University of Birmingham named and shamed in the Middle East Solidarity Magazine
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University of Birmingham named and shamed in the Middle East Solidarity Magazine

UKHE Plc. How British universities are lining the pockets of Middle Eastern autocrats The article reads:  ‘In Dubai, being gay or transgender risks imprisonment, flogging and execution, yet UoB has left staff and students without adequate guidance on what it will do to protect their rights when working or studying in Dubai, union leaders say’. To read the entire article (pp. 18-22), please…

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[Motion passed in December 2018] UoB Dubai campus, human rights and freedom in UAE, and complicity with war and famine in Yemen

UoB Dubai Campus, Human Rights And Freedom In UAE, And Complicity With War And Famine In Yemen Motion on UNISON’s concerns over the UoB Dubai campus, human rights and freedom in UAE, and complicity with war and famine in Yemen The University management continually state that they respect the moral conscience of University of Birmingham…

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Branch and Emergency HE motions on the Dubai campus to be discussed and voted on 12th December

Meeting on the 12th of December to vote on two Dubai Campus-related motions (5pm in 417 Muirhead Tower) At the next UNISON committee meeting, we will be voting on two motions regarding the Dubai Campus: a branch motion, and an emergency UNISON Higher Education Conference motion (the Conference will take place in early January). Please…

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What you can do to help spread the word about pay, working conditions, the Dubai campus

We need to bring attention to our campaigns from outside the campus, and as such as many of us as possible need to spread the word about the campaigns on: ·     Concerns regarding the Dubai campus (listed in this letter) ·     Pay and Living Wage Accreditation ·     Working conditions (here is the report…

Questions on the Dubai campus & a short report on yesterday’s all-staff meeting
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Questions on the Dubai campus & a short report on yesterday’s all-staff meeting

Urgent: please respond to our questions listed at the end of the email – the answers can be very short (Y/N), or as detalied as you’d like!  You may know that the University of Birmingham has been in the national news this week. Matthew Hedges, a Durham University Research Student who is currently in an…

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[Guardian article] University of Birmingham warned of risk to LGBT rights at Dubai campus

This is just a quick post to flag up an article published by The Guardian on the University of Birmingham’s Dubai campus: It reads: ‘Staff and students at the University of Birmingham have warned that LGBT rights are not adequately protected at its new campus in Dubai where being gay or transgender risks imprisonment, flogging and execution. They have…

Letter to the University of Birmingham – trade union concerns relating to the campus in Dubai
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Letter to the University of Birmingham – trade union concerns relating to the campus in Dubai

Following our email sent to the University of Birmingham on the 12th of October (link), we sent a letter to the University to raise trade union concerns with regards to the new campus in Dubai. The letter builds on a motion that UNISON passed at a members’ meeting earlier in the year [which can be…

Dubai Campus Update – advice offered by the Rainbow Network
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Dubai Campus Update – advice offered by the Rainbow Network

Please see below an email from the Rainbow Network regarding the situation with the Dubai campus. We would recommend that this is read by all staff (regardless of sexuality, gender or if you plan to work in Dubai or not), as it is possible you may need some of this information in the future, especially…