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We are a group of people working in higher education who are increasingly alarmed by the government¡¯s austerity programme and are increasingly determined to campaign against it.

The coalition has introduced the most far-reaching programme of cuts and austerity witnessed in the UK for some 90 years. We have seen pay cuts across the public sector, the marketisation of the NHS and swingeing cuts in welfare, public services and housing, including, most recently, the ¡°bedroom tax¡± - all of which will hit the poorest section of the population the hardest.

In higher education, we have seen the trebling of tuition fees, the scrapping of public funds for the teaching of the arts, humanities and social sciences, and a general emphasis on reorienting universities to be places where ¡°customers¡± learn only how to be ¡°employable¡±. Latest figures show that applications for undergraduate places in 2013-14 are down by 5 per cent on 2011-12 (nearly 8 per cent for applications from England), and the mission group Million+ recently argued that the economic cost of higher tuition fees is actually 6.5 times greater than any potential savings to the Treasury.

In response to the disastrous austerity policies of the government, a number of unions, anti-cuts organisations and individuals have supported the call for a new body, the , that aspires to build a movement for social justice and to coordinate a strategy for resistance to the cuts. We urge you to join us in Westminster Central Hall on Saturday 22 June.

Des Freedman, Goldsmiths, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London and co-editor, The Assault on Universities
Michael Bailey, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Essex and co-editor, The Assault on Universities
John Holmwood, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham and co- founder, Campaign for the Public 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Priya Gopal, Churchill College, Cambridge
Steven Rose, The Open 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Mike Wayne, Brunel 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Ken Jones, Goldsmiths, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
Jonathan Davies, De Montfort 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Annebelle Sreberny, Soas
Stuart Price, De Montfort 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
David Pattie, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Chester
William Outhwaite, Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Rick Saull, Queen Mary, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
Angus Cameron, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester
Mehmet Dikerdem, Middlesex 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Muir Houston, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow
David McCallam, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sheffield
Gideon Calder, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wales, Newport
Gary Anderson, Liverpool Hope 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Sharon Achinstein, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford
Anew Sayer, Lancaster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Simon Cross, Nottingham Trent 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Rapahel Salkie, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Brighton
John Blewitt, Aston 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Enzo Rossi, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wales, Newport
Philip Moriarty, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham
Diane Reay, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford
Paul Hoggett, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of England
Michael Hrebeniak, Wolfson College, Cambridge
Ewen Speed, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Essex
Laura Rebollo-Neira, Aston 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Barry Smart, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Portsmouth
M.M. Lisboa, St John?s College, Cambridge
Kevin McSorley, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Portsmouth
Carole Jones, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Edinburgh
Jeff Weistell, Oxford Brookes 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Geraldine Brown, Coventry 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Nicole Wolf, Goldsmiths, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
Alison Sealey, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Birmingham
Jo Brewis, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester
Nadje Al-Ali, Soas
Shin Okajima, Soas
Pat Caplan, Goldsmiths, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
Martin Moloney, Soas
Gholam Khiabany, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sussex
Heather Savigny, Bournemouth 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Mark Georgeson, Aston 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Milly Williamson, Brunel 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Iain Frame, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent
Donatella Alessanini, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent
Martin Parker, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester
Rowland Curtis, Queen Mary, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
Brenda Johnston, Southampton 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Judith Suissa, Institute of Education
Carol Dennis, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hull
Michael Loughlin, Manchester Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Tracey Hill, Bath Spa 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Jeff Hearn, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Huddersfield
Manjeet Ramgotra, Soas
Jame Aaron, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of South Wales
David Radlett, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent
Jaeho Kang, Soas
Caitlin Scott, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of East Anglia
Chyrsi Papaiorannou, King?s College London
Elizabeth Hull, Soas