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Defend Paddy Besiris. Defend St Matts Campus.

Defend Paddy Besiris. Defend St Matts Campus.

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 6 months ago
St Matthias Campus Chair Paddy Besiris is being victimised by UWESU management. The university is looking to push through huge cuts, meaning lecturers will lose their jobs and departments will close. The whole of St Matts campus is facing closure. This is while university management are aiming to raise tuition fees Paddy has been at the centre of the campaign to defend education, being part of the university occupation last year, helping organise demonstrations in Bristol and in London, and organising support for striking lecturers. UWESU, on the other hand, has shown more support for university management than for the students they claim to represent, and are now threatening to remove Paddy from the position he was democratically elected to. Paddy was elected to represent St Matts students, and is being victimised for defending them. We demand an Emergency General Meeting to put an end to the witch-hunt. Sign the petition.

Updates

March 5, 2011

The volume of support for this petition has reached a level that forces the university to acknowledge our demands for an Emergency General Meeting. I am currently finalizing the formal request for this hearing to be delivered to the board by the end of the week.

3 Comments

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Sarah Wheeler
15 years ago Featured

The cuts are destroying this uni and they want to punish the person fighting it? absolutely shameful.

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Liam Lyons
15 years ago Featured

Paddy is the only one actually doing what he was elected for. disgusting that the union is helping management instead of standing up for students.

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Dave Sloan
15 years ago Featured

dont touch him. paddys the man.