Campaign resources to share, print, distribute etc.
Please post links to any resources that you wish to share in the comments below.
STOP THE CUTS CAMPAIGN RESOURCES
Newsletters…
Stop the Cuts campaign newsletter issue one
Stop the Cuts campaign newsletter issue two
Stop the Cuts campaign newsletter issue three
Stop the Cuts campaign newsletter issue four – Feb 2010
Flyers…
Open day flyer for prospective students
‘Sort US Out’: this is what a past successful Sussex campaign looks like.
‘See Michael Farthing the way he sees US’ flyer
No Stupid Survey! – Boycott the NSS flyer
NSS ‘Let’s Take Radical Action’ flyer
Occupations/Suspensions…
Dossier on events at the occupation of Sussex House 3rd March
Appendix with witness statements regarding the occupation of Sussex House 3rd March
Copy of High Court Injunction following occupation of 3rd March
Letter to Sussex 6 notifying of suspension
Response from Sussex 6 to notification of suspension
STC response to Farthing’s article ‘Occupations are not the solution’ 12th Mar 10
‘I occupied Sussex House’ video
Sussex House occupation March 2010 demands
Arts A2 occupation March 2010 demands
Other…
USSU EGM 17th March ‘no confidence’ motion
UNIVERSITY DOCUMENTS etc.
Part 2 proposals
Departmental counter-proposals and management response
Senate Working Group report on counter-proposals and management response
VCEG summary of changes to ‘proposals for change’ following ‘consultation’, 12/03/10
Leaked ‘Student Life centre’ job descriptions… plus analysis
New buildings…
New £13.6m Research building for LifeSci proposal to Physical Resources Committee
Report from Capital Planning research group 9th Feb 2010
University operations
Vice-Chancellor’s Office: Key Contacts
University’s Strategic Plan: Making the Future’
Strategy and Resources Committee – Operational Plan and Budget Setting 2009/10
‘The Organisation of the University 2009-10′ document
University Ordinances and Regulations 2009-10
Job description: Strategy and Operations Manager
Instructions for accessing committee agendas, papers and minutes on Sussex Direct
Membership list of the university council
Membership list of the university senate
Minutes of Senate meeting 26th June 09
Minutes of Senate meeting 03rd Dec 10
Minutes of Senate meeting 09th Dec 10
Report from the Senate Working Group Oct 2009
Senate 17th March – motion on occupation and injunction
Senate 17th March – motion to defer consideration of proposals
Senate 17th March motion to reinstate suspended students
University Finances
University’s financial statement 2007-8
Other university finance documents
Management payscales year-on-year graph
General…
‘University’s Response to Financial Pressures’ webpage
Freedom of Information: How to Request Information
‘From the Top Down’ documents including student submission to council and response
GENERAL RESOURCES
Seeds for Change general resources inc. ‘planning your campaign’.
Leaked Briefing to VC’s: What to do if students occupy!
198 methods of non-violent protest and persuasion
‘Occupation: A D.I.Y. Guide’, by the New School in Exile
‘Organise to Win: A Guide to Help People Win Community Campaigns’ activists’ handbook
Effective Campus Petition Strategy Guide
Structuring a Just and Functional Student Campaign Group
Friends of the Earth: How to Write a Killer Press Release
Libcom forum: advice on opposing redundancies at universities
Libcom Guide to Workplace Organising
Pickets and picketing info and guidelines
‘We Want Everything’: occupation critical theory
University of Sussex bulletin Dec 2002: ‘Collective action is good for you’.
Scholarly articles
The UK NSS: Do the scores predict anything? article
Our current situation in Historical Context: Stephen Yeo – ‘Social Movements and Political Action’
Previous Sussex campaigns
‘Food for US’ documentary about Sussex catering provision (2006)
‘From the top down’ student documentary about financial mismanagement at Sussex (2006)
Associate tutors resist unequal pay and grading structures (Autumn term 2008)
Associate tutor’s campaign outcome (Spring term 2009)
Libcom page: past Sussex actions and campaigns (inc Sussex Not For Sale)
Save our senate! I support university democracy FB group
Save Linguistics campaign blog (Summer term 2009)
Successful ‘Sort US out’ campaign that saved the chemistry department from closure (2006)
General Resources:
‘Five Axioms for Action at UC Davis’
http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/note/1885
Look up students at Sussex:
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/USIS/studentdirectory
Look up staff at Sussex:
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/USIS/phone
Get a temporary disposable email address (for anytime you don’t want to use your real one):
http://www.guerrillamail.com
http://www.mailinator.com
Flyers to be distributed for this Thursday’s meeting:
http://temporaryescalation.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/communique11.pdf
http://temporaryescalation.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/communique2.pdf
Here’s the text of a leaflet targeted at education workers: http://brightonsolfed.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/sussex-uni-education-workers-defending-ourselves-against-cuts/
Full copy of dec 13th senate meeting minutes for anyone who is interested. Download from:
http://www.mediafire.com/?z4mt2iyijow
HOW TO COMPLAIN…
1. From ‘Sort US Out’ website
Make a complaint
If you have a complaint about any aspect of your student experience at Sussex, for example:
the way in which your course or programme is taught or assessed;
the learning support available;
misleading information in prospectuses or in advertising or promotional material;
any deficiencies in the University’s service or performance etc.
…then let the University know about it!!!
Be specific – what happened and why, why you think it happened, what you think should be done etc.
Ask questions and demand answers and action.
The University’s complaints procedure can only cope with about 60 complaints a year. If they receive thousands of complaints they won’t be able to cope and the complaints will then go to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA), an independent reviewing body. We need to reach them in high numbers in order for our complaints to be taken seriously.
Details of University’s complaints procedure (for students):
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/governance/1-2-4.html
“For all staff and students we are also seeking comments by email direct to proposal@sussex.ac.uk”
PLEASE CC ALL COMPLAINTS AND FORWARD RESPONSES TO WELFARE@USSU.SUSSEX.AC.UK AND SUSSEXSTOPTHECUTS@GMAIL.COM