Management back-tracks over student suspensions
Last Wednesday 10 March, six students formerly suspended from the University of Sussex had their penalisations modified so as to permit them to continue with their academic studies.
Around 600 students rallied outside Sussex House last Thursday 11 March to protest against management’s decision to suspend six students following the previous week’s occupation. Photo: Sam Waterman
The students, dubbed ‘The Sussex Six’, were initially suspended on Friday 5 March by Vice-Chancellor Michael Farthing. They each received a letter from the university stating they had been “positively identified” by the management as “leading participants” of the Stop the Cuts rally and occupation of Sussex House earlier that week. Read the story »
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Like most people I am filled with anxieties about what the future will bring. I always imagined, though, that the one fixture in my life would always be academia. If all my other dreams failed to materialise, I knew I would enjoy tucking myself away with books and papers, emerging occasionally to share my enthusiasm with students and other academics. This scenario might seem naive, but it brought me comfort. Yet to an extent these aspirations were shattered this week.
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