if they have to pay any attention to Jewish sensitivities.
Let’s face it, when it comes to pushing antisemitism onto students and then denying it exists, the Faculty at the University of Warwick are pretty active.
Denying the Jews entry.
I decided to travel the distance to support the students and to see how bad the speech actually would be. I did not travel alone, both Mandy Blumenthal and Yochy Davis were with me. We did not get in. This had been advertised as a public event:
It was advertised outside of the university forums, by local Palestinian groups:
And the organisers put out several calls for people to come:
It is important to note that they do know how to advertise a private event. Look at how the February event has been advertised:
In fact, the argument was not that it hadn’t been advertised as a public event, but rather that the organisers had changed their minds during the course of the day. When we arrived, we were spotted by Teodora Todorova, who was sitting next to Lisa Tilley in conversation. My own assumption is that this is when the decision was made. When we went to enter the lecture hall, it was Tilley who stood in our way:
Tilley asked us for ID, explaining that only Faculty and students would be allowed in. We pointed out that we had driven two hours to a public event. She shrugged. It’s the ‘Prevent strategy’ ela disse. There is irony here. These people hate Prevent, and yet they used it as an excuse to exclude us. It shows the hypocrisy of their arguments of free speech. We politely protested, and Todorova came to the door to stand alongside Tilley. Todorova asked us for ID, which she wanted to ‘photograph’, which seems like an outrageous invasion of privacy and a clear over-step of her position. It also contradicts the Prevent statement. If we could not come in, then what use were our ID’s? Never one to blink, I handed her my ID, she didn’t take it, shrugged and turned away. Bluff called.
Protecting hate speech.
Yochy and Mandy refused to let go, but remained polite throughout. With the door now closed, and the three Jews outside, we tried to speak to another academic standing outside. He was also at the anti-Israel conference last year, and therefore is clearly part of the ‘clan’. He was abrupt, rude and visibly had a problem with our presence. I said to him that surely he can ‘understand that having driven two hours for a public event, we were disappointed at being refused entry’. He said ‘ there is nothing to talk about’, and he ‘was waiting for security’, obviously to escort us off the premises.
There is no point doing anything in this position but politely press the point and then accept the verdict. From the point of a denial of entry, right or wrong, any security system will side with Faculty. We are the aliens. Jewish aliens no less. Todorova reappeared, and I said to her this exclusion was unnecessary. Mandy attempted to speak to her as well. She brushed past all three of us, ignoring our presence and without saying a word.
Think about this for a minute. She had organised the event and she had made it public. Todorova was responsible for our wasted journey, and was the academic representative on site. As the face of the university, she at the very least should have given us polite apologies. But this isn’t about academia. This is an anti-Jewish movement, she is an anti-Israel activist, and with that hat firmly on her head, she completely blanked us. It exposes the unacceptable truth of our exclusion. Had it been genuine, she would have behaved differently.
Mandy and Yochy spoke for some time with the sympathetic and friendly security. We were supplied with the information necessary to lodge a formal complaint.
It is also important to note we were the only three people excluded. Apparently to an event that was public, not one other person turned up. At this point we have reason to believe local anti-Israel activists were allowed into the room, but we were excluded because of our identity. We are currently chasing that information.
It is difficult to describe the emotions we felt as we stood there. Excluded as Jews, we were not permitted to enter a room and defend Jewish rights, inside a place where antisemitism was being fomented. Not in some private Nazi’s living room, but inside a lecture theatre of a UK university. And the thugs responsible for all this, were not some shunned section of our society, but those gifted with teaching our children. And the university security, however polite, were there to reinforce the rules that discriminated against us. Institutionalised antisemitism.
Academics at the University of Warwick used Prevent as an excuse to ensure that their twisted antisemitic narrative would go unchallenged. They knew, that if they allowed us entry, then during the Q&A we would provide an alternative argument to the one they wanted students to believe. And the university allowed them to do it. To actually suggest Jews practice eugenics, whilst barring Jews from being able to put up a defence. That is the standard of academics at the University of Warwick. Something it is clearly worthwhile remembering.
A complaint is being drafted.
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Ha yes the IHRA ” batshit ” definition ” , the one that hasn’t been adopted by the Labour Party. The truth matters.
Maybe your entry problems have something to do with Mandy Bluthenthal having a penchant for intimidating and then assaulting other attendees.
Stephen, how can you possibly use the word ‘truth’ in the same comment you accuse Mandy of assault. As everyone knows, and the footage clearly shows, the violent activist arrested at the War on Want demo a few months ago, grabbed the phone from her hands. As anybody would, she went to retrieve her stolen property. If you cannot even play honest in situations like that – what hope is there for you?
Dead right Bellers. Let’s keep a focus on the real issue here; the door policy of the management. When me a Gabriel were denied entry when we went to review the new Goebbels Curry Cottage I wanted to say that they were antisemites but he reckoned it was because we weren’t wearing ties. Batshit crazy if you ask me.
I think it was most likely your dirty finger nails.
“Tilley asked us for ID, explaining that only Faculty and students would be allowed in. We pointed out that we had driven two hours to a public event. She shrugged. It’s the ‘Prevent strategy’ she said. There is irony here. These people hate Prevent, and yet they used it as an excuse to exclude us.”
This is an obvious pretext. ‘Prevent’ says nothing about excluding people. Yeterday before the meeting I spoke to Manus Conaghan at Warwick U. He is the Prevent point person. He specifically told me that they did NOT consider that this meeting came under the ‘Prevent’ provisions, since it did NOT encourage extremism in their view.
Tut tut David you forgot to mention the disruptive nut job Jonno was with you. C’est clair.
jonno? There were three of us in the car. Me, Mandy and Yochy. I saw nobody else anywhere, nor at the event. Was he hiding in the trunk?
Since when did Bell-Arse care about the truth?
He spends his time sniffing round liar in chief Greensteins blog. What do you expect ?
The arse cant even type properly.
Maybe if when I lied I apologised Scoffie. Would that help ?
No because you have lost any connection with the truth.
Scoffie are we talking a correspondence or a coherence theory of truth here ?
Would have to have been a pretty big trump given Jonno’s unhappy relationship with food.
So are you saying Hoffman is being economical with the verité and wasn’t actually there?
No, I am saying you cannot read.
David you have a habit of prefixing or suffixing highly disputable propositions with expressions like ” as everybody knows………” & # 8221; clearly”
But hey ho nothing turns on it. Once again you suffer the inevitable consequences of lying down with dogs.
sorry Stephen, it doesn’t work. Yesterday I was unfairly evicted from an event. Next time, I can be evicted as someone always evicted from events. I don’t buy into this fascist method at all. Mandy goes to 100’s of events and was assaulted at several. If you exclude her, it isn’t because she is a troublemaker.
I admire your attempt to play by their rules but the deck is rigged . The means is there to realign the cards while remaining within the law . Anything else is a waste of time. You are dealing with faculty fascists aligned with student Islamlofascists.
Err… That’s 3 right wing activist Jews not allowed in, not all Jews as implied in your headline.
Quick query, though. Who funds all your gallivanting around the country and attending events?
Yeah David. Dick does well to remind us of the key issue here; namely the fiscal propriety of social media bloggers. I do not want to have to suspend my monthly standing order if this is shown to be frivolous and wholly recreational gallivanting. Do you have petrol receipts?
Damn Ian… I will have to cancel my subscription to Netflix if you do that. What will I watch when I am pretending to be an activist. I do have the apple core, I didn’t have anywhere to put it and left it in my pocket. Will this suffice?
not sure. Mandy was driving, Yochy bought me a coffee, oh and one of them gave me an apple. Is this like a government gift thing, where I can get into trouble if I don’t declare it? Jeez… Ian is right. anything to deflect.
And now to the main point… It was only 3 right wing activists who weren’t let in, wasn’t it? Not all Jews.
You may make light of your funding sources, but that’s just a deflection too.
Dick I do hope you realise the disgraceful nature of your argument. Firstly, I am not a ‘right wing activist’ and anyway – my political position is irrelevant. But try this on for size. ‘The MET police were not institutionally racist because some non-blacks were also arrested’. Or, ‘not every black was arrested so there was no racism in the police force’. Your argument isn’t disgraceful because it is so weak, it is disgraceful because you use this type of ridiculous strategy to deflect from anti-Jewish racism.
David the analogy is ridiculous. There are two issues. What reason was given for not letting you in? The ” prevent” argument is stupid. The other issue is why didn’t they want you in, which is not quite the same question.
You offer the reason that it is because you are Jewish. You know that isn’t it at all and Dick’s point stands. To be frank it reads like a self pitying whine.
Dick’s point doesn’t stand. You are right, the Prevent argument is stupid – but it is the one we were given at the door. The question becomes when did they decide to turn this from a public to a private event. You and I both know, if we are being honest, it was probably when I was sighted by Todorova. At this point, it becomes about the distorted way she views me. You may claim that racism is not involved. I believe it clearly is. That you or Dick may or may not view with the same type of glasses Todorova does, doesn’t validate his point. As I am someone who does nothing but write, the exclusion is unsupportable however you choose to describe it. When it is placed into context – that they sought to push antisemitic falsehoods onto students unchallenged, and we threatened that strategy, then I think the entire antisemitic cap fits quite nicely.
No David the question is not when. The question is why.
the two are connected. As we are probably both of the mind that the decision was only taken upon us being sighted – then one is intimately linked to the other. They maintained the decision was taken prior to this, which is almost certainly not true – therefore when, rather than why, is the question that carries the weight.
Not following this David. I am sure your judgment is sound on the when question. On that they are being economical with the actuality to put it as kindly as I can.
. Dan was addressing the why.
You are telling us it because you guys are Jewish. Like ” Oh look those folks look like a bunch of Yids. THEY are not coming in.”
What if it had been, say, Simon Cobbs and that yob from Students Rights ( sic) of UCL fame. Forgot his name. And they knew all about them. I instinctively think whatever reason you were excluded would have extended to them too.
Neither is Jewish. Simon is about as Jewish as my grand ma Maggie O’Hara.
So having settled the when the why becomes important. Dan’s question remains unanswered.
I am pleased that we both agree that they were being rather deceptive when they suggested this was a prevent issue and that they had only decided it was private the moment they realised I was there. There are things we will not agree on, and your refusal to see antisemitism, even when it is wearing a bit fat t-shirt with the words ‘antisemitic activity’ blazing in high quality print across the front, is part of the problem. Can we agree that for academics, who push the argument of free speech as being the primary defence of their right to discuss whatever they want, there is rank hypocrisy, and perversion of the central pillars of academia in their refusal to allow in, people that they know hold different viewpoints?
If that is the why, yes we can agree on that too.
OK. I have long accepted there are bridges that we cannot cross. Given the limitations presented by our positions, I think I can be satisfied by the level of agreement we do have on this event.
David, you still are avoiding the issue that it wasn’t All Jews who were barred, just you, your 2 friends and possibly Hoffman. And if it was open only to faculty and students, and you are not faculty or students, then your argument about distance travelled is a bit moot.
Anything else in your reply is deflection par excellence.
The event was open – and they only chose to close it upon my arrival. I have no interest in playing your game.
A little bit more light relief for you David 🙂
David I was more than content to go along with your assumption that the decision to exclude you was taken after you were spotted and you made the journey with no idea this was going to happen. It added up. Or seemed to. However, a problem has arisen.
Ir looks like Scoffie may have dropped you in it. This is not an infrequent experience of people that lie down with the narcissistic idiot. I call it Scoff in mouth desease.
Apparently he wasn’t there. However, he has an impulse to tell us he was involved and he has zilch impulse control when it comes to self promotion. He tells us this……….
“Yeterday ( his ryping skills don’t seem obviously superior to mine ) before the meeting I spoke to Manus Conaghan at Warwick U. He is the Prevent point person. He specifically told me that they did NOT consider that this meeting came under the ‘Prevent’ provisions, since it did NOT encourage extremism in their view.”
So if he wasn’t there the convo presumably was earlier in the day . Why was he talking about the prevent alibi to the prevent officer earlier in the day? He must have had information that there was to be exclusions and prevent was to be the stupid excuse. If Scoffie knew then you knew before you made the journey.
I am sure you can clear this up. One possible explanation is that this conversation didn’t happen and that it was another example of his look at me . look at me . destructive impulse.
I can think of another explanation but I will keep it to myself for the moment.
I think you are confusing issues. In my blog I specifically mention that JHRW registered a complaint with the university during the day. I am sure others did as well. It seems Jonathan was one of those that called. None of this has anything to do with the events of the evening. Jonathan apparently called, and spoke to the Prevent person. Why you think that he thought or knew people were going to be excluded is beyond me. From your details, it seems during the call, the person advised Jonathan, that his complaint about the event had nothing to do with him, as the meeting did not fall under the provisions. It’s your conspiracy bug playing with you again.
That was my other theory, and I think it is close to the truth. I think you were taken by surprise, and that it probably was Scoffie that gave them the idea of quoting prevent.
So you guys stupidly try to get the meeting shut down on prevent grounds and then whine like ripped off crack hos when the faculty quote prevent as grounds for excluding you.
Then Scoffie spills the beans.
In your brain mush , anyone who advocates for Israel is right wing.
De modo nenhum. Only those who shout ‘get out of my country’ at non-white students at a university gathering.
I would suggest also that Israel advocates UJS, Bicom, JLM, etc are not close to being right wing.
Why shouldn’t three pro Israel activists be denied entry Dick Mullet?
Why should three pro Israel activists be denied entry Dick Mullet? Is it simply because they hold opposing views to the organisers – even YOU cannot defend that nonsense!
Mr. Mullett, you are out of order. Accusing the Zionists of being right-wing is childish and factually incorrect. May I suggest you read up on countries which had leftwing governments and come back to me with a list of those countries that enjoyed the prosperity, equality and pluralism that Israel offers. I await the results of your research.
“Right wing activist Jews” David is clearly standing up to a bigoted, anti-Semitic prejudice, which, in any sane persons eyes, makes him a liberal.
Oh yeah liberals. I heard about THEM.
And I heard plenty about internet trolls.
What is the birth strike, as promoted by gays against surrogacy?
Bellamy must be perpetually frustrated that you consistently fail to rise to his offensive bait and keep treating him like a rational, normal human being.
I didn’t get in, and haven’t yet heard the recording, but it is clearly related to the LGBT rights on surrogacy and access to fertility treatments. haaretz/opinion/.premium-israel-is-isolating-lgbt-community-with-its-adoption-laws-1.5494869.
The claims remind me of the days back in the seventies when gay and lesbian self styled revolutionaries used to claim that their acts of having sex — especially in non monogamous relationships — were bringing about The Revolution by undermining the structural basis of capitalism.
Honestly, these are acts of resistance against the colonialist settler might of the state of Israel?
Exactly how many women are having themselves impregnated by Palestinian jailbirds?
And just how many Israeli gays are there not spilling their seed or donating their eggs in the Gays Against Surrogacy collective?
We should be publicising this parody of serious research for all we’re worth!
The leeast we can do is nominate it for the IgNobel junk research awards……
Good suggestion Judy. There was also some talk of the Darwin Awards recently (you will know that these commemorate the individuals who contribute to the improvement of our gene pool by removing themselves from it.) I was sure that some of the contributors here might qualify until it was pointed out that you had to be dead to be eligible. To be honest I’m still not sure that this rules some of the out.
Actually the Symbionese Liberation Army thought this sex thing highly politically important. So the girls would get themselves admitted to max security prisons as visitors and make out with the black prisoners. Not sure how on topic this is but the thought occurred.
Very ‘on topic’ Bellers. You forgot to mention that the guys on the door wouldn’t let Patty Hearst in because her name sounded too Jewish.
Stephen Bellamy’s insulting language when referring to the International Holocaust Remembrance Assassination’s definition of antisemitism, highlights his own “critical” stance of being another malicious antisemitic troll, whose raisin d’etre is to spend his waking hours, seeking out Jewish websites, so he can insult Jews, Judaism and the Jewish state. This is Stephen ‘s sad life! But, don’t cry for Stephen as this is his choice!
Given this may be true, the more time he spends here doing absolutely no harm at all, the better.
Hi Judah My intemperate references to the IHRA batshit ( a well deserved intemperance )
I am insulting who exactly ?
I do not believe you cannot work out the “who exactly!” You use the word “batshit” which refers to bat’s faeces. You use it to reference the IHRA. You use it to denigrate the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which itself is a variant of the EUMC, which then became the FRA. The US has a variant of the EUMC and so on regarding the definition of antisemitism. You chose to be offensive. You choose to be offensive. You did not have to use the word “batshit” to make a point, other than to make the point of using “shit” in reference to Jews.
You cannot have a dialogue without being offensive, using offensive language. That’s what you do. This is who you are. You troll Jewish websites in order to insult Jews, Judaism and the Jewish state. It shows you have a pathological obsession with Jews.
David, you’re right about Bellers. He just doesn’t get it. He sent me a private message earlier asking “what’s all the fuss about Eugenics? Is Annie Lennox making a comeback?”
Antisemitism is rife no less than it was before 1939. The only difference is that at present we have our defensive weapon it’s called Israel, not because of its military capability (although mighty) but for its ingeniousity in invention & creativity in Technology leading to its success in the World Trading Market. It’s called none the less Yiddisher kopf and that is something money can’t buy ! Is it a wonder that the antisemites are trying to create a smoke screen by calling themselves Anti Zionists which will go to any extent to soil Israel’s name ?
The University of Warwick should bar Jews from entry. It would be the logical next step. It would demonstrate their unashamed anti-semitism and would be the ‘honest’ thing to do.
I am seeing the barring of Zionist atttendees at the Warwick University event as a victory. It is only in the last year or two that Zionists are being refused entry to pro-Palestine events. How do we interpret this? is it fear of the meeting being disrupted? Provavelmente. Is it a fear of what is being discussed as highly questionable? Provavelmente. Or, is it that what will flow from the mouths of the pro-Palestine protagonists is a complete and utter hatred of the Jewish state,, a plethora of lies and propaganda that will not stand to questioning.? of course it is.
Take heart fellow Zionists, we might have lost this battle, but, we are winning the war.
David, where is the evidence to support your assertion that Vertommen believes that Israel’s policy of pronatalism constitutes a form of eugenics?
First of all Josh, there is a bit of a straw man in your question. But ignoring that, had I been allowed inside, I would have heard Vertommen’s argument in full. I wasn’t permitted entry, which is not my fault but theirs, which means I can only work through an understanding of the argument as it is presented in the summary (I do hope to be able to listen to the full event in a day or two). I did seek advice as eugenics is not my field, and reading from the summary, I have yet to talk to a fair minded person that does not see some form of a two-way eugenic discussion contained within it. It clearly runs in parallel to a definition of eugenics. I am not entirely convinced that whether Vertommen believes it constitutes a form of eugenics or not is relevant to the problem or the blog. Perhaps you can enlighten me as to why it is important?
This – “critical scholars have rightly argued that Israel’s pronatalism is a selective one, primarily to serve the reproductive rights of its Jewish population at the expense of the indigenous Palestinian population‘.”
& # 8221; it will propose a ‘reproductive sabotage framework”
Seem pretty self-explanatory.
This is being studied by people all over the world, I am in Nicaragua.
Universities like Warwick are showing us that the fish is rotting from t he head down. Perhaps the faculty should go right back to elementary education including history of the world and work from there.
Surely people who refuse to allow others into a public meeting do so because they are afraid. Cowards refuse to allow public discussion because they are afraid of being shown up as idiots and fear they will be unable to answer relevant and justified questions. If people have a brain, they relish discussion with all, but bigots run scared and behave like bullies.
Shame on an august institution with a reputation such as Warwick has, for allowing such behaviour.
Surely the time has come to ban the vile creature Bellamy.
And now, here we have another ghastly new troll, Dick.
Please don’t forget me, I mean, I am a member of the ‘swivel-eyed’ brigade allegedly, one that promotes tolerance & respect for human life. Still, as such a belief system now makes me ‘anti-semitic’, one really can’t win with the actual ‘swivel eyed’ brigade!
nope – you are the one making stuff up to justify unacceptable behaviour. You promote lies to hide intolerance and an abuse of freedoms. You did it here, on this blog, just a few hours ago.
As Mr Collier makes some grave allegations, its useful perhaps to detail Warwick for Justice in Palestine’s Code of Conduct, specifically its final Paragraph: “We would like to emphasise that no intimidation of any kind will be tolerated at our events, either towards members of the audience or towards speakers and organisers, and we expect all those speaking at or attending our events to abide by the Dignity at Warwick policy (www2.warwick. ac. uk/servic…/equalops/dignityatwarwick/)”
Now, I concur with Mr Collier that the event/lecture was advertised as a Public Lecture, however, and in light of the fact that Mr Collier was escorted by one Jonathan Hoffman, a well known agitator & disrupter of numerous events, its seems logical, given the organisers are not stupid, that they uphold their own Code of Conduct, namely that detailed above.
Now, given what’s known about Hoffman the organisers were within their right to stop a well known agitator entry to said gathering knowing full well he respects no Codes whatsoever – plenty of video evidence to support this. Alas Mr Collier, you have admitted trying to attend this Public Lecture with Hoffman.
Now, Mr Collier, in light of the Code of Conduct, which is here for all to see: facebook/warwickpalestine/
Please explain why the organisers should allow known agitators within this lecture, given their Code of Conduct is quite clear, namely, agitators are not wanted.
Obviously, if Hoffman had not journeyed with you, I may well have had some sympathy. However, given the facts, the organisers are actually in the right, and as ever, you make mountains out of mole hills, mountains the size of K2 I hasten to add.
In future, perhaps remember, if you are unwilling to comply with Public Codes of Conduct openly displayed, don’t be surprised if you are turned away if your interest is nothing less than academic, which in Mr Hoffman’s case, it certainly was not.
Jonathan wasn’t there. É tão simples assim. These rumours – that Hoffman was somehow there are a perfect example of how one side speaks the truth, and the other tries to make stuff up to justify their unacceptable behaviour.
David, Lets clear up some issues here. First, Hoff was not with you. No issue, this is a fact as presented by you and you colleagues, one that would stand in any court.
Second, given this Blog evolves with the hours, we are instructed by Hoff he already had been in contact with the University on the afternoon of the day of your journey, no doubt trying to get this small ‘PUBLIC’ lecture banned or cause as much hassle as possible for the organisers and guest speaker, not to mention the Faculty & University itself!
Now, accepting the fact that Hoff was not physically present with you, may I enquire, given Hoff had already let the cat out of the bag, i. e., he alerted the University that the event was under scrutiny by known agitators ( I don’t use the word lightly), do you think a few red flags were raised and the organisers of the Lecture alerted to the fact that rabble rousers may try and gain entry under false pretences in order that they stop the Lecture completely by disreputable behaviour, which Hoff is well known for, as are his fellow journeymen.
Now, can we get back to the Code of Conduct I detailed, can we pay attention to the paragraph I detailed on this thread, and can we, that is you, hand on heart, state categorically that your intent was academic & that you and your colleagues, as members of the public, were willing to uphold the Code of Conduct. Which is axiomatic actually if you were legitimately trying to gain access.
Indeed, my interest is such, that I’m actually now in the process of corresponding with the organisers as a concerned citizen to garner further information. Information that will either refute your claims, or actually reinforce your claims, namely, that you were barred from entry for being Jewish.
Also, can you instruct if any of the other attendees were Jewish, or was it just the Zionist agitators refused entry, or presumed Zionist agitators given you are well known in Palestinian support group circles.
This is no different than a case of three innocent black people turning up and being refused entry to an event. The decision to turn them away was made when the white racist organiser saw them there and didn’t want the event ‘sullied’. The white man said it was ‘members only’, even though it was advertised as public. They also gave another excuse about irrelevant university policy that was quickly ridiculed. Others have suggested it happened because it was ‘full’. Or because the black people were there to cause trouble. Everything the university and its supporters are doing, is typical of all the ways racist behaviour against black people was always protected and excused. Let me surmise your question.
Did the white racists know that black people may turn up to cause trouble? Were there other black people inside you ask (You mean like a quota system?) Maybe the ‘right type’ of black person was let in? Or perhaps as black people, we are agitators (Even though none of us cause trouble)? Is this really the line you are using. Is this what you are asking me now?
Please sir, don’t utilise the African analogy as it don’t have wings I’m afraid. As with me, you are European, which means you have a pinkish complexion. As such, and given most Europeans look much alike, this analogy stinks, unless of course you are both Jewish & of recent African descent – can we qualify this with Hoff please?
Now, given in your OP you have detailed you are actually known to the organisers. I mean you have named and shamed them, please explain why anybody, bar yourself and band of followers you journeyed with, and in light of the Code of Conduct, why you suggest Jews were barred from the Lecture, given your global reputation, a reputation of suggesting any critique of the Israeli State is anti-semitic.
Had you and your colleagues not been known, and had Hoff not rang the University with the intent to derail matters, I too may have been alarmed and cried actual anti-semitism. This clearly is not the case though.
It will be interesting to see if the Organisers respond to my own enquiries, which I shall of course convey to your readership.
I am not European. Europeans have spent centuries persecuting my ancestors because they were not European. Você é um idiota. I also don’t have a ‘reputation’ for suggesting any critique of the Israeli state is antisemitic (others say I rule the world, control the banks and so on). I do hope you are not expecting anyone to take this seriously. As you will not find a single quote of mine *ever* that suggests this is the case, you are now blatantly just piling on false accusations on me, as you piled them on Hoffman earlier.
The black person analogy holds and is accurate and no amount of whinging will change it. Your discomfort with it, is because it so clearly highlights what we are really dealing with here.
You are as European as they come.
Anyhoo… Being associated with Hoff is the death knell for any sensible pro Israel advocate. The moment he got involved, your card was marked.
I reject that entirely. you do realise that 99.95% of the people in this country, do not even know who the Hoff is. I am really not going to bother with you anymore. not sure why I tried.
Exatamente. My last comment was written in anger. Anger at myself because I had been getting a tad sympathetic. I know, I know. Shoot me.
Isto é brilhante. We have erstwhile contributor, Gabriel reviewing books he’s never read and now Chris commenting on an attendee that never attended. What next I wonder; The spurious Mullet offering us a short essay on his life as Mollie Sugden?
Hypocrite. PSC have been disrupting israeli events for years including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the Proms in 2011 Bathsheva dance and Habima theatre troupes to name but three . J. Hoffman for the most part asks questions in the Q+A to which he is ignored. Unlike the fascist thugs of the PSC .
What’s sauce for the goose etc.
Harv that was the proms that Scoffie got thrown out of for hooliganism if my memory serves me well.
Are there no Warwick faculty critical of anti-Semitism who could have demanded entry even to an event restricted to Warwick faculty and students?
Stephen Bellamy, Your contribution in summary : David , Yochy and Mandy are “right wing ” activists. therefore whatever they say is wrong. I am left, progressive the least anti-Semitic guy you can ever meet, and even if I’m totally stupid (which you are Stephen) I’m always right. That’s you Stephen in a nutshell. You are a bore Stephen and you have taken 10 minutes of my life reading rubbish. and I’m really really upset about that. You try to use language , ambiguity and other techniques to make fatuous points. You have not made one good point at all. You have not even supported the speaker at this conference. You have not given one good reason why David and his tiny team should have been excluded, even if you don’t like their opinions. You just like to bate people.
Nice summary Joshua, although no post from Bellers is complete without the airing of some personal grudge. His own bijoux blogette seems to exists entirely for this purpose. I think he calls it Tir Amasu. I suppose that naming it after a sickly pudding has a certain poetry.
“metta mi giu” ( a put me down) would have been a more appropriate name to describing Stephen’s efforts.
Aw Joshua this makes ten minutes and three seconds.
I don’t recall saying.
I am progressive.
I am least antisemitic guy You could wish to meet.
I don’t recall ever being bored in my entire life though. Get a freaking hobby ffs.
Found the link to this from Melanie Phillips’ blog. Truly it is shocking that this happens in 21st century Britain, at a university no less.
It’s been happening for years. These proto fascists have been disrupting Israeli events including the Israel Philharmonic at the Summer Proms . Now they are making inroads into academia which comes as no surprise given the far left influence in our university faculties. Mr Collier and others were banned because their presence and reporting would have shone a light on the foul lies and propaganda presented by this activist academic. She constructs the academic discourse to fit her own prejudices and disseminates it to an audience of eager unthinking and uncritical students. David Collier kicks away the stone to shine a light on these people who prefer to operate in the shadows but we see you and more are beginning to understand the rot which has been allowed to set in. The only way to deal with the matter is for the government to make good on their recent pronouncements and get to grips with the relevant universities and hit them hard in the pocket. Student society , Charitable status needs to be scrutinised and reported for evident breaches of conditions set down by the Charity Commission.
The government needs to act firmly to prevent universities becoming a no go zone for Jewish students .
Disrupting as in shouting “get out of my country”?
This would be the same Melanie that flew to Athens with the nut job fascist Douglas Murray in an attempt to persuade the authorities there not to allow the establishing of a mosque in that city.
Love Doug and Mel. Zio legends.
Aw Ian that was the comment of a man trying way too hard. If you feel an urge to be witty but can’t think of anything witty to say, the wisest thing is to sit on your hands.
BTW the next time you are writing reviews of restaurents you haven’t visited you might think of bringing in David on the wheeze. He just has made an awful fool of himself writing blog posts about meetings he didn’t attend.
I haven’t made a fool of myself at all Stephen. The advert, as everyone knows, reeks of antisemitism. In addition, however you seek to utilise the quote from the Jewish students, the Hawthorne effect is in place, so I could (but can’t be bothered to) argue the speaker only toned down the racism because by this point they were aware complaints would be made. This is what is implied in the full quote from the Jewish students.
So as to keep you in the loop, a second issue has opened up. Not only does the complaint deal with the problems of the exclusion, since my blog post, at least two members of the Faculty have been spreading lies about my behaviour. One central player, a female academic, has suggested (quote from the media) I am ‘very well known’ for ‘aggressive behaviour towards female academics’ and that my ‘physical and verbal intimidation tactics were very much on display on Wednesday’.
That a female member of Faculty should invent an allegation of sexist abuse, aggression and harassment is not just libellous, but a betrayal of those who truly suffer from such abuse. This second element is also in the complaint. They really are digging a hole for themselves.
Why would I do that Bellers when it’s loads more fun reading your reviews of jokes I didn’t make.
This is appalling.
Warwick University should be ashamed of its dirty little self. The left are truly saturated with foul anti-semites. They make me sick.
Given how confusing this Blog becomes when it has multiple comments from readers, would it be possible to actually add a ‘Time Stamp’ to the post, rather than just a date stamp, that way, persons can keep up with who says what and when, rather than the thread being all over the place?
Notado. I am looking at using an external system, such as Disqus (or other variety). The native WordPress comment system is limited. However, I won’t do it, if it means losing the archive of comments. Does anyone else want or care if there is a change? Does anyone know of a better system plugin to WordPress?
Posted on 20th Jan 2018 10.46 am Jewish State time.
Loving the desperation of the naysayers in this thread; like 40 year old virgins watching the porn channel in boxing gloves.
“blah blah… accounting irregularities…blah, blah …reckon you’re mates with some bloke we don’t like and nobody else has heard of….he was there…oh no he wasn’t …oh yes he was…oh no he wasn’t…..blah, blah… Melanie Phillips hates Greeks…blah, blah, blah”
Quality activism. Altogether now “Free-eeeee, A-hed Taaamimi”
I love reading your comments.
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Even taking in to account the forgivable exuberance of youth, the sheer joy of allowing your intellect to run unshackled from any reality, the sort of thing one is sure to encounter coming from the strong young minds of university students – even with all of that, this discussion reveals that there are far too many ordinary minds on Warwick campus now. Attending a university has become too easy and too commonplace, and far too many supermarket cashiers are getting pumped out dressed up as intelligentsia.
Clearly, Warwick University has a serious problem. If this discussion is in any way indicative of its intellectual standards, then its Antisemitism is among its lesser problems. Any Yob can learn to express himself with fancy words, but that won’t raise the level of his mind. The fact that so many comments were elicited in favour of the exclusion of Jews from the meeting under discussion, is the best indicator of how badly Warwick has failed as a university. The fact that the whole fiasco originated in the faculty itself, simply underscores that failure.
Perhaps anyone seriously considering a higher education, should seek it elsewhere.
I will not respond to follow-up comments, so if you were going to answer me, rather don’t bother.
Harry the University of Warwick doesn’t have a problem. The University is serenely and happily going about its business. Its you Zio guys that have the problem.
Looks like David’s hoof is in his mouth.
However, Warwick University’s Jewish/Israeli society (JISoc) told the JC that the event was not as bad as their members had feared.
“We were deeply concerned with the event’s Facebook description, which we believe amounted to dog-whistle antisemitism,” the group said in a statement.
“As such, a couple of our members attended the event, which had a turnout of 10 to 15 people, and found that the speaker and her content were not antisemitic, and therefore, not worthy of further comment.
Stephen, you know I think you are being somewhat selective in your quote. Why not use all of it?
“As such, a couple of our members attended the event, which had a turnout of 10 to 15 people, and found that the speaker and her content were not antisemitic, and therefore, not worthy of further comment. It is important to note that there was a divergence between the event as advertised, and what was heard on the day .”
Last night, at the University of Warwick, Faculty arranged a public talk that accused Israel of eugenics.
David that is a lie isn’t it ?
no, I don’t think that is what a lie is. As I said in my complaint to the university (which has now been sent)
The really sad thing is that the whole episode seems to have been unnecessary, but the actions of some members of your Faculty, both before and after the event, have left me with no choice but to take on this battle.
I go to lots of events you are unaware of, because nothing of note happens. you only know of this one because I was excluded. If you are suggesting that because I responded to ‘dog whistle’ antisemitism in an advert for an event, and was then excluded from the event, I am somehow in the wrong for not having accurately portrayed the event itself through being blinded because of the ‘racist’ exclusion – your ethical vision is a skewed sometimes as your logic.
Greenstein is applying for job as your understudy exposing antisemitism within the PSC. Maybe offer him an internship.
Funny thing is, he picked that up from those doing the work on the good side. Didn’t even give the credit. When he learns to give credit where it is due, I’ll consider his application.
There you go again David . & # 8221; as everyone knows” . Everyone knows so matter settled. Well everyone doesn’t know. I for one don’t know. I have read the ad several times and I don’t understand a freaking word. This is why I have not commented on it. I for one am clever enough to understand the difference between cleverness and expertise.,
I wonder if you are. I can’t help wondering when someone who seems to have zilch understanding of what logic is, what it can do for us and what it can’t do for us, criticises MY logic.
You keep banging on about the faculty, but don’t tell us which faculty. You tell us that this mysterious ” faculty” formed its own anti Israel club because the student one isn’t extreme enough. You provide no evidence of this and I can’t find any elsewhere. Is this something else you just made up ?
So you are going into battle with the University of Warwick. Hopefully you will have better luck than when you went into battle with the University of Bath.
Your personal grudge against certain academics at Warwick has not served you well here. With a bit of help from certain idiots I won’t bother mentioning again, you have screwed up big time. You sensed an opportunity to do them over and it blew up in your face. My personal advice would be to ruefully lick your wounds, and be more careful next time.
Here David, I fear Bellers may have the advantage. When it comes to manipulating social media almost exclusively for airing personal grudges he is peerless as his brutal Tir Amisu blog proves. If he gets the merest sniff that I’m a pretend Jew, a bent brief or Melanie Phillips, I’m done for.
Except Ian Confucias he say…….
& # 8221; It is not the puruit of personal grudges that will do for you it is getting so careless and over excited that the pursuit blows up in your face.”
Confucias also say.
& # 8221; best not to get spotted at the same time cross posting the pursuit of your grudge on the racist cess pit Harry’s Place ”
Probably at the invitation of her fragrance, Sarah. Though equally possibly at the invite of David Toube, AKA Habibi, AKA Lucy Lips.
Here is Lucy on one of her more famous homophobic rants.
The coincidences of life are weird Bellers. My son and some of his army mates were just explaining to me the components of their new drink of choice “The Irish Car Bomb” and you come on here talking about blowing shit up. It was only a matter of time I suppose.
Your son and his ” army ” might like this Ian. There is a bang or several.
Anyway don’t let me distract your son. Time is of the essence. Some barely pubescent girls to sort out in the dark and the silence.
Oh Stephen, I admit I do forget that when I talk about ‘everybody’, this would include all those who are determined to oppose everything I write, all those who think Jews are controlling the word, all those who never see antisemitism anywhere and so on. Given this, I accept some of your criticism and should refrain from doing so. I also forget that even my casual responses are picked up, so each time I write something, I should perhaps send it through to the ‘Elders’ for editorial checking.
This same problem arises when we discuss logic, so I accept that to some people, some of my arguments, will appear illogical, despite the inherent integrity of the logic behind them. Here though, I need to concern myself only with the integrity of the logic itself, rather than bending it to ‘fit’, the skewed perception of others. I am not surprised you think I have zilch understanding of what logic is. I think I can live with that.
I am not the conspiracy theorist, so when I talk about Faculty, I am talking about some of the Faculty. Those specifically involved in the incident. Like if I say I was attacked by Millwall supporters, I do not mean I was attacked by all of them, and if I reference Millwall supporters in my report, I am of course only referring to those who attacked me. I didn’t think I needed to spell this out, but then I forget that not ‘everyone’ involved in this discussion is inside it to gain understanding or discover truth. Some are there to set out hurdles. This I can do nothing about.
I never went to battle with Bath, I addressed an issue there. As I am doing here. I did not seek anyone out as part of a personal grudge, after all, they excluded me, not the other way around. It is important to remember the way this works – the racists are the bad guys – I fight racists – If you are not a racist, I have no problem with you. Nothing has blown up in my face, I was excluded on discriminatory grounds, and I will fight that position, as well as the smears people use as a way of trying to discredit me.
David’s travails bring to mind the epigraph to one of Christopher Hitchens’ finest essays:
In his imperishable Treatise on the Art of Political Lying, published in 1714, Dr. John Arbuthnot laid down a standard for falsifiers and calumniators that has yet to be excelled. He wrote:
Detractory or defamatory lies should not be quite opposite to the qualities the person is supposed to have. Thus it will not be found according to the sound rules of pseudology to report of a pious and religious prince that he neglects his devotions and would introduce heresy; but you may report of a merciful prince that he has pardoned a criminal who did not deserve it”.
The Chorus and Cassandra: What Everyone Knows about Noam Chomsky (Grand Street, Vol. 5, No. 1 Autumn, 1985), p.106.
This is a helpful contribution Josh.
On the occasions when I happily engage on the subject of our wondrous Jewish State with contrary, self styled anti-Zios I always ask them what date they would like to use to start the conversation; 3000 BC, 1922, 1948, 1967, today? I had never considered 1714 as an option but I will now. Felicidades.
Talking of Tony Greensteins proposed internship. It appears one of his toadies has picked up my comment and tweeted it to his Royal foulness.
Which proves ‘ if you set the bait they will come ‘
Damn, the secret is out. Hope it hasn’t put Tony off.
How wonderful to be called a toady by you, perhaps given I’m polite enough to call you a Groupie of Mr Collier. Further, whilst I agree with Mr Goldstein on many issues, on others I fundamentally disagree, hence I’m hardly a Toady I’m afraid. But happy to instruct I’m associating with many of those within the JVL, Free Speech on Israeli and other Left of Centre groups that actually focus on human rights issues for all, rather than a chosen few.
David is unceasing in his praise of the methodological rigour of his own research, yet in this case, he failed to undertake the most elementary research in order to determine Dr Vertommen’s views. Ironically, had he done so, he would have seen that, in her analysis of the Israel policy of pronatalism, Vertommen disavows any comparison with Nazi eugencis policy:
“In its crusade to create and consolidate the Jewish majority in the Holy Land, Israel has attempted to enlarge its Jewish population in two significant ways. First and foremost, by installing a strong immigration policy to attract Jews from the Diaspora, crystallized in the Law of Return which gives every Jew in the world the right and privilege to “ascend” to Israel (aliyah) and to become an Israeli citizen, and by simultaneously denying Palestinian refugees their Right to Return. Second, by installing pronatalist reproductive health policies that would stimulate Jewish Israelis to “reproduce the nation”. Leading gynecologist, fertility researcher and founder of Israeli Family Planning Associations Yitzhak Halbrecht (quoted in Hashash 2010) summarized it well when postulating that “the future of the State of Israel depends on its number of citizens and their quality – both aspects depend on the magnitude of immigration from various countries of origin on the one hand and the natural increase of the local population”. While Israeli migration policies are meant to promote an “external aliyah”, its pronatalist reproductive health policies are to encourage an “internal aliyah”. When commenting on Israel’s exceptionally generous IVF policy, former Chief of Staff and Minister of Health Mordechai Gur stated that “IVF is still cheaper than a newcomer” as means of increasing the size of the population (quoted in Birenbaum-Carmeli 2004, 900).
However, as Jacqueline Portuguese (1998) and Rhoda Kanaaneh (2002) have convincingly argued, this state-sponsored pronatalism should be viewed as a selective pronatalism since it is mostly the Jewish part and not the Arab “residual” part of the nation that is being encouraged to be fruitful and multiply. Analyzing Israel’s fertility policy, Portuguese (1998) concluded that the Israeli government has been as concerned with lowering the Palestinian birthrate as it has with raising the Jewish one. She emphasizes that this has never resulted in an explicit anti-natalist design for Palestinians. For instance, there is no history of forced sterilizations of Palestinian women, nor were there any special provisions or allowances for Palestinian women to undergo abortions. Moreover, Palestinian women living inside Israel are citizens of the State by which they are entitled to the same health care provisions as Jewish Israelis. There are nonetheless some indications in Israel’s history of reproductive policies of what Shellee Colen (1986) has dubbed stratified reproduction, a policy by which certain groups in society are encouraged or coerced to reproduce and parent and others are not. For instance, in 1949 David Ben Gurion issued the Heroine Mother award, financial award to every heroine woman on the birth of her tenth child. The Heroine Mother award was dropped after ten years when it turned out that it were mostly Arab women who were benefitting from it. Ben Gurion commented that ‘any future prenatal incentive must be administered by the Jewish Agency [parastatal Israeli organisation which is only accountable to Jewish citizens, S. V.] and not the state [which is supposed to take care of all its citizens, including the Palestinian, S. V.] since the aim is to increase the number of Jews and not the population of the state (quoted in Kanaaneh 2002, p.35). In 1968 Israel established a Fund for Encouraging Birth, which was only available for those who had relatives in the Israeli army, clearly excluding Palestinians in Israel since they usually don’t serve in the army”.
Sigrid Vertommen, Towards a political economy of egg cell donations: ‘doing it the Israeli way’ (2016), Critical Kinship studies: Kinship (trans)formed, pp.7-8.
And here comes someone else to suggest that because I was not let into the event, I am somehow responsible for not being able to accurately judge the content of the event itself. I read and researched Vertommen as much as I could before going to Warwick, and this is yet another straw man being created. How on earth does this piece (which itself contains several problematic positions) excuse exclusion on discriminatory grounds, or excuse the antisemitic overtones of the event advert? The advert seemed to be implying an argument of eugenics, one that wasn’t just picked up by me, but by most (with all the usual exclusions) of the people that read it.
David you seem to be acknowledging the inaccuracy of your headline and your first sentence………..
& # 8221; Last night, at the University of Warwick, Faculty arranged a public talk that accused Israel of eugenics. & # 8221;
An apology to the University and the indivuals smeared is too much to hope for but would not a revision be the honourable thing to do ? You acknowledge that you were not able to accurately judge the content of the event but you make emphatic uneqivocal statements concerning the content.
Stephen, her entire argument contains eugenic implications. I have no idea what you expect an apology for. All I am willing to do is accept I wasn’t in the room, and that two Jewish students seem to believe the talk may have been toned down. How do you run from that into a declaration of innocence over an argument about an event that clearly suggests (running from the PDF Josh just linked to) Israel is using fertility treatment to push a ‘logic of elimination’. Seja real.
David, the claim that you were subjected to discrimination on grounds of ethnicity is demonstrably false. If the organisers had, as you claim, exercised a policy of racial exclusion against Jews, then members of the University of Warwick Jewish/Israeli society (JIsoc) would have been denied entry to the meeting. Given that members of JIsoc were able to attend the meeting without obstruction on the part of the organisers, will you now withdraw your unfounded allegations of racial discrimination?
no of course not Josh, your reasoning is flawed. The people at the door were completely powerless to stop students walking through the door. Your argument suggests the MET was not institutionally racist because it employed some black people as police officers. I think we all know (with the obvious exclusions), that had we not been Zionists, but visibly pro-Palestinian, the event would have remained open.
Well that response was a bit of a show stopper. Doubt there is anything else worth saying. Been fascinating though.
Thanks for the clip Bellers. Don’t know much about all that stuff. It’s all a bit Craggy island for me. I was once in Antrim where they have all the Israeli flags by the roadside. I felt well at home and apparently it winds the Republicans up a treat. Isso esta certo? Anyway can’t dawdle. We’ve got the under 16s mixed waterboarding tonight and there’s fresh meat in from the Jenin raids. The time will fly by.
Sorry Bellers. You put it in inverted commas. I assumed this was another of your Carry On euphemisms. Or, are you just waiting for a latte?
Did you serve Ian ?
To misquote the great Golda Meir “What the feck has it got to do with you?”
Nada. Neither has the colour of your eyes, but if I asked the colour of your eyes you wouldn’t get so upset about it.
I may. It depends how long you’d been gazing into them….
Well if I had been gazing into them I would know and wouldn’t have to ask would I ?
Dunno Bellers. I’ve never been on the receiving end of your flirting technique.
aw Ian honey I will let you have the last word.
I have changed my my mind I am going to leave the last word to Frances Black.
Do calm that stiring in your loins Ian she is way too old for you or your son.
Crickey, he sounds pretty cross with us. No worries though. Mike Pence reckons his gods are on our side so there are clearly more powerful forces at work here than you and me Bellers.
Thats why I took the last word off you and gave it to Frances. Psstt Francis is a she.
But since you mention Pence’s God, which option are you going for ? Are you going to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and saviour or are you going to burn in hell ?
Think I’ll keep an open mind Bellers. Frank Turner always seems quite cheerful and he said ” We’re definitely going to hell. But we’ll have all the best stories to tell.”
David, in your latest tweet, you assert that “[l]ike most Jewish organisations, the #JLC supports the 2SS and PEACE”. Can you explain how JLC’s opposition to UN Resolution 2334, which reaffirmed support for a “region where two democratic States, Israel and Palestine, live side by side in peace within secure and recognized borders”, is compatible with your stated claim?
yes of course. I opposed 2334, but would be ecstatic if Israel and a new Palestinian state lived side by side in peace. Whatever Israelis decide (with the usual exclusions – unnecessary ones in this case) and negotiate with the Palestinians has my support. If I were there, I’d vote in line with my own opinion, but accept majority rule. All this has diddly-squat to do with 2334. It is like saying this.
Because I oppose UNRWA I therefore must oppose EVERYTHING they do, they give Arabs food, therefore I am against giving Arabs food. Which leads to the question – David, why do you want the Arabs to starve?
David, in his last post Josh asks how the opposition by the JLC to UN Resolution 2334 is compatible with your stated claim that they support the 2SS and Peace. Given that the establishment of an Arab state inside my country will create neither peace nor security I would have thought that the answer to his mendacious and wholly disingenuous question was fucking obvious.
Ian your passive aggressive temperamement is highly illuminating.
Spellcheck man, for heaven’s sake. There are impressionable readers here and they both have a right to expect better !!
Nah I don’t give a fuck about the spelling and grammar police. As evidenced by my refusal to be bullied into not beginning sentences with and or but or because. The impressionables will have to look out for themselves.
Nice to see you quickly revert to passive again though. It suits you much better than aggressive. Best leave aggresive to those of us with an aptitude for it.
Dead right Bellers. Horses for courses. Imagine sending Private Godfrey to do a punishment beating or kneecapping some old dear for being a grass. As you rightly say ” c’est la guerre.”
Yeah imagine sending Simon Schama to do a barely pubescent girl in the dark and the quiet.
Best left to Ian’s son and his mates.
He’d barely make it out of bandit country alive.
Thats for sure. And South Armagh is a pic nic relative to my country West Cork. Irish by birth Munster by the grace of God.
Go on then we’ll play the caption competition.
“Gerry and the South Down lads thought they’d finally nailed it but still finished a distant third in Europe’s Best Dressed Terrorist”
I don’t have the remotest clue what you are on about Ian so I guess that means you won.
Nobody wins or loses on social media Bellers. It’s not like reality. It’s just typing.
Reality is all that there is Ian. Typing is among the things ” that there is” Jezuz you are stupid.
As indeed is the 3rd West Cork Brigade o)
Aaah right so Bellers. Obrigado por isso. I really am an old eeejit but remember I’m not a real activist like you. Loved the little filem. I was in the scouts too. I had badges and everything; knots, good deeds, charity collections, colonial oppression . E quanto a você?

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Business data for decision making include tools and techniques, for the transformation of raw data into meaningful and actionable information for business analysis. Every major industry has powerful transaction-oriented systems, which stores the data gathered from daily operations into repositories. To remain competitive enterprises need the ability to rediscover and utilise the data they already hold. This module will provides you with the skills to derive insights from a pool of data available, delivering precise, actionable and timely inputs for decision making. We'll cover the main concepts and key components of business data techniques and applications including: predictive modelling, descriptive data mining, pattern analysis and prescriptive analysis. Everyday sustainability for business.
Every business needs to have a robust sustainability programme – customers prefer it, investors like it, staff want it and society demands it. But often sustainability as practised is a cost centre and this puts pressure on organisation's good intentions as budgets are often tight. This module offers an alternative approach to everyday sustainability by making it pay for more than itself in everyday practice. It requires no knowledge of rocket science or a deep enthusiasm for “green” thinking. All it requires is a desire to succeed – both as an individual and as an organisation. The sessions will take you through auditing the current state, resolving problems, developing a workable strategy and its implementation. Supplementary content includes communications and marketing, rewards and world-class analysis techniques. Managing virtual work.
This module enables you to understand the specifics of managing different aspects of virtual work, such as distributed teams, remote employees, remote clients or collaboration partners, and organisations that are entirely virtual. One of the important aspects considered is the switches between off-site and on-site work that most people do in today’s work environments and its implications for perception and behaviour for both employees and management. Intercultural management.
This module enables you to understand the specifics of managing in an intercultural work context. In a globalised and digital economy everyone comes in contact and works with people from very different cultural backgrounds, whether it is employees, clients, or collaboration partners. Digital modes of working make it possible even for SMEs or individuals to work with partners and in markets across the globe. Business ethics.
In today’s global world the corporation is faced with complex challenges. The prevailing view is that the corporation as an increasingly powerful member of society cannot merely focus on achieving profit but also use its power to enhance the lives of people and sustain the planet and its environment. You'll study philosophical approaches to ethical decision making and apply these approaches to the modern corporation in a variety of functions and industries. You'll analyse how corporations are responding to ethical, environmental and legal concerns through the integration of Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Strategy. Islamic Governance and Risk The module investigates the theory and practice of Islamic governance and risk management, and the regulatory and ethical environment of the Islamic Banking and Finance industry. Enterprise and entrepreneurial management.
This module addresses contemporary issues in enterprise awareness and entrepreneurship with links to the process of enterprise creation, development and exit. We'll explore the opportunities of processes in enterprise management and creation in the 21st century. The module addresses themes/skills drawn from: operations management, business-life cycles, entrepreneurial patterns, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, and builds on contemporaneous discussions of enterprise, entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial skills and management and the overall identification and analysis of enterprise issues. We'll make significant reference to the broader issues of: the processes of organisation creation and its development from idea generation and opportunity recognition through to social and business development and exit. We'll address a wide range of topics drawn from the finance for start-ups, political issues such as relationship building, strategic alliances, networking, word of mouth, creativity enterprise and entrepreneurial marketing.
Empregabilidade
Employment prospects are excellent. Successful students can, in addition to senior management roles, build a career in a variety of roles in consulting, marketing, finance and human resource management. In this respect the personal development emphasis on the course reflects the skills demanded for flexible roles in managing across a variety of organisational cultures and functions inside multinational companies.
Serviço de Empregabilidade da LSBU.
Somos a Universidade do Ano para o Emprego de Pós-Graduação - The Times e Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018.
A LSBU está comprometida em ajudá-lo a desenvolver sua empregabilidade e conseguir um emprego depois de se formar. Sua qualificação certamente ajudará, mas em um mercado competitivo você também precisa trabalhar em sua empregabilidade e em sua busca de carreira.
As an LSBU student you have access to the Employability Service and its resources during your time here and for two years after you graduate.
Nosso Serviço de Empregabilidade irá apoiá-lo no desenvolvimento de suas habilidades, encontrar um emprego, técnicas de entrevista, experiência de trabalho ou colocação / estágio, e irá ajudá-lo a avaliar o que você precisa fazer para obter a carreira desejada no final do curso. A LSBU oferece um abrangente Serviço de Empregabilidade, com uma série de iniciativas para complementar seus estudos, incluindo:
Engajamento direto de empregadores que entram em rede com estudantes Job Shop & ndash; queda diária no serviço para ajudar, adaptando CVs, cartas de apresentação e aplicações, recursos online de sourcing, entrevistas simuladas e procura de emprego em geral. Nomeações de um para um para apoio adicional também disponíveis Mentoring e esquemas de sombreamento de trabalho Relatório de desempenho de ensino superior - O HEAR é projetado para incentivar uma abordagem mais sofisticada para registrar o desempenho dos alunos, que reconhece totalmente o leque de oportunidades que a LSBU oferece aos nossos alunos.
Ele puxa para um certificado: notas do módulo, descrições do curso, canais, atividades extracurriculares verificadas pela LSBU Workshops de empregabilidade - entregues gratuitamente aos alunos durante todo o ano em uma variedade de tópicos relacionados. Feiras de carreiras ao longo do ano para realmente focar seus pensamentos em uma carreira após universidade.
Links profissionais.
Posicionamentos
Haider Bilal.
Haider has development experience in generating and manipulating graphics, animations, audio, video and text to create integrated multimedia programs. His research is in the area of Software Maintenance and Measurement, specifically Change Impact Analysis (CIA).
Dr Lakhdar Boukersi.
Dr Lakhdar Boukersi was awarded a PhD in International Marketing, and his research interests include the application of Marketing Management in LDC's, impact of international trade fairs on export development, trade fairs and exhibitions as a communication tool.
Dr Gurjeet Dhesi.
Gurjeet's current research interests lie in the fields of Quantitative Finance, Financial Econometrics and Applied Mathematical Modelling.
Mel Godfrey.
Mel helped to launch the first public email systems available in the UK and has also undertaken consultancy work with both large firms and small organisations covering all aspects of marketing.
Dr Peter Luke.
Dr Luke is an Associate Professor and Subject Group Leader for Economics within the School of Business. He currently lectures on the BA Business Studies course, and is the Course Director for the BSc Economics undergraduate degree. Dr Luke is also the Director of the Centre for International Business Studies.
Dr John Opute, PhD.
An expert in international human resource management, John has 20+years' industry experience within multinational companies including: Alcan Aluminium Company of Canada and Cincinnati Bell in Ohio, USA. PhD supervisor.
Dr Maria Postoyeva.
Dr Maria Postoyeva specialises in knowledge economy, sustainable development and governance issues with interests in culture, ethics and strategic management.
Prof. Jon Warwick, PhD.
A mathematical modelling expert, Jon has experience of teaching mathematics, modelling, and operational research in the higher education sector. Research interests: systems theory, system dynamics and mathematics learning and teaching. PhD supervisor.
Instalações.
Ensinando e aprendendo.
Theory and overviews will be presented in a series of formal lectures. These will be supported by a programme of seminars, including the use of videos, group work and exercises. Case studies have an important role to play within the overall teaching strategy. These will be selected to achieve wide sectional coverage of international industry and services including traditional, service, mature and technically advanced sectors e. g. international retailing, airlines, pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, automobiles, and computers.
Self-managed learning: students are expected to spend an average of eight hours per week in self-managed learning to support the unit. Such learning includes case study preparation; all students are expected to have undertaken a preliminary reading of the case study before attending the first week of the cycle devoted to a specific case. Self-managed learning also includes week-by-week reading in one of the core strategy set texts, assignment preparation and writing, and examination revision.
Requisitos de entrada.
Bachelor degree equivalent to UK Second Class Honours Lower Division in any subject.
How to apply.
Candidatos internacionais (que não são de origem / UE) devem seguir o nosso guia internacional de como se candidatar.
Postgraduate applicants are required to provide up to two references as part of their application.
Alojamento.
Os estudantes devem solicitar acomodação na London South Bank University (LSBU) o mais rápido possível, uma vez que tenhamos oferecido um lugar em um de nossos cursos acadêmicos. Leia mais sobre a solicitação de acomodação na LSBU.
É uma boa ideia pensar em como você pagará as mensalidades da universidade e os custos de manutenção enquanto ainda estiver solicitando um lugar para estudar. Lembre-se: você não precisa esperar por um lugar confirmado em um curso para começar a se inscrever para o financiamento estudantil. Read how to pay your fees as a postgraduate student.
Postgraduate Application Service.
Book a session with one of our specialist Postgraduate Advisors. Over a one on one Advice Session they'll advise you on postgraduate degrees at LSBU that match your interests and experience. Book an Advice Session.
Taxas e financiamento.
Fees are shown for new entrants to courses, for each individual year of a course, together with the total fee for all the years of a course. Continuing LSBU students should refer to the Finance section of our student portal, MyLSBU . Queries regarding fees should be directed to the Fees and Bursary Team on: +44 (0)20 7815 6181.
Year 1 Year 2.
Possíveis alterações nas taxas.
As atuais propostas regulatórias sugerem que as instituições terão permissão para aumentar os níveis das taxas de acordo com a inflação até um limite de taxa especificado. Specifically, LSBU may be permitted to increase its fees for new and existing Home and EU students from 2017/18 onwards. A Universidade se reserva o direito de aumentar suas taxas de acordo com as mudanças na legislação, regulamentação e qualquer orientação ou decisão governamental.
As taxas para estudantes internacionais são revistas anualmente e, adicionalmente, a Universidade reserva-se o direito de aumentar as propinas de acordo com a inflação até 4 por cento.
Postgraduate loan (PGL) for Masters study.
If you are starting a postgraduate course, studying for a Masters-level qualification either full - or part-time from 1 August, you may be entitled to apply for a £10,280 postgraduate study loan. Find out more at our postgraduate fees and funding section.
Postgraduate Advice Service.
You are invited to book a one-to-one appointment with one of our Postgraduate Advisors. They offer a 30 minute face-to-face session where you can get tailored advice on fees and funding. Book a 1-2-1 Advice Session.
Bolsas de estudo
Oferecemos aos estudantes uma ajuda financeira considerável por meio de bolsas de estudo, bolsas de estudo, fundos de caridade, empréstimos e outros apoios financeiros. Many of our scholarships are given as direct Tuition Fee discounts.
Vice-Chancellor Scholarships.
Students holding an offer of a place on a postgraduate course will be invited to apply for a Vice-Chancellor Scholarships.
LSBU Graduate Loyalty Scheme.
This scheme gives eligible undergraduate students and alumni a discount of their taught postgraduate tuition fees when they enrol on one of our postgraduate taught courses starting this year. Read more about the Graduate Loyalty Scheme.
Estudantes internacionais.
Além de serem potencialmente elegíveis para nossas bolsas de graduação, os estudantes internacionais também podem se beneficiar de uma série de bolsas de estudo especializadas. Saiba mais sobre bolsas de estudo internacionais.
Por favor, verifique o seu status de taxa e se você é considerado um lar, EU ou estudante internacional para fins de pagamento de taxa, lendo os regulamentos UKCISA.
Estudos de caso.
Select a case study and read about practical project work, students' placement experiences, research projects, alumni career achievements and what it’s really like to study here from the student perspective.
What makes employees share or withhold knowledge?
Dr Karin Moser brings together knowledge of computer science and psychology to research why individuals within an organisation share or withhold their knowledge.
Prepare-se para começar.
Ajudamos nossos alunos a se prepararem para a universidade antes mesmo do início do semestre. To find out when you should apply for your LSBU accommodation or student finance read How to apply tab for this course.
Enrolment and Induction.
A inscrição acontece antes de você começar seu curso. Ao concluir o processo, novos alunos ingressam formalmente na universidade. There will be an online data gathering exercise that you will complete yourself, then you will be invited to a welcome meeting. At LSBU, you will confirm your qualifications by showing relevant certificates, and also bring proof of identity.
Em setembro, os candidatos que aceitarem uma oferta incondicional para estudar na LSBU receberão os detalhes da indução, que é quando são recebidos na Universidade e em sua escola. A indução ajuda você a tirar o melhor proveito da sua experiência universitária e garante que você tenha todas as ferramentas necessárias para ter sucesso em seus estudos.