Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Trade unions, free trade and the problem of transnational solidarity

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Resistance against free trade agreements has increased since the demonstrations at the WTO ministerial conference in Seattle in 1999. Positi...
Friday, 4 February 2011

Dangerous illusions in the top tier - Part 1!

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As a result of the cut-backs to Universities’ teaching budgets by up to 80 per cent, it is likely that Higher Education in the UK will be sp...
Friday, 21 January 2011

Open Forum on the Future of Further and Higher Education

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The local University and College Union (UCU) committee of Nottingham University will hold an Open Forum of Further and Higher Education inst...
Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Trade union leader calls for co-ordinated action against cuts

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In a contribution to the Guardian on Sunday, 19 December, Len McCluskey , the General Secretary of the powerful trade union Unite , called f...
Friday, 10 December 2010

Resistance against cuts to further and higher education in the UK

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Current Con-Dem government plans to cut back funding for further and higher education in the UK are an unprecedented attack on the right to ...
Monday, 22 November 2010

Chinese labour in the global economy

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Prof. Andreas Bieler has been awarded a grant of £275k by the Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC ) for a project on ‘Globalisation,...
Tuesday, 26 October 2010

The Con-Dem Budget as a class project

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What attitude should one take towards last week’s Comprehensive Spending Review by the UK government? That all depends on one’s point of vie...