Day of Action at LMU

Today students and staff joined forces to raise awareness about the proposed funding cuts at LMU. The offensive was strategically timed to coincide with the Student Activities Fair in order to generate as much interest as possible. Those active on the campaign set up stalls outside the front of each building, here they collected signatures, handed out leaflets and generally informed the masses of what is going on behind closed dooors.



Upstairs, in the Activities Fair itself, we had an information stall set up to reiterate the point of the campaign and also to promote some of our own issues i.e upcoming protests. There was a lot of support built up with several new members joining the party and many more requesting further information.

North Campus sported the biggest collection of lecturers demonstrating against the cuts, all of whom had a lot to say about the 'mishap' threatening their jobs.

Yaz Djebbour, lecturer of Quantitive Methods and Information Systems, is adamant that the job cuts will 'ruin education in North London' and that a reduction in staff 'will mean less elective classes being run, less support being offered and in some cases whole courses being eliminated'.

Retired lecturer, Richard Coogan, was happy to share his opinions and ardently commented that a Union meeting that was due to take place a few hours after the demonstration would confirm that 250 jobs are set to go by July with a further 300 following next year.

Information regarding the meeting has still not been confirmed however it is obvious to see that tensions are rising and discontent growing. It is becoming apparent that more and more people are now aware of the problem and exactly which Vice Chancellor is responsible for it.

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