Teachout
Postponed Teach Out: Unions and the Media – PAUSED
Microsoft Teams Online MeetingThe Unions and the MediaTeach Out is PAUSED and will likely be rescheduled. An online teach-out: Wednesday February 22nd, 2:30-5pm (Link to join via Teams) We will start with a Trade Unions 101 by Anthony Kevins: Is a trade union like a student union? Are strikes just protests? And why are strikes even a thing? …
Teach Out: Mightier than the Sword? – a creative writing social
The Organ Grinder 4 Woodgate, Loughborough, United KingdomMightier than the Sword? – a creative writing social At The Organ Grinder (4 Woodgate, Loughborough, LE11 2TY) on Tuesday February 28th, 6-8pm. Upstairs in The Hayloft, Barbara Cooke and Kerry Featherstone will be serving up creative exercises that will amuse and entertain. All Lboro staff and students are welcome. The room has limited capacity …
Postponed Teach Out: Organising and Power – PAUSED
Microsoft Teams Online MeetingThe Organising and Power Teach Out is PAUSED and will likely be rescheduled. An online teach-out: Wednesday 1st March, 2:30-5pm (Link to join via Teams) Ruth Kinna will give a talk (open to all staff and students) about Rose Pesotta (1896–1965), anarchist, feminist and labour organizer in the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Then Alexandre …
Teach Out: Organising and Power
Microsoft Teams Online MeetingOrganising and Power An online teach-out: Wednesday 15th March, 11am-12 noon (Link to join via Teams) Ruth Kinna will give a talk about Rose Pesotta (1896–1965), anarchist, feminist and labour organizer in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. All staff and students are welcome to attend via this link: Teams link.
Cancelled Teach Out: Memories of Anti-racism
Charnwood Arts 27 Rectory Pl, Loughborough, United KingdomCANCELLED Memories of Anti-racism A hybrid teach-out: Thursday 16th March, 11am-12 noon, in-person and online (Link to join via Teams) Emily Keightley will introduce the Migrant Memory and Postcolonial Imagination exhibition at Charnwood Arts (address: 27 Rectory Pl, Loughborough LE11 1UW), and will talk about histories and memories of anti-racist protest and experiences of racism in …
Teach Out: Organising for Power Workshop
Microsoft Teams Online MeetingOrganising for Power Workshop An online teach-out: Friday 17th March, 2pm - 3:30pm, (Link to join via Teams) Alexandre Christoyannopoulos will lead the workshop introducing methods from the Organising for Power training that some members attended last year, with time for discussion about how they could work within Loughborough UCU. This workshop is for LUCU members …
Teach Out: Starting conversations about race and racism
LSU Council Chambers & Online Union Building, Ashby Road,, Loughborough, United KingdomStarting conversations about race and racism A hybrid teach-out: Monday 20th March, 11am-12 noon, in-person and online (Link to join via Zoom) Denise Coles and Amanda Harrington will talk about how to start conversations about race and racism, with fellow workers and students, in meetings, corridors, formally and in informal exchanges. All are welcome to …
Teach-Out: Why we should sing Georges Brassens’ songs on picket days
Microsoft Teams Online MeetingWhy we should sing Georges Brassens' songs on picket days An online teach-out: Tuesday 21st March, 11am-11:45am (Link to join via Teams) Isabelle Felici will give a talk about the French singer, author and composer Georges Brassens (1921-1981), whose songs deal with antinationalism, pacifism, anticlericalism, antiestablishment, feminism (in a certain old fashioned way) and are still …