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Industrial action
Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.
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North of 49: Ten minutes before the deadline
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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30/01/26
PhD students are getting organised over pay and conditions. Just not in the UK
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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30/08/24
Students or staff? A research postgraduate Bread and Roses
Ben Vulliamy
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SU blog
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13/10/23
SUs need to step up to both reduce disruption and support staff when there’s a strike
Dan Lonsdale
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SU blog
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04/10/23
A ban on “ASOS” isn’t as good for students as you might think
Will Green
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SU blog
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17/02/23
Students calling for fee rebates over strikes is not anti-union
Niall Hignett
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SU blog
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02/06/22
Students and their unions need to back the marking boycotts
Niall Hignett
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SU blog
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05/05/22
Let’s stop pretending sabbs should be apolitical
Sophie Kelly
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SU blog
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18/02/22
Students are frustrated. We’re helping to amplify and channel that frustration
Matt Johnstone
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SU blog
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10/02/22
OIA: helping to minimise the impact of industrial action on students
Felicity Mitchell
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SU blog
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21/02/20
OfS: our role during the industrial action
Nicola Dandridge
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SU blog
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21/02/20
The rocks and hard places of industrial action
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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01/02/18