[MGSA-L] GREEK UNIVERSITY SHUTDOWN

June Samaras june.samaras at gmail.com
Sun Sep 29 19:37:32 PDT 2013


 GREEK UNIVERSITY SHUTDOWN

The University of Athens, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the
Athens Polytechnic have been forced to halt all activities as a result of
Greek ministry of education proposals to suspend unilaterally 1,655
university administrative workers. The impact on teaching, research,
clinical work<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/27/greek-universities-future-under-threat?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487#>
and
international collaboration is unparalleled and the threat to higher
education <http://www.theguardian.com/education/higher-education> in
Greece<http://www.theguardian.com/world/greece> as
a result of stringently imposed EU austerity measures is a cause of great
concern far beyond Greece's shores. As academics, university workers,
students and others, we call on the EU and the Greek government to protect
the status and staff of Greek universities, to ensure that they remain able
to engage in education and research and to recognise that these
institutions are more important now than ever. They are and must remain
beacons of critical thinking in a
Europe<http://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news> whose
social structures are being eroded by massive cutbacks and over which the
shadow of far-right extremism looms.
*Dr Kevin Adamson* *University of Stirling,* *Dr Marianne
Afanassieva**University
of Hull,* *Jose Arroyo* *University of Warwick,* *Dr Cathy Bergin**University
of Brighton,* *Dr Nora Bermingham* *TVAS (Ireland) Ltd,**Professor Andrew
Bowie* *University of London,* *Dr Maud Bracke**University of Glasgow,* *Clare
Brennan **University of York,* *Dr Daniel Bye* *University of Bedfordshire,*
 *Mark Campbell **London Metropolitan University and UCU national executive
committee,* *Dr Theodoros Chiotis* *University of Oxford, **Professor
Katharine Cockin **University of Hull,* *Colin Creighton* *University of
Hull,* *Professor Costas Douzinas**University of London,* *Dr Martin Paul
Eve* *University of
Lincoln<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/27/greek-universities-future-under-threat?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487#>
,* *Dr Kirsten Forkert* *Birmingham City University,* *Professor Des
Freedman* *University of London,* *John Holloway* *Benemerita Universidad
Autonoma de Puebla,* *Dr Eleftheria Ioannidou* *University of
Birmingham,* *Professor
Laleh Khalili **University of London,* *Dr Alexandra M Kokoli* *Middlesex
University,* *Dr Vassiliki Kolocotroni**University of Glasgow,* *Dr
Theodore Koulouris* *University of Brighton,**Dr Elena Loizidou* *University
of London,* *Paddy Lyons* *University of Glasgow,* *Dr William McEvoy*
*University
of Sussex,* *Professor Luke Martell **University of Sussex,* *Andy Medhurst*
 *University of Sussex,* *Dr Shamira Meghani **University of Leeds,* *Dr
Keir Milburn* *University of Leicester,* *Dr Jonathan Neale* *Bath Spa
University,* *Ewan Nicholas**University of London,* *Dr Catherine
Packham* *University
of Sussex,* *Dr Maia Pal* *University of Sussex,* *Dr Polly
Pallister-Wilkins* *University of Amsterdam,* *Dr Dimitris
Papanikolaou* *University
of Oxford, **Dr Eleni Papargyriou* *University of London,* *Professor Adam
Piette* *University of Sheffield,* *Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri* *University of
St Andrews,* *Dr Lucy Robinson* *University of Sussex,* *Dr Eleanor Rycroft*
 *University of Bristol,* *Dr Edmund Schluessel* *Cardiff University and
NUS national executive council,* *Dr Despina Sinou* *University of Paris 13
and University of La Rochelle,* *Dr Olga Taxidou* *University of Edinburgh,*
 *Dr Peter Thompson* *University of Sheffield,* *Dr Georgina Voss*
*RoyalCollege
of Art<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/27/greek-universities-future-under-threat?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487#>
,* *Dr Aaron Winter **University of Abertay Dundee*

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