If you're an undergrad
then you'll automatially become part of the NUS, who have nothing to do with this so don't worry too much about it! The unions I'm talking about are the ones that the lecturers and support staff belong to.
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:34, 3 replies)

I'm a member.
And I am not a dickhead.

Do they protect the students to the detriment of their own lives or do they protect their own lives to the detriment of the students?

People always will err on the side of selfish.

We've seen a lot of cuts. I think we might implement a 'if it's brown, flush it down' policy over the summer. We're doing this so we don't have to get rid of anybody. If I could choose a toilet full of wee over one person's job, I'd choose the toilet full of wee.
(TheSnark oh, c'mon, like you didn't see me coming, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 14:54, closed)

Don't you think NUS ought to be involved? If you want to talk about self-serving cunts, get on to the careerist fucks sitting at the top of NUS, refusing to intervene when unis fuck over their students, not the staff using the only leverage they have to keep from losing their jobs.

Your beef is with management, not the unions. I'd suggest turning your ire on them in support of the staff; the strike action/action short of a strike will stop all the quicker the more students get on their lecturers' side and pressure the hell out of management.
(bolshevette, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:12, closed)

Could you be...
...at a certain south coast university that's not the one named after the city?
( notmyrealname, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 22:42, closed)

Correct.
Please don't tell me you're someone that I've just slated now.
(Petite chien is going to do science to it, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 22:48, closed)