Cambridge Defend Education // dissent – resist – occupy. “Power concedes nothing without a demand.
It never did and it never will” Frederick Douglass We are a group of activists who first came together in 2010 to protest the cuts to education funding and fee increases. We campaign against fees, debt and privatisation in education; against cuts and austerity in the UK and beyond; and for a free and radical academic space of critique and creativity. Past actions have included occupations, human chains, blockades and other forms of direct action, as well as more conventional campaigning tactics. We also organise teach-ins, films, conferences and music events. We have organised together with a range of other groups, including UK Uncut, the Green and Black Cross, Cambridge University Students Union (CUSU), the University and Colleges Union (UCU), Cambridgeshire Against the Cuts, Left Unity, Unite Against Fascism, Cambridge Action Network and Defend the Right to Protest, among others.
New ideas, projects and people are ALWAYS welcome. Angry? Cambridge Occupation (CamDefendEd) Cambridge Defend Education. Chaîne de camdefendeducation. STATEMENT FROM CONCERNED SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY REGARDING VICE-CHANCELLOR’S DECISION TO REJECT AMENDMENTS TO GRACE ON TUITION FEES. Signatures may be sent to jes1003@cam.ac.uk or pg268@cam.ac.uk As academic and academic-related staff at the University of Cambridge, we condemn the decision by Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz to reject two amendments to the University Council’s Grace on tuition fees on the unreasonable grounds that they are ‘incompatible with the main purpose’ of the original Grace.
Neither amendment contradicts the main purpose of the Grace, which is to raise tuition fees to the highest level possible. The amendment drafted by members of the Cambridge Academic Campaign for Higher Education and others called for a detailed and transparent financial rationale for any fee imposed and for the final figure to be ratified by the Regent House, as well as for a commitment to preserve bursaries. This did not in any way preclude the making of an access agreement prior to that final figure being ratified. Cambridge academics to stage silent protest. On Monday, university academics will don their gowns and hold a three minute silence outside Great St.
Mary’s church in protest against higher education cuts by Tristan Dunn Thursday 13th January 2011, 16:04 GMT The protest will be staged outside Great St. Mary's church Cambridge academics are to hold a silent protest outside Great St. A spokesperson for the campaign said: "This is a symbolic act of protest: an opportunity for the many academics whose voices have gone unrecorded by the press and by the University itself, to express their discontent at the current climate in higher education in the United Kingdom.” On 9 December the coalition government won the vote on its controversial proposals to raise university tuition fees to a maximum £9,000 a year, with a basic upper threshold of £6,000 despite nationwide protests by students on the issue. Great St. No debate. Change. First living wage meeting! BREAKING – King’s to pay Living Wage. King’s College has caved to student pressure and promised to pay the living wage to its workers.
Previously the worst college in Cambridge in this respect, it is now one of the very few that pays its employees enough to live on. The wine-ing paid off The Living Wage is just £7.65 an hour and represents the minimum required to pay for the basic costs of living. Until last night’s decision, over one hundred members of staff weren’t being paid this amount. This dramatic turn around comes after months of student led initiatives to bring about a change in college policy. Student demands were met with a sympathetic ear by national newspapers, alumni and eventually, the College leadership. From demonstrations to leafleting at posh dinners for donors, this campaign has been hard-fought and hard-won. King’s hand job satisfaction to workers Andrew Lawrence, a Living Wage activist said, “King’s, as ever, is taking the lead. Which college will be next to step up its game?
King's College, Cambridge, agrees to pay its staff the Living Wage. 05/03/07 Cambridge City Centre scenes The Senate House Picture by Dave Harwood A Cambridge college has surrendered to the pressure of student activism and agreed to pay its staff the Living Wage this week.
King’s College council has voted to set aside funds in their 2014/15 budget to raise workers’ pay up to the Living Wage rate of £7.65 an hour following pressure from the student-run Living Wage Campaign, In November, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the group revealed that King’s College employs 123 staff who are paid below the Living Wage, the highest number of any Cambridge college.
The national living Wage, currently set at £7.65 an hour, is claimed to be the minimum someone needs to live on, and is set annually by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough As of November last year, all but one college reported employing workers paid less than the Living Wage. // PRIVATISATION THE NEOLIBERAL UNIVERSITY // A CDE TEACH IN. Cambridge Academic Campaign for Higher Education (CACHE)