http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/06/16/turning-universities-into-borders-the-case-of-the-soas-cleaners/ Sat, 07 May 2011 16:36:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/06/16/turning-universities-into-borders-the-case-of-the-soas-cleaners/comment-page-1/#comment-57874 HoaD Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:34:46 +0000 http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1099#comment-57874 Sadly, the cosmopolitanism you refer to in the British universities is likely to become a victim of the current global recession and the peculiar responses it has generated. The collapse of ORSAS seems to indicate that funding opportunities for foreign students will continue to dwindle, and British universities will become increasingly parochial. This constriction parallels the growing mainstream insularity towards the issue of immigrant labour; it reflects a complete blindness to what makes Britain a viable and interesting nation years after the demise of her imperial power. Sadly, the cosmopolitanism you refer to in the British universities is likely to become a victim of the current global recession and the peculiar responses it has generated. The collapse of ORSAS seems to indicate that funding opportunities for foreign students will continue to dwindle, and British universities will become increasingly parochial. This constriction parallels the growing mainstream insularity towards the issue of immigrant labour; it reflects a complete blindness to what makes Britain a viable and interesting nation years after the demise of her imperial power.

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/06/16/turning-universities-into-borders-the-case-of-the-soas-cleaners/comment-page-1/#comment-57873 What Solidarity Looks Like: Justice for Cleaners at SOAS (London) « chtodelat news Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:22:35 +0000 http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1099#comment-57873 [...] Alberto Toscano [...] [...] Alberto Toscano [...]

]]> http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/06/16/turning-universities-into-borders-the-case-of-the-soas-cleaners/comment-page-1/#comment-57872 Stop the Deportation of SOAS University’s Cleaning Staff « Shut Down ICE Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:00:53 +0000 http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/?p=1099#comment-57872 [...] http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/06/16/turning-universities-into-borders-the-case-of-the-soas-... [...] [...] http://www.darkmatter101.org/site/2009/06/16/turning-universities-into-borders-the-case-of-the-soas-... [...]

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