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NOVEMBER 24th 2010

OCCUPATIONOF ASTON WEBBAGAINST RISING TUITION FEES & CUTS

This occupaton is an iconic moment forDefend Education - and our first campus-based action as an organised group. A groupof 50 stormed the Aston Webb in the earlyhours in the morning and battling withUniversity management while a flashmob ifiver 400 students danced, chanted andmarched outside. Made local and nationalnews. Lasted around 12 hours.

DECEMBER 9th 2010RISE IN TUITION FEESVOTED THROUGH PARLIAMENT

323 votes to 302

MARCH 26th 2011FORTNUM& MASON

11 Defend Education activists - and 145

people in total - were arrested at a nationalanti-austerity demonstration, whenhundreds occupied Fortnum and Masonstore. This was a landmark case thatsignals the beginning of attempts bygovernment to intimidate activists intoinaction and apathy. Only 1 ocf the 11 wasfound guilty; all came away with an evenstronger commitment to activism

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NOVEMBER 9th 2011

NORTH GATE OCCUPATION23rd-25th November 2011

A number of students occupiedNorth Gate house for a few

PROTEST THE

PROTEST BANJANUARY 23rd 2012

Following North Gate occupation the University tookout an injunction against the students inside, banningthem from protesting on campus for 12 months. This

was deemed a breach of human rights by Amnesty

International and widely condemned. Only 1 studentwas identified, who was subjected to disciplinary. Onthis date Defend Education organised a huge demo,

with hundreds of students from across the countryattending - defending Simon and protesting the protestban. The disciplinary was dropped.

OCTOBER 2012-january 2013DEFEND JOSE NAFAFE CAMPAIGN

days in opposition to the profit-oriented strategy of university management -which was seeing ever poorer quality of education at h igher costs to students.This occupation witnessed considerable violence from security, as well as

A campaign defending a vital Sociology lecturer faced withredundancy and protecting the teaching of Ethnicities. Thisbrough together BEMA and DE culminating 5in anoccupation of University HR that helped win Jose much

UCU THREATENS TO

STRIKE!DEMANDS MEtMARCH 2013

JUNE 2012-March 2013

SAVE THE IAA

A long campaign opposing the closure of the Institute ofArchaeology and Antiquity, and the compulsory

redundancies of 19 members of staff. This campaignended when, following the threat of strike from UCU,many of the demands were met.

NATIONAL DEMO

AT SUSSEXAGAINST PRIVATISATION

MARCH 2013

SAVE THE

361campaign

The University threatened 361members of support staff withredundancy unless they accepted cuts to pay and hours andagreed to move to casual contracts. DE threatened to call nationaldemonstrations on University open days, alongside members ofUNISON balloting for striking action and all campus unions holdinga May Day demo. The campaign ended in unparalleled success

with no staff being forced onto shift work, no compulsoryredundancies, and greater protection for staff already on shift work

APRIL MAY 2013

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