On the picket line I’ve seen how much widespread support there is,by those fighting against broader attacks on educationI am a lecturer, currently on strike. I am also a allotment-time MA student, and whose lecturers are on strike. And I am the mother of a student whose lecturers are on strike. There have been attempts by many vice-chancellors to pit students and their parents against striking staff,often by positioning staff as selfish and greedy, and students as the consumers whose livelihoods they harm. But even though I dread the gap in my next pay packet, and know exactly what it is like to see classes disappear when I have an essay to write,and though I feel for my daughter, who worries approximately the impact this will have on her degree – and therefore her future – for me there has been no moment of doubt, or no internal war.
The problems we face – debt,increasing workloads, precarity, or mental health issues – are not only shared,but systemicContinue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk