These three events are hugely important for the student movement and for safeguarding the quality of an education at Birmingham. We are looking for people to get involved not just in attending them but also in Building them. There is no student movement but you so please get involved, come out door-knocking to tell people about what’s going on, invite your friends to the Facebook events, and tell them that they are happening.
NUS National Demonstration on Wednesday the 21st November.
Tickets down to the demo can be bought from student development in the Guild or from http://www.guildtickets.co.uk/NUSDemo (this also contains information about why you should go). Students will be going out door-knocking every night between now and the demo you can find details by joining this group https://www.facebook.com/events/509128252444341/?fref=ts. The Facebook event is: https://www.facebook.com/events/509128252444341/?fref=ts, Please click attending and invite your friends. Leaflets for the demo can be picked up from the Guild.
Demo to Oppose the Redundancy of Jose Nafafe Monday the 19th November 3pm
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/305838462858273/?fref=ts. Sociology students don’t have enough modules to make up a full degree (there are only three first year sociology modules and four second year ones.) However despite this the university are planning to make an additional lecturer in sociology redundant. The lecturer they have decided is disposable is Jose Nafafe- the university’s only expert in ethnicity and migration. We need to build to get as many people as possible at the demonstration to show that Sociology students deserve a fair degree and that ethnicity is a vitally important subject in social science.
What Can We Learn From The Students in Quebec Monday 19th 6pm
Quebec students, despite a climate of police and state repression, managed to bring down their government and stop any rise in fees with a six month long student strike. Come and hear Kevin Paul, a student on the statewide organizing committee for the strike, talk about his experiences and what they mean for student organizing in the UK. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/402896383115930/?fref=ts
Vice President Education and Access 