Keep Points Based Immigration Off Our Campuses

June 17, 2009 18:00

Published: June 09, 2009 20:19 by keep UKBA off our campuses |

Tagged as: borders education migration repression workers_struggles

Places: goodge russell square street

This meeting is open to anyone interested in discussing the new immigration rules, and to think of ways of campaigning against them. It is called by London Region UCU (HE) and hosted by UCL UCU but is open to everyone--you DON'T need to be a UCU member to attend, and it would be useful to have a broad and diverse group of people there.

Speakers:
Frances Webber, campaigning immigration lawyer
Arun Kundnani, editor 'Race and Class'
Ann Singleton, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Poverty
and Social Justice, University of Bristol, signatory on Times Higher
Education letter, available here:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=406422

About the Points Based System For Immigration:
The new regulations will require academic staff to monitor
the attendance of overseas students, reporting them to UKBA if they miss too many classes and assignments; this has obvious implications for human rights and academic freedom. The new regulations have also made it more difficult both for overseas students to obtain visas and also for overseas researchers to visit the UK.

 

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