from what I gather, I agree; can you say more, for the non-British on the
list, exactly what Prevent is? racial profiling in schools?
thanks, Alan
On Sat, 30 Apr 2016, ruth catlow wrote:
Hi Michael,
I appreciate your response to this process, and for highlighting so clearly
what is at stake. I no longer hold a permanent post in a Higher Education
institution but have been shocked to read in the press, and to hear from
those of my peers who do, about increasing pressure to monitor and report
(and so impinge on the freedom of expression of) learners. This is part of a
wider threat (along with the tactics of the gutter press) to the development
of the critical and discursive faculties in the UK public at large.
Sigh!
Ruth
On 29/04/16 20:27, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
Hi all
the college where I teach has enthusiastically taken to heart
the government's Islamophobic "prevent" strategy. Last week they
made it compulsory for every further education student to attend
( and I am not making this up) a puppet show about "prevent" and
put pressure on HE lecturers to pressure their students to
attend.
In response I sent I sent a carefully worded e mail to our
management and copied in the UCU ( the lecturers union)
membership and my students too, whom I regard, perhaps
unfashionably, as being capable of making their own minds up
about things.
I have now been summoned to a meeting with HR and a senior
manager.
I am chronicling events on Flickr. I would really appreciate
support - at the moment simply in terms of favouriting and
commenting upon the posts but it could well come to some sort of
campaign if they attempt to discipline me. Here's my original
email:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/26601297832/
and here's the latest exchange:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/26716002535/
please feel free to circulate this
many thanks
michael
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