The crisis in education

  • £518 million cut from university budgets.
  • Thousands of jobs at risk.
  • Pay falling behind the rate of inflation.

At a time of economic recession, education is more important than ever:
  • Other countries around the world recognise this and are investing in education.
  • Reject short-term slash and burn strategies.
  • Support the campaign for a national agreement to protect jobs.
  • Demand fair treatment and fair pay for all university staff.

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New campaign materials

We’ve now produced a new set of Defend Higher Education materials in our campaign to get a national agreement with the employers that commits universities to defending jobs, protecting the value of our pay and providing greater security for the most vulnerable workers in our sector.

This includes :

Defend Higher Education poster

Defend Higher Education leaflet

Defend Higher Education petition

Defend Higher Education: [...]

Posted by campaign coordinator on 13 April 2010
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Spread the message

the campaign poster

The first set of posters, leaflets and an off-line copy of the petition are now available for download below.

Please support the campaign by distributing these on your campus.

Campaign leaflet (.pdf)

Campaign poster – A4 (.pdf)

Campaign poster – A3 (.pdf)

The petition (.pdf)

Also here for download is a leaflet/letter template local branches can use to [...]

Posted by campaign coordinator on 3 August 2009
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