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At 11am this morning bailiffs, accompanied by a staggering number of police, arrived on campus to evict students who have been occupying the Bramber House Conference Centre since February 7th. After the occupiers peacefully left the building chanting and singing, four students were arrested and many others were abused at the hands of the . . . → Read More: Privitisation and the University of Sussex 
by Laura Syms — Mid-April, Access Copyright and the AUCC announced a negotiated model three-year copyright license for both print and digital formats. Universities that sign on will now pay Access Copyright a royalty of $26.00 per fte student annually. This royalty, up from $3.75 per fte in the previous agreement , now includes what . . . → Read More: AUCC/Access Copyright Model License Agreement — paying for more restraints If you do not know what the Joint Occupational Health and Safety committee(JOHS) is I would not be surprised. The JOHS is a joint employee/employer committee mandated by law to be established in work places. In January of 2010 the Cape Breton Faculty Association(CBUFA) pulled its members from this committee. I applaud this action . . . → Read More: Joshing About the JOHS By Michael Manson System Restructuring There is little, if any, doubt that teaching and research are expensive activities to establish and maintain. The report concedes that point. But what it does not do is to examine the administrative costs of each institution – and that despite the detailed analysis of expenditures wherein salaries are discussed . . . → Read More: A Response to Tim O’Neill’s Report on the University System In Nova Scotia (Part 3) By Michael Manson Research, Technology Transfer, and Commercialization The section of the report that deals with research opens with what is at best a myopic statement: “the gains to society, at least those that can be quantified, from teaching accrue in large measure to those who receive it and only a portion of the benefits . . . → Read More: A Response to Tim O’Neill’s Report on the University System In Nova Scotia (Part 2) By Michael Manson I begin by stating that in what follows, I am speaking for myself alone. I do not assume that the executive of the CBUFAUT or any or all members of the Association subscribe to my views. I should also note that I have no expertise in economic matters, and while acknowledging that . . . → Read More: A Response to Tim O’Neill’s Report on the University System In Nova Scotia (Part 1) Many if not all of you will have received a letter from President Harker last week regarding the University Scholarship Fund and I [Mary Keating] wanted to give a little background for those who were not around when the university launched its first fund-raising initiative to increase the endowment fund. At this time, CBU was . . . → Read More: The CBUFA scholarship fund |
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