Tuesday 22 February 2011

Aber is occupied again!

After a very successful rally and march at the university Aber Students Against Cuts have occupied A12 lecture theatre (Hugh Owen).

The march saw approximately seven hundred students, lecturers and people of Aberystwyth marching from campus to the Old College, where we occupied the building to make our voices heard to the senior management.

We are committed to not disturbing lectures or the open day that is happening tomorrow, and look forward to the contributions from students and lecturers to the debate on education.

We want to remind senior management of the commitment they have to education and to us.

A full statement of our demands and reasons for occupation will follow tomorrow - right now it's nearing midnight and we've had a full day. We're settling down to do some work and watch films.

Come down and visit us, even if you just fancy a cup of coffee!

Watch this (free) space!

16 comments:

  1. Da iawn pawb! My husband & I are Aber alumni, so we're really excited to see Aber students & staff getting involved in the protests. Keep up the good work!

    #solidarity

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  2. come join us, enjoy the space; come work, come eat, come enjoy yourselves! more information here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201222396556082

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  3. Solidarity from a Warwick student! Good luck!

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  4. u guys are amazing! solidarity from York! =)

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  5. Solidarity from Glasgow!

    http://www.facebook.com/FreeHetherington

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  6. Solidarity from Cardiff.

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  7. solidarity from bangor :)

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  8. Solidarity from Exeter.

    Strike, occupy, resist!

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  9. Solidarity from a Sheffield student!

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  10. Fight the power! Legalise drugs! Oh wait, that's not why we're here? Sorry, I get mixed up with all the other events in my demonstration calender. It's a tough life saving the world from The Man.

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  11. Keep at it guys! Don't let them trick you into conceding - that's what they are good at. All universities, around the country, OCCUPY!!

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  12. Solidarity from Goldsmiths!

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  13. Would have popped in with little ones earlier if had realised we were so close by. Lots of love from all of us here xxx

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  14. Thank you so much for the support guys, it means so much to us. We've had a wonderful time engaging in dialogue with the public and students.

    I go into a little more detail (and with more photos) here, on my blog: http://insiders.aber.ac.uk/blog/abigail/?p=302

    Once again, diolch!

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  15. Borth Solidarity! Maybe fight for the uni to put a coach on for March 26th!?

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  16. I believe Unison/Unite/PSC are cutting on coaches for free, and we have two hundred spaces on them. So we should be sorted! :D Keep an eye out, as it will start to be advertised shortly.

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