A key justification for sacking 130+ staff Goldsmiths, University of London is that staff costs are way above the sector average that the College insists is 43% acc to HESA. Except that HESA says the average is 51%. Management wouldn't want to exaggerate would they? @goldsmithsucu #NotADoneDeal

The students vote of no confidence in the Warden and SMT at Goldsmiths, University of London And still they choose not to speak to staff or students about alternatives. It doesn't have to be this way.

Students and staff agree: Frances Corner has got to go! The results are in, and 98.91% OF STUDENTS at Goldsmiths have no confidence in the Warden or her Senior Management Team (SMT). This follows two previous votes of no confidence in Frances Corner by staff during her tenure.

Alternative Trails from Warwick Institute of Engagement comes alive again this Sat, in Birmingham this time. More activist stories are here from the team: warwick.ac.uk/wie/events/alt…

Goldsmiths’ managers are counting on our fatigue and our apathy. But no such luck — the sunshine is on our side and we’ll be here as long as it takes! #NotADoneDeal

Food Sovereignty across Latitudes at Coventry Cathedral 26 June, 6-9pm. Tea, films and panel discussion, part of our Global Ecologies series, with Lisa Tilley Muna Dajani and led by Georges Felix. Another wonderful collaboration with The Pod Cafe Food Union

Looking forward to the opening of Claudette Johnson's show back in Birmingham tonight, at the The Barber Institute

This is how our SMT manages to go on despite 2 staff votes of no confidence, 1 student vote of confidence, PhD students, Heads of Dept & Profs all expressing serious concern about governance. No one to go to for accountability!

Beyond stereotypic captures. Vulnerability, strength, movement, stillness, fabrics, figuring lines, deep colours, presence. Do go see Claudette Johnson's Hollybush Gardens first sola show in Birmingham The Barber Institute On the way to the Turner Prize Photos by Mahsa Alami

The controversy of the Acorn Event took place on 15 June 1968 in Coventry Cathedral This year the stolen acorns were found varnished. Now on display Liverpool Beatles Museum

Current plans to reduce staffing in the historic Sociology, Goldsmiths by as much as *HALF* risk “reducing it to a corpse fit only for autopsy.” Damning words of solidarity from Professor Les Back Les Back 🙏 #NotADoneDeal Goldsmiths, University of London

Our special issue in #Darkmatter is out! Thanks to our great contributors Roshi Rouzbehani, Kaveh Abbasian, Fariba, #JosephConway, Duncan Whitley & Nirmal Puwar Special thanks to sanjay sharma | @[email protected] and others in the editorial board. darkmatter-hub.pubpub.org/issue-17-woman…

Thoughts of solidarity with friends and colleagues at goldsmiths this week as they await the outcome of this hatchet job.

Alternative Trails continues to unfurl and build circles of activist stories with new and old boliyan. Today jaagcollective Festival in Birmingham. warwick.ac.uk/wie/events/alt…

A wonderful connecting audience jaagcollective yesterday, for dementia and music. It always takes me a while to tune back into this urgent way of Striking a Chord, with Prabhjot Parmar performance-research.org/past-issue-det…

horrendous situation of disregard from on high, when the students and colleagues are saying no, no, no...

Now we have very different diaries of living with the shock created to our collective, bodies and psychic states by the creation of a 'crisis' by management, depletion through restructure 1 and a hostile environment.

Vote for Me The Specials youtu.be/j4yGQJidKQ8?si…

BROKEN - word for how we feel this week, as we get scored for our jobs in Sociology, Goldsmiths + 10 other departments.

Tonight, much needed solidarities, 6-9pm 'Food Sovereignty across Latitudes' Coventry Cathedral in collab with Food Union The Pod Cafe. Rhubard cake and tea. Three short films and panel discussion with Lisa Tilley muna dajani coventrycathedral.org.uk/events/food-so…