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Subcontractual higher education beyond the headlines | Wonkhe

Subcontractual higher education beyond the headlines

Outside of the problematic headlines, what is subcontractual provision of higher education? David Kernohan explores

This will continue as HEIs continue to pursue growth and scale at any cost.

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Some reasonable adjustments may have just become academic misconduct | Wonkhe

Some reasonable adjustments may have just become academic misconduct

Lots of universities across the UK permit the use of Grammarly in reasonable adjustment plans for disabled students, and some permit it in s

Asking policy to outpace opportunity risks putting these students (and staff?) under additional unreasonable stress

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I whoelheartedly agree that "Our working conditions are your learning conditions" and sad that disability is conspicuous by absence. Our working conditions are compressed by institutional blind spots on all sides.

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Urgent help needed today (26 Feb) for migrant student facing removal from his course and the UK

Muhammad is a postgraduate student at University of Stirling (UK). Last year he was detained under horrific conditions in a detention center on bogus charges. His university hasn’t helped at all with his living costs or tuition fees and has used mental health meetings to hound him for his tuition. Now they say they’re removing him from his course tomorrow, Tuesday 27th February, just months before his graduation date. This will also end his visa and force him to leave the country.

Unis Resist Border Controls have given four urgent actions to help Muhammad TODAY (Monday 26th). Please take action and share widely! If you have an university email address and are comfortable, use that when writing to the vice chancellor.

Links from the graphics:

Twitter handles: @StirUni, @GerryMcCormac

Instagram handles: @universityofstirling, @gerrymac9753

VC phone: [phone]

VC email: [email protected]

Doughnation link: https://gofund.me/783415a8

You can find a video summarizing his situation here.

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Today my lecture is cancelled

Is it because the lecturer is joining the strike?

Or is it because they're scared that we'll all turn up in terrifying Halloween costumes?