Sussex is in Occupation!

"This afternoon, over 170 students occupied the lecture theatre in the Fulton building at the University of Sussex in protest of the trebling of tuition fees and the attack on our education system.
In light of Wednesday’s demonstration, which saw 52,000 people come out in opposition to the government’s proposed cuts to education and raising of fees, we feel it is necessary for further action to consolidate the efforts made so far and push on in the opposition to these ideologically motivated cuts to both education specifically and public services as a whole.
We reject the notion that these cuts are necessary or for the benefit of society. There are viable alternatives which are not being explored. While the government has suggested that ‘we are all in this together’, we completely reject this and are insulted that these cuts are being pushed through alongside reductions in corporate tax."

The the occupation blog here

The countermappers send their solidarity to the great folk of the south!

The Real Violence is not a Smashed Window, but in Debt, Forced Labour, the war in Afghanistan (et fucking cetera)

1. Sign the petition: Stand with protesters against victimisation.

2. Wednesday’s national NUS/UCU 50,000 strong national demonstration was a magnificent show of strength against the Con Dems’ savage attacks on education. The Tories want to make swingeing cuts, introduce £9,000 tuition fees and cut EMA. These attacks will close the doors to higher education and further education for a generation of young people.

During the demonstration over 5,000 students showed their determination to defend the future of education by occupying the Tory party HQ and its courtyards for several hours. The mood was good-spirited, with chants, singing and flares.

Yet at least 32 people have now been arrested, and the police and media appear to be launching a witch-hunt condemning peaceful protesters as “criminals” and violent.

A great deal is being made of a few windows smashed during the protest, but the real vandals are those waging a war on our education system.

We reject any attempt to characterise the Millbank protest as small, “extremist” or unrepresentative of our movement.

We celebrate the fact that thousands of students were willing to send a message to the Tories that we will fight to win. Occupations are a long established tradition in the student movement that should be defended. It is this kind of action in France and Greece that has been an inspiration to many workers and students in Britain faced with such a huge assault on jobs, benefits, housing and the public sector.

We stand with the protesters, and anyone who is victimised as a result of the protest.

Initial signatories include (all in a personal capacity):
Mark Bergfeld, NUS NEC
Ashok Kumar, Vice-President Education LSE
Vicki Baars, NUS LGBT Officer women’s place
Sean Rillo Raczka, Birkbeck SU Chair and NUS NEC (Mature Students’ Rep)
Nathan Bolton, Campaigns Officer Essex SU
James Haywood, Campaigns Officer Goldsmiths College SU
Steve Hedley, London regional organiser RMT
Wanda Canton, Women’s Officer QMUL
Michael Chessum, Education and Campaigns Officer UCL SU
Jade Baker, Education Officer Westminster Uni SU
Dan Swain, Essex Uni SU Postgrad Officer
To add your name or organisation email teneleventen@gmail.com
Join our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-need-unity-defend-the-Millbank-protestors/128397300550227
From the site: http://teneleventen.wordpress.com/

Taken from here.

3. Dear Sir/Madam,
We the undersigned wish to congratulate staff and students on the magnificent anti-cuts demonstration on Wednesday (‘Riot marks end of era of consensus’, Independent, 11 November). At least 50,000 people took to the streets to oppose the coalition government’s devastating proposals for education.

We also wish to condemn and distance ourselves from the divisive and, in our view, counterproductive statements issued by the UCU and NUS leadership concerning the occupation of the Conservative Party HQ. The real violence in this situation relates not to a smashed window but to the destructive impact of the cuts and privatisation that will follow if tuition fees are increased and if massive reductions in HE funding are implemented.

Wednesday’s events demonstrate the deep hostility in the UK towards the cuts proposed in the Comprehensive Spending Review. We hope that this marks the beginning of a sustained defence of public services and welfare provision as well as higher education.

Signed:
Emma Dowling, Queen Mary, University of London,
Dr. Matteo Mandarini, Queen Mary, University of London,
Liam Campling, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr. Alberto Toscano, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. John Wadworth, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. Des Freedman, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. Nina Power, Roehampton University
Clare Solomon, President University of London Union
Dr. Peter Thomas, Brunel University
Dr. Alex Anievas, University of Cambridge
Matilda Woulfe, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr. Victoria Sentas, King’s College London
Toni Prug, Queen Mary, University of London
Prof David Miller, Strathclyde University
Matthew Woodcraft, Goldsmiths, University of London
Richard Iveson, Goldsmiths, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. Carrie Hamilton, Roehampton University
Dr. Nicole Wolf, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. Gavin Butt, Goldsmiths, University of London
Marsha Bradfield, University of the Arts London
Manuela Zechner, Queen Mary University of London
Dr. Matthew Fuller, Goldsmiths, University of London
Prof. John Hutnyk, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. Luciana Parisi, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. Maud Anne Bracke, University of Glasgow
Janna Graham, Goldsmiths, University of London
Heidi Hasbrouck, Goldsmiths, University of London
Gordon Asher, University of Glasgow
Dr. Goetz Bachmann, Goldsmiths, University of London
Gerry Mooney, Open University
Dr. Catherine Eschle, University of Strathclyde
Dr. Filippo Del Lucchese, Brunel University
Dr David Lowe, Liverpool John Moores University
Tom Bunyard, Goldsmiths, University of London
Danai Konstanta, Goldsmiths, University of London
Bue Ruebner Hanssen, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Alana Lentin, University of Sussex
Dr. Armin Beverungen, University of the West of England
Bipasha Ahmed, University of East London
Dr T L Akehurst, University of Sussex and Open University
Alex Anievas, University of Cambridge
Gordon Asher, University of Glasgow
Dr Maurizio Atzeni, Loughborough University
Camille Barbagallo, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Armin Beverungen, University of the West of England
Dr. Maud Anne Bracke, University of Glasgow
Liam Campling, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Svetlana Cicmil, University of the West of England
Dr Caroline Clarke, University of the West of England
Dr Chris Cocking, London Metropolitan University
Katherine Corbett, Middlesex University
Dr. Michael P. Craven, University of Nottingham
Dr John Cromby, Loughborough University
Dr Dimitrios Dalakoglou, University of Sussex
Prof Massimo De Angelis, University of East London
Filippo Del Lucchese, Brunel University
Prof Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, University of Sussex
Dr John Drury, University of Sussex
Benoit Dutilleul, University of the West of England
Leigh French, Glasgow, editor Varient magazine
Dr Fabian Frenzel, University of the West of England
Dr Matthew Fuller, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Rachel Fyson, University of Nottingham
Dr Sara Gonzalez, University of Leeds
Hugo Gorringe, University of Edinburgh
Janna Graham, Goldsmiths University of London
Prof Peter Hallward, Kingston University,
Dr Kate Hardy, University of Leeds
Dr. Carrie Hamilton, Roehampton University
Georgia Harrison, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Kaveri Harriss, University of Sussex
Prof Stefano Harney, Queen Mary University of London
Dr David Harvie, University of Leicester
Dr Stuart Hodkinson, University of Leeds
Dr John Hutnyk, Goldsmiths, University of London
Daniel Jewesbury, Belfast, editor, Variant magazine
Dr. Daniel Kane, University of Sussex
Jeanne Kay, Goldsmiths, University of London
Koehler-Ridley, Coventry University
Danai Konstanta, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Les Levidow, Open University
Dr Simon Lewis, University of Leeds
Gwyneth Lonergan, University of Manchester
Dr Rob Lutton, University of Nottingham
Luke Martell, University of Sussex
Conal McStravick, Artist, Glasgow, member of Scottish Artists Union
Dr Shamira Meghani, University of Sussex
Dr Eugene Michail, University of Sussex
Keir Milburn, University of Leeds
Dr. Filippo Osella, University of Sussex
Dr Dimitris Papadopoulos, University of Leicester
Dr Luciana Parisi, Goldsmiths, University of London
Kathleen Poley, Goldsmiths University of London
Dr. Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, University of Leicester
Andre Pusey, University of Leeds
Prof Susannah Radstone, University of East London
Dr Olivier Ratle, University of the West of England
Dr Gavin Reid, University of Leeds & Vice-President Leeds University UCU
Bue Rübner Hansen, Queen Mary, University of London
Bert Russell, University of Leeds
Dr Lee Salter, University of the West of England
Jordan Savage, University of Essex
Dr Laura Schwatz, St Hugh’s College Oxford University
Jon K. Shaw, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Stevphen Shukaitis, University of Essex
Dr Anna Stavriasnakis, University of Sussex.
Stephanie Tan, Glasgow School of Art
Dr Claire Taylor, University of Nottingham
Dr Amal Treacher Kabesh, University of Nottingham
Jeroen Veldman, University of Leicester
Dr Paul Waley, University of Leeds
Dr Kenneth Weir, University of Leicester
Matthew Woodcraft, Goldsmiths, University of London
Hélène Samanci, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Clément Mouhot, University of Cambridge

Taken from here.

[the above taken from here]

Cuts and Fees (Analysis)

Stefan Collini in LRB:

‘The most likely effect of Browne’s proposals here would be to exacerbate the financial disparity between types of university and, above all, to bring about a much closer correlation between the reputational hierarchy of institutions and the social class of their student body.’

‘…the report proposes a far, far more fundamental change to the way universities are financed than is suggested by this concentration on income thresholds and repayment rates. Essentially, Browne is contending that we should no longer think of higher education as the provision of a public good, articulated through educational judgment and largely financed by public funds (in recent years supplemented by a relatively small fee element). Instead, we should think of it as a lightly regulated market in which consumer demand, in the form of student choice, is sovereign in determining what is offered by service providers (i.e. universities). The single most radical recommendation in the report, by quite a long way, is the almost complete withdrawal of the present annual block grant that government makes to universities to underwrite their teaching, currently around £3.9 billion. This is more than simply a ‘cut’, even a draconian one: it signals a redefinition of higher education and the retreat of the state from financial responsibility for it.’

see more here

UCU on the meaning of the Cuts and Tuition Fee Hike:

“Degree costs hiked up 312% since 1988 and set to rise another 101% by 2012” – the uni union throwing around useful stats.

...more of this

Points-Based Immigration in Context: this Saturday 16th

//Join Countermapping QMary at the PBSI Conference this Saturday\\

http://www.pbiscampaigning.org/

WHEN: Saturday 16th October 2010, 10am to 4pm

WHERE: University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1

This conference will present new research on issues related to the
points-based immigration system (PBIS) as it affects Further and
Higher Education. This is a system that unfairly restricts the ability
of international students and staff to come to the UK, turns staff
into immigration officials and treats international students as
potential threats to national security.

The conference will assess:

a) the wider significance of immigration;

b) the full consequences of PBIS on the university

c) the characteristics of new systems of regulation and surveillance
in universities and colleges.

The conference aims to offer both expertise in research but also a
focus for campaigners who object to the fundamentally discriminatory
nature of the rules.

Speakers:

Les Back (Goldsmiths)

Tom Hickey (Brighton)

Georg Menz (Goldsmiths)

Liz Fekete (Institute of Race Relations)

Edgar Whitley (LSE)

Valerie Hartwich (Manifesto Club)

Joel Heyes (UKBA worker and PCS rep)

Susan Robertson (Bristol)

Andy Goffey (Middlesex)

Su-Anne Yeo (Goldsmiths)

Clare Solomon (ULU)

This event is free of charge. Please go to the 'contact' page to
register.

http://www.pbiscampaigning.org/contact

Supported by Universities and Colleges Union, University of London
Union, Manifesto Club and the Centre for Cultural Studies, Department
of Politics, Department of Media & Communications at Goldsmiths

Campaign Against Cuts and Fees at QMUL

We got this email from the QMUL AGAINST CUTS Campaign:

"The Browne report has now been released and is largely as feared. You can download it in all it's glory here: http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/corporate/docs/s/10-1208-securing-sustainable-higher-education-browne-report.pdf but media coverage has so far been very good and is an easier option than trawling through the 64 pages of this report. While this is a Stop the Cuts mailing list I'm keen to emphasise the question of HE funding is one side of the same coin as the cuts. The Browne report represents the first salvo in this battle. Cuts in state funding to HE are only possible if individual contributions by students are to be radically increased to, at least partly, cover the shortfall. In line with general government strategy funding is shifting from the State to the Individual with little concern as to ability to pay (the 'Big Society'). Resistance to the lifting of the cap on fees (as this report recommends) is a key part of the battle against cuts. With Vince Cables announcement that the graduate tax is off the table it looks increasingly likely that the recommendations in this report will be adopted. The next key date is the 20th October and the release of the Comprehensive Spending Review, at which point we should know the full extent of the cuts to both HE and the public sector.

Progress has been made on several of the proposals agreed at the last general meeting. We are calling a protest at QM to coincide with the release of the Spending Review and the nationwide anti-cuts day of action. Please join the facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148499998526917

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QMUL Stop the Cuts Protest
Wednesday 20th October
13:00 - 15:00
Library Square, Mile End Campus

Bring your friends, megaphones and loudest voices to library square so we can fight cuts at QM and show solidarity to institutions and individuals all over the country being crippled by unfair cuts!

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A protest from ULU to Downing Street has also been called on the same day. After our demonstration at QM we plan on heading to ULU to join students from other universities to protest against cuts

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Stop the Con-Dem Cuts Protest
Wednesday 20th October
16:00 at ULU

Freeze the Cuts. Cut the Fees. Cut Bonuses not Books. Fund Welfare not Warfare

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A motion has been tabled for the next student council meeting as follows:

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This union believes:
Cuts to academic departments, staff and resources is detrimental to the learning and educational environment of students at QMUL. Cuts are unnecessary and are not the only solution in the current financial climate.

This Union resolves:
To oppose any and all budget cuts at Queen Mary including, but not limited to, job losses, removal of degree courses and/or departments, and removal of learning resources.

This Union Notes:
Although the scale of the cuts at this point is speculative pending the release of the Browne Report (12/10/2011) and the Comprehensive Spending Review (20/10/2011) it is likely higher education is to receive cuts of around 35% broken down in to a 15% cut in research funding and a 70% cut in teaching funding

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As previously noted students cannot vote at this meeting but are welcome to attend and speak, so please come along and speak in support

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QMUL Student Council meeting
Thursday 14th October
18:30 - 20:30
Council Room, Queens Building, Mile End Campus

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A demonstration on the 23rd October has also been called by the RMT, FBU, NUT and PCS trade unions. Please come along and support.

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No to Cuts demonstration
Saturday 23rd October
11:00 am
Assemble at Unity House, 9 Chalton Street, Euston, London NW1 1JD

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There is a lot of dates for your calendar here but the only way that progress can be made on these issues is by making ourselves heard in increasingly large numbers. With the release of the Browne Report we are beginning to enter a stage where the speculation ends and the harsh reality of these policies begins. Take action, demonstrate, occupy!

Ross"

Introducing the countermap and game...

If you would like to receive a free copy of the countermap and game
please email: countermapping.qmary@googlemail.com
it may seem obvious but you need to tell us your name and an address to send ya the map to.

You can see how the countermapping project turned out below.

Here is a link to a flash version of the map:
http://www.countercartographies.org/activities-mainmenu-38/1-news/77-countermapping-qmary-map-released

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The Countermap

The Game

Some sources and information: map and game

//Campus\\

Council: The College Council is the governing body of QMary. Comprising 19 members, of whom 10 are external members. Thus Council is responsible for overseeing the strategic mission, direction and affairs of the College. Council sits at the pinnacle of the College's corporate governance framework, and convenes on six occasions per year.
Source: www.arcs.qmul.ac.uk/council/

QMary wages: The ninety highest paid staff at Queen Mary (those paid more than £100,000) cost the college £12m per year. This is an increase of 163% since 2006, and of 196% since 2004.
As almost anywhere wages at QMary are not determined by how hard you work, but on whether you stand in a position of power (managerial, educational, etc.):
PhD Student £ 15,600
Catering £ 16, 000
Security guard £ 20,000
Admin Staff £ 24,500
Junior Lecturer £ 37, 600
Human Manager £ 46, 800
Head of Department £ 85,000
Principal Simon Gaskell £ 250,000+

The above salaries are approximate and have been taken from several online job advertisement. The Principal's salary is public. For comparisons with other UK Universities see:
The Top-paying Universities, Guardian, 14/03/2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/mar/12/universities-high-pay-top-data

Staff and student numbers
Service-based staff is 475. Of those 46% are women, whilst 57% tick the ‘white’ box when asked for their ethnicity.

Equalities Impact Assessment Reports
http://www.hr.qmul.ac.uk/equality/impactassess/eiareports/index.html

In 2007 it was estimated that 69% of London’s population is 'white'.

Office for National Statistics: http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do;jsessionid=ac1f930c30d802253c52546d4d588575d35bfb6de2b7?a=3&b=276743&c=London&d=13&e=13&g=325264&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1284130602750&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1812&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1003

Admin staff is 1528. Of these 64% are women, and 71% white.
Academic staff is 1665, of whom only 39% are women and 78% are white.
The total students population is 16726, of whom 69% are home students, 31% overseas students.

This figure includes 1919 Chinese students enrolled at the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications http://www.bupt.edu.cn/ for courses in collaboration with departments at QMary.

Overseas student numbers Queen Mary, Student Administration, (student population details by level(UG/PG) and department) (intranet)
http://qm-web.studentadmin.qmul.ac.uk/mis-section/poploadrep.htm

Queen Mary Annual Review (2006)
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/downloads/annualreview/25314.pdf

Queen Mary Financial Statement 2008-2009
http://www.finance.qmul.ac.uk/docs/QM_Fin_Stmnt_2008-09.pdf

//London countermap\\

Cuts
Bail out

Studentification
'Studentification': a guide to opportunities, challenges and practice, 2006, Universities UK
http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/Publications/Pages/Publication-232.aspx

HEFCE Higher Education Founding Council for England
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
http://www.bis.gov.uk/

//UK countermap\\

Immigration Removal Centres

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/organisation/immigrationremovalcentres/

Research Excellence Framework (REF)
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/about/background/

//Quotes\\

Deported: Artists and Academics Barred from the UK, Manifesto Club: for freedom in everyday life
http://www.manifestoclub.com/deporteddossier

Our own and our friends' experiences.

//Struggles\\

Yarl’s Wood IRC Hunger Strike on the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns website
http://ncadc.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/yarls-wood-hunger-striker-tells-her-story/
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/organisation/immigrationremovalcentres/yarlswood

Middlesex Philosophy Occupation
http://savemdxphil.com/

King’s College No Cuts Campaign
http://nocutsatkings.blogspot.com/

UCU Education Rally and Strike
http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4595

Sussex Occupation
http://sussexoccupation.blogspot.com/

Calais No Border Camp
http://www.calaisnoborder.eu.org/taxonomy/term/2.html

QMary Gaza Occupation
http://queenmaryoccupation.blogspot.com/

//World countermap\\

VSF GLobal
http://www.vfsglobal.com/

Creative Commons Licence
http://creativecommons.org/


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THE GAME

//Visas\\

Home Office, Control of Immigration: quarterly statistical summary, UK, October-December 2009
http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/immiq409.pdf

Entry Clearance statistics 2008-2009
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/resources/en/docs/2958881/visastats2008-09

UK Council for International Student Affairs
http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/working_during.php

Deportation data from the UK Border Agency
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/

//Points-Based Immigration Scheme\\

Students Not suspects. Campaign in opposition to UK Points-Based Immigration
http://studentsnotsuspects.blogspot.com/

UK Colleges Blacklisted by the UKBA go to Court, in UK Student News and Events
http://www.adviceforyou.org.uk/blog/uk-immigration-news-2010/uk-colleges-blacklisted-by-the-ukba-go-to-court/

Other interesting sources that are not in the map...

CAAT - Campaign Against Arms Trade, Clean Investment Universities and Colleges, Queen Mary (2005)

http://www.caat.org.uk/campaigns/universities/data/greater_london.php

Visa trouble - the PBSI

Links on Visa trouble with the PBSI

‘Genuine’ overseas students 'denied entry to UK' - Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/may/18/overseas-students-denied-entry

A Jeremiad on UK Visas – blog
http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2010/02/10/jeremiad-on-visas/

Manifesto club ‘Deported report’ on people
http://www.manifestoclub.com/files/Deportedreport.pdf

Heathrow and the UKBA

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/26/harmondsworth-detention-centre-doubles-capacity

UK detention centre to double capacity

Harmondsworth immigration removal centre will hold 630 detainees at one time, says report

Alan Travis
The Guardian, Wednesday 26 May 2010

The capacity of the main immigration detention centre near Heathrow is to be doubled, making it the biggest processing and deportation centre in Europe. Harmondsworth immigration removal centre will, from next month, be able to hold more than 630 detainees at any one time, according to a report published today.

The privately run immigration detention centre has been rebuilt since a major disturbance in 2006, the second in its eight and a half year history, destroyed two wings and halved its official capacity to 259 detainees.

But the chief inspector of prisons, Dame Anne Owers, said the imminent opening of a higher security prison-type block threatens recent improvements at the "troubled" removal centre.

In 2006 Owers said Harmondsworth, which opened in 2001 as a long-term purpose-built immigration centre, was "the worst immigration removal centre we have inspected". The original contractors, Kalyx, formerly known as United Kingdom Detention Services, were replaced in June last year by the American private security company, the GEO Group, which also operates Campsfield House near Oxford.

Britain already has the largest network of immigration detention centres in Europe, with more than 3,100 places. The new extension at Harmondsworth will add 364 more beds to that total and more than double its existing capacity of 259.

Owers says since the 2006 disturbance the prison inspectors have charted a "slow but steady progress from this low point". The results of the most recent inspection carried out in January this year and published today show demonstrable improvements in culture and regime.

"However, the imminent opening of a new block, doubling the size of the centre and built to higher security prison standards, would pose a challenge to these improvements," says the chief inspector's report.

Today's report said the inspectors were concerned about the potential impact of the new building, due to open next month. "This will provide prison-type accommodation, in small and somewhat oppressive cells ? at odds with the atmosphere and facilities in the current centre," said Owers. "It would also double the population, making Harmondsworth the biggest removal centre in Europe. This combination will pose a considerable challenge to managers in seeking to embed recent progress and run a single, safe and decent centre."

The chief inspector's fears are supported by Harmondsworth's independent monitoring board, which said the new block would increase its capacity to 630 detainees. It says detention centres should not be built to prison designs. "The new rooms, to be shared by two people, are based on prison cells, with toilets located inside the room, behind limited screening," said Hashi Syedain, the board's head. "They will offer lower standards of decency than the facilities they replace."

The chief inspector's report found that relations between staff and detainees were cordial and improving, with little evidence of tension or conflict among the many different nationalities and ethnic groups in the centre.

A decision to allow freedom of movement around the centre had led to significant improvements in the atmosphere, and the use of force and other disciplinary measures had dropped in the previous six months.

But, healthcare was unacceptably poor and required urgent attention both in terms of quality and quantity of provision, and the approach of healthcare staff.

The United Kingdom Border Agency disputed that the extra prison-type accommodation would jeopardise recent improvements: "The expansion of Harmondsworth will allow the UK Border Agency to remove even more foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers," said David Wood, the UKBA's director for criminality and detention. "We will work with our contractors to make sure the improvements praised by the chief inspector's report continue."

Owers said many detainees were still arriving at Harmondsworth after "excessive and unexplained movements" between removal centres across England. Many had endured long journeys without food or sufficient comfort breaks.

The report said that about 10% of the 213 detainees held at the time of the inspection in January had been held in detention for more than six months.

The Queen's speech confirmed the coalition's determination to end the detention of children in immigration centres but indicated no change of policy in Whitehall's officially stated policy of trying to increase the numbers of illegal migrants who are sent home. The Lib Dems dropped their election demand for an 'earned citizenship" route for irregular migrants who had been in Britain for more than 10 years as part of the coalition negotiations.

Gender at Queen Mary

"Among academic and administrative staff at QMUL women are on average
paid approximately £2000 less than men of the same age, length of service,
and ethnic group, working in the same department."
Gender pay disparity at QMUL, Report 2005


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photos from the first drift thursday 13 may

all the photos are from the counter cartographies collective camera
photo essay begins at the opening event of the counter mapping qmay event ...

Counter/Mapping QMary: the university and border technologies

To begin by asking what is the university requires an investigation of the function of the university not only as a knowledge factory but also as a border. Our investigation of what the university produces as knowledge, hierarchies and power exposes the border/s that operate in, on and around the university. That the university is a border is made possible by the operation of a filter mechanism. The counting of bodies, money in and money out, who can and can not enter, what are we when we leave, the limits of what is and is not knowledge and the complicity with national and global border regimes – who and what is stopped at the border?

photos from the first drift thursday 13 may

photos from the counter cartographies camera...

photos from the first drift thursday 13 may

photos from the first drift thursday 13 may

photo's from the camera of the counter cartographies collective...

cartoons

Vice Chancellors salaries

"Salaries soar for heads of British universities
More than 80 university heads, generally known as vice-chancellors, now earn more than the prime minister"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/mar/14/university-heads-vice-chancellor-salaries

Where is the UKBA located in the UK?

Public enquiry offices: where you apply in person. all have biometric facilitites.
'Our public enquiry offices offer a premium same-day service for non-European nationals who are making straightforward applications to extend their stay or settle in the UK. There are seven offices around the UK. Please note that some offices cannot process some types of application.'

Croydon public enquiry office
Lunar House, 40 Wellesley Road, Croydon CR9 2BY
Asylum screening Unit
Biometric Enrolment Centre
London biometric enrolment centre
Address: Identity and Passport Service, Hannibal House, Elephant and Castle, London SE1 6TE
Birmingham Biometric Enrolment Centre
Identity and Passport Service, 6th Floor, Kensington House, Suffolk Street, Queensway, Birmingham, B1 1LN

Derby Biometric Enrolment Centre
2nd Floor, Stuart House, Green Lane, DE1 1RS

Brighton Biometric Enrolment Centre

Solihull Public Enquiry Office
Dominion Court, 41 Station Road, Solihull, Birmingham B91 3RT
Biometric Enrolment Centre

Sheffield
Vulcan House, Riverside entrance, 6 Millsands, Sheffield S3 8NU
Biometric Enrolment Centre

Liverpool
Reliance House, 20 Water Street, Liverpool L2 8XU
Biometric

Glasgow
Festival Court, 200 Brand Street, Govan, Glasgow G51 1DH
Biometric

Belfast
UK Border Agency Public Office, 1 Drumkeen Complex, Upper Galwally, Belfast BT8 6TB
Biometric

Cardiff
General buildings, Ground floor, 31-33 Newport Road, Cardiff, Wales CF24 0AB
Biometric

International Student Tuition Fees - September 2010 Entry

All prices are in UK Pounds Sterling.

Presessional Courses £
4 week presessional English language programme (tuition only) 1,200
8 week presessional English language programme (tuition only) 2,000
12 week presessional English language programme (tuition only) 2,800
Foundation Courses
Undergraduate International Foundation Course (Social Sciences) (Y2JE) 9,000
Postgraduate International Foundation Course in Arts, Social Sciences and Law (Y2QE) 9,000
Undergraduate Science and Engineering Foundation Programme (FGHZ) 9,600
Undergraduate Science and Engineering Foundation Programme elading to BSc (FGH0) 9,600
Undergraduate Courses
Arts Courses 10,250
Courses in School of Law, School of Business Management, Department of Economics 10,650
Laboratory-based Courses 12,500
Medicine Years 1 and 2(A100) 15,810
Dentistry Year 1(A200) 13,750
Exceptions to the above:
Single Semester associates (Y2AE autumn) (Y2BE spring) 4,750
Full year associate (Y2FE) 9,500
Campus English (per 4-week course) 1,500
Academic Campus English (per 3-month block) 3,500
BSc Computer Science and Mathematics (GG41) 11,150
BSc Mathematics and Computing (GG14) 11,150
Postgraduate Taught Courses
Arts Courses 10,650
Laboratory-based Courses 12,600
Exceptions to the above:
MSc Investment and Finance (L1T1) 13,000
Postgraduate Diploma in Economics (L1ED) 11,000
MSc Banking and Finance (L1S3) 13,000
MSc Management and Organisational Innovation(N1Q1) 13,000
MSc International Financial Management(N1Q6) 13,000
MSc International Human Resource Management and Employment Relations (N1S3) 13,000
MSc Marketing (N1Q2) 13,000
Ma International Relations (L2S3) 11,600
MSc Physics (EuroMasters) (F3S5) 12,500
MSc Law and Finance (M3S7) 13,000
MSc Management of Intellectual Property (M3U4) 11,500
Postgraduate Diploma International Commercial Arbitration (M3DF) 5,500
Postgraduate Diploma International Medation (M3D6) 5,500
Postgraduate Diploma Computer and Communications Law (M3DL) 5,400
LLM Computer and Communications Law (M3S3) 9,170
Postgraduate Certificate International Finance Law (Term I) (M3EN) 4,750
Postgraduate Certificate International Finance Law (Term II) (M3EP) 4,750
Postgraduate Diploma International Finance Law (M3EV) 9,500
Postgraduate Certificate Intellectual Property Law (M3EC) 5,000
LLM (M2Q1) 13,000
Postgraduate Diploma International Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) (M2D3) 4,725
Postgraduate Diploma International Dispute Resolution (Mediation) (M2D4) 4,725
MSc Finance and Econometrics (L1S5) 11,000
MSc Finance and Economics (L1T3) 11,000
Postgraduate Research Courses
Arts Courses £10,500
Laboratory Based Programmes £12,000
Research in Law £12,000
Postgraduate taught courses Fees
Postgraduate Diploma Burn Care (A3D2) (Part Time) 2,600
Postgraduate Certificate Non-Invasive Aesthetic Techniques (A3C4) (Part Time) 3,000
Postgraduate Diploma Aesthetic Surgery (A3D1) (DL) (Part Time) 3,100
Postgraduate Diploma Clinical Dermatology (A3ES) (DL) (Part Time) 4,600
MSc Cancer Therapeutics (A3T3) £16,200 (inc. £1,800 bench fee)
MSc Cancer Therapeutics (Part Time)(A3T4) £8,400 (inc. £900 bench fee)
MSc Molecular Pathology and Genomicsn (A3T1) £16,200 (inc. £1,800 bench fee)
MSc Molecular Pathology and Genomics (Part Time) £8,400 (inc. £900 bench fee)
MSc Surgical Skills and Sciences (A3Q1) £24,100 (inc. £8,500 bench fee)
MSc Surgical Skills and Sciences within 6 month clinical attachment £27,600
MRes Inflammation: Cellular and Vascular Aspects (A3R2) £16,200 (inc. £1,800 bench fee)
MSc Translational Neuroscience (A3F1) £14,400
PG Dip Translational Neuroscience (A3F2) £9,300
PG Cert Translational Neuroscience (A3F3) £4,600
PG DIP Dental Clinical Sciences (A4D1) £14,900
PG DIP Dental Clinical SciencesSciences ENHANCED (inc extra modules) £23,400
MSc Dental Public Health (A4U3) £14,990
MSc Dental Technology (A4Q5) £23,400( inc. £2,000 bench fee)
Postgraduate Diploma Dental Technology (A4D5) 14,990 (inc. £1,000 bench fee)
PG Cert Dental Technology (A4C5) £7,495 (inc. £1,000 bench fee)
MSc Experimental Oral Pathology (Oral Sciences) (A4US) £14,990 (inc. £2,000 bench fee)
MSc Oral Biology (A4S3) £14,990 (inc. £2,000 bench fee)
MClinDent Oral Medicine (Going through approval process) £34,000 (inc. £7,000 bench fee)
MSc Oral Surgery (A4U9) £34,000 (inc. £7,000 bench fee)
MSc Orthodontics (A4UA) £34,000 (inc. £7,000 bench fee)
MClinDent Paediatric Dentistry (A4UD) £34,000 (inc. £7,000 bench fee)
Postgraduation MClinDent Paediatric Dentistry (Associate) (A4MD) £34,000
MSc Periodontology (A4S6) £34,000 (inc. £7,000 bench fee)
Postgraduation MClinDent Periodontology (Associate) (A4ME) £34,000
Postgraduation MClinDent Prosthodontics (Associate) (A4MF) £34,000
MClinDent Prosthodontics (A4UF) £34,000 (inc. £7,000 bench fee)
PG Cert Medical Terminology and Health Care Administration (A3EJ) £2,400
Cert HE Medical Terminology and Health Care Administration (Upfront Fee for both years) (A3EK) £2,400
MSc Primary Care (A3S1) £11,800
MSc Primary Care (Part Time) (A3S2) £5,900
PG Dip Primary Care (A3E5) £11,100
Cert HE Primary Health Care Management (A3EF) £2,400
Cert HE Primary Health Care Management (A3EG) £2,400
Primary Care Taught Postgraduate Associate (A33E) £1,100
MSc Public Health (A3S7) £11,800
MSc Public Health (Part Time) (A3S7) £5,900
PG Dip Public Health (A3D7) £11,100
PG Dip Public Health (Part Time) (A3D8) £5,550
Module in Public Health (A37E) £1,100
MSc Health Care Research Methods (B2S3) £13,300
MSc Gastroenterology (A3TR) £15,700 (inc. £1,800 bench fee)
PD Dip Gastroenterology (A3D9) £11,700
MSc Analytical Toxicology (A3S0) £14,200 (inc. £1,100 bench fee)
MSc Clinical Drug Development (B2S1) £13,000
PG Dip Clinical Drug Development (B2D1) £8,200
MSc Forensic Medical Sciences (A3Q3) £12,900 (inc. £2,000 bench fee)
MSc Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (A3X3) £7,600
MSc Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (Part Time) (A3X6) £4,900
PD Dip Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (A3Y5) £5,500
PD Dip Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (Part Time) (A3Y6) £3,800
MSc Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (DL) (A3L1) £7,600
MSc Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (DL) (Part-Time) (A3L2) £4,900
PD Dip Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (DL) (A3L3) £5,500
PD Dip Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (DL) (A3L3) £3,800
MSc Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (A3B1) £7,600
MSc Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (Part Time) (A3B2) £4,900
PG Dip Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (A3B3) £5,500
PG Dip Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (Part Time) (A3B4) £3,800
MSc Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (DL) (A3L5) £7,600
MSc Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (DL) (Part-Time) (A3L0) £4,900
PG Dip Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (DL) (A3M3) £5,500
PG Dip Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (DL) (Part-Time) (A3M4) £3,800
MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine - Medically Qualified (A3TP) £13,300
PG Dip Sports and Exercise Medicine - Medically Qualified (A3E1) £11,700
MSc Sports and Exercise Medicine - Physio (A3TS) £13,300

EU / Home Tuition fees for 2010-11

from the bowels of queen mary admin....


The tuition fees for the 2010-11 academic seesion are outlined below. Please note that fees for subsequent years are subject to increase, which will be made clear to you when you are being offered a place at Queen Mary, University of London.

Fees for some intercollegiate programmes are charged by the joint institution. Where this is the case, please refer to the institution fees listing for the appropriate fees.

Code Course Home Undergraduates
Existing students on old scheme home tuition fee (full-time) £1,310
Existing students on old scheme home tuition fee (part-time) £655
Arts Courses £3,290
Laboratory Based Courses £3,290
Half fee for Home Undergraduates £1,645

H6NF No charge-Beijing Students £3,290
H6N2 No charge-Beijing Students £3,290

A101 Graduate Entry Programe First Year £3,290
A301 Graduate Entry Programe Second Year (home fee paid by NHS) £3,290
A301 Graduate Entry Programe Third Year (home fee paid by NHS) £3,290
A301 Graduate Entry Programe Final Year (home fee paid by NHS) £3,290

A100 Medicine Year 1 (A100) £3,290
A100 Medicine Year 2 (A100) £3,290
A300 Medicine Year 3 (A300) £3,290
A300 Medicine Year 4 (A300) £3,290
A300 Medicine Year 5 (A300) £3,290
A200 Dentistry - Year 1 (A200) £3,290
A400 Dentistry - Year 2 - 5 (A400) £3,290
A201 Dentist Graduate Entry program years 1-2-3 and Final
(Second, Third and Final Year paid by NHS) £3,290
Intercalcated BSc/BMedSci £3,290

B9MS Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Molecular Medicine) Undergraduate course £3,290
B9MT BMedSci in Molecular Therapeutics Undergraduate course £3,290
B9MC BMedSci in Community Health Science £3,290

Foundation Courses
FGH0 Science and Engineering Foundation Programme £3,290


Exceptions to the above
GG41 Computer Science and Mathematics £3,290
Texas Comm - Bucerius Students (EU) £2,375
Y2DE CCLS Taught Postgraduate Associate Dresden Programme £3,500

Postgraduate Research Students
Arts Courses £3,440
Laboratory Based Courses £3,440
M3ZL Research In Law (full-time) £5,500
M3ZF Research In Law (full-time) £5,500
M3ZS Research In Law (part-time) £2,750
M3ZP Research In Law (part-time) £2,750
M1ER CCLS Research Associate £3,000
CCLS Visiting Research Scholar Bench Fee £3,000

Postgraduate Taught Courses
Arts Courses £4,300
Laboratory Based Courses £4,300

Exceptions to the above
L1ED Graduate Diploma in Economics £7,000
L1S3 Banking and Finance £8,000
L1S5 MSc Finance and Econometrics £7,000
L1T1 MSc Investment and Finance £8,000
L1T3 Finance and Economics £7,000
L2S3 MA International Relations £5,000
M2Q1 LLM (full-time) £7,250
M2Q2 LLM (part-time) £3,625
M3S7 Law and Finance (full-time) £7,250
M3S8 Law and Finance (part-time) £3,625
M3U4 MSc Management of Intellectual Property £6,400
M3U5 MSc Management of Intellectual Property (part-time) £3,200
N1Q1 Management and Organisational Innovation £8,000
N1S3 MA International HRM and ER £8,000
N1Q6 International Management with Finance £8,000
N1Q2 Msc International Management and Marketing £8,000

Sports Medicine
A3TP Sports Medicine (medically qualified) - full-time £6,200
A3TQ Sports Medicine (medically qualified) - part-time £3,100
A3E1 Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine (medically qualified) - full-time £4,800
A3E7 Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine (medically qualified) - part-time £2,400
A3TS MSc Sports Medicine (non medically qualified) - full-time £6,200
A3TT MSc Sports Medicine (non medically qualified) - part-time £3,100
A3E6 Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine (non medically qualified) - full-time £4,800
A3E0 Diploma in Sports and Exercise Medicine (non medically qualified) - part-time £2,400

SMD Postgraduate Taught Courses
A33E Modules in Primary Health Care part-time course per module £600
A37E Modules in Public Health (part-time only) charge per module £600
A3B1 Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (MSc, full-time) £4,000
A3B2 Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (MSc, part-time) £2,000
A3B3 Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (PgDip, full-time) £3,000
A3B4 Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (PgDip, part-time) £1,500
A3C3 Advanced Mental Health Assessment (PgCert) £1,900
A3C5 Certificate in Transcultural Mental Healthcare TBC
A3D1 Diploma in Aesthetic Surgery: two-year course full-time course distance learning part-time per year £2,400
A3D2 Burn Care Postgraduate Diploma part-time £2,100
A3D7 PG Diploma Public Health (full-time) £4,200
A3D8 PG Diploma Public Health (part-time) £2,100
A3D9 Gastroenterology 7 months (Diploma, full-time) £3,600
A3E5 Diploma Primary Care (full-time) £4,200
A3EC Certificate in Primary Health Care part-time course TBC
A3ES Diploma in Clinical Dermatology £3,600
A3ET Medical Terminology and Health Care Administration TBC
A3F1 Translational Neuroscience £3,600
A3L1 Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (MSc (DL), full-time) £4,000
A3L2 Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (MSc (DL), part-time) £2,000
A3L3 Advanced Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (PgDip (DL), full-time) £3,000
A3L4 Advanced Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (PgDip (DL), part-time) £1,500
A3L5 Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (MSc (DL), full-time) £4,000
A3L0 Mental Health Transcultural Mental Healthcare, Msc (DL) (part-time) £2,000
A3L6 MSc Transcultural Mental Healthcare Distance Learning part-time two year charge per anum TBC
A3L7 MSc Transcultural Mental Healthcare Distance Learning full-time two year charge per anum TBC
Research in Medicine full-time £3,440
Research in Medicine part-time no charge existing students £1,720
A3M3 Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (PgDip (DL), full-time) £3,000
A3M4 Mental Health: Transcultural Mental Healthcare (PgDip (DL), part-time) £1,500
A3Q1 Surgical Skills and Sciences (MSc full-time) incl £8,500 bench fees £12,000
A3Q3 MSc Forensic Medicine Sciences (incl £2,200 bench fees) £6,400
A3Q4 MSc Forensic Medicine Sciences P/T (incl £1,100 bench fees) £3,200
A3S1 MSc Primary Care (full-time) £4,600
A3S2 MSc Primary Care (part-time) £2,300
A3S6 MSc Transcultural Mental Healthcare (part-time two year chge p/a) TBC
A3S7 MSc Public Health (full-time) £4,600
A3S8 MSc Public Health (part-time) £2,300
A3S0 Analytical Toxicology (two-year course Home fee includes £1,100 bench fee) £3,200
A3T1 MSc Molecular Pathology and Genomics full-time incl £1,800 bench fee £6,000
A3T2 MSc Molecular Pathology and Genomics inc £900 Bench Fee £3,000
A3T3 MSc Cancer Therapeutics (incl £1,800 bench fees) £6,000
A3T4 MSc Cancer Therapeutics (incl £900 bench fees) £3,000
A3TR MSc Gastroenterology (incl £1,800 bench fees) £5,800
A3U1 MSc Clinical Microbiology - incl bench fee £4,725 and £4,000 home TBC
A3U2 MSc Clinical Microbiology part time (no bench fees) TBC
A3X5 Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (MSc, full-time) £4,000
A3X6 Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (MSc, part-time) £2,000
A3Y5 Advanced Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (PgDip, full-time) £3,000
A3Y6 Advanced Mental Health: Psychological Therapies (PgDip, part-time) £1,500
A4C5 P/G Cert Dental Technology incl £1,000 bench fee £4,750
A4D3 Postgraduate Diploma in Endodontic Practice £7,000
A4D5 P/G Dip Dental Technology/ £1,000 bench fee £7,000
A4MA Orthodontics (Postgraduation year) (bench fee only) part-time TBC
A4Q5 Dental Technology MSc overseas/home £2,000 bench fee £9,500
A4S1 MSc Implant Dentistry part-time £4,750
A4S4 Periodontics (incl £3,175 home bench fee) TBC
A4S5 Periodontics (incl £3,500 bench fee) £10,000
A4S6 MClinDent Periodontics F/T (incl £7,000 bench fees) £20,000
A4U3 MSc Dental Public Health full-time £9,500
A4U4 MSc Dental Public Health part-time £4,750
A4U9 MSc Oral Surgery (incl £7,000 bench fee) £20,000
A4UA MSc Orthodontics (incl £7,000 bench fee) £20,000
A4UD Master of Clinical Dentistry - Paediatrics (incl £7,000 bench fee) £20,000
A4UF Master of Clinical Dentistry - Prosthodontics (incl £7,000 bench fee) £20,000
A4UJ Oral Surgery (£6,350 bench fee incl home and overseas) TBC
A4UQ MClinDent Paediatric Dentistry - part-time incl £3,175 bench fee home and overseas £10,000
A4US MSc Experimental Oral Sciences (incl bench fee £2,000) £9,500
B2D1 Diploma Drug Development £4,000
B2D2 Diploma Drug Development (part-time) £4,000
B2D4 PG Dip Clin Research and Healthcare Research Methods part-time £4,000
B2S1 MSc Clinical Drug Development full-time (must have completed B2D1) £2,500
B2S2 MSc Clinical Drug Development part-time (must have completed B2D2) £2,500
B2S4 MSc Health Care Research Methods part-time (must have completed B2D4) £2,500
A4S3 MSc Oral Biology (incl £2,000 bench fee) £9,500

Postgraduate Law Diplomas
M2D2 PG Diploma in Law (part-time) (per year) £2,100
M2D3 PG Diploma in International Dispute Resolution (Arbitration) £4,725
M2D4 PG Diploma in International Dispute Resolution (Mediation) £4,725

Other Certificates and Diplomas
M3DL Diploma in Computer and Communications Law £5,400
M3EC Cert IP Law £5,000
M3D6 Distance Learning Diploma in International Mediation (ADR) £5,500
M3S3 LLM Computer and Communications Law (Distance Learning) £9,170
M3DF Diploma in International Commerial Arbitration distance learning £5,500
M3EN Certificate in International Finance Law (Term 1) (Scandinavian Prog) Stockholm Gothenburgh & Lund £2,375
M3EV Diploma in International Finance Law (Scandinavian Prog) term 2 only Stockholm Gothenburgh & Lund £4,750

Students from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
Undergraduates
Existing New
Group A - Clinical Medicine and Dentistry £21,077 £23,523
Group B - Pre-Clinical, Science and Engineering £8,958 £10,529
Group C - Other High cost subjects with a studio, laboratory or fieldwork element £6,850 £8,268
Group D - All other subjects £5,269 £6,574

Postgraduate Medical Research Students
W1XF MPhil/PhD ICMS non clinical research full-time £3,440
W1XP MPhil/PhD ICMS non clinical research part-time £1,720
W1ZF MPhil/PhD ICMS clinical research full-time £3,440
W1ZP MPhil/PhD ICMS clinical research part-time £1,720
W3XF MPhil/PhD Cancer Institute non clinical research full-time £3,440
W3XP MPhil/PhD Cancer Institute non clinical research part-time £1,720
W3ZF MPhil/PhD Cancer Institute clinical research full-time £3,440
W6XF MPhil/PhD WHRI non clinical research full-time £3,440
W6XP MPhil/PhD WHRI non clinical research part-time £1,720
W6ZF MPhil/PhD WHRI clinical research full-time £3,440
W6ZP MPhil/PhD WHRI clinical research part-time £1,720
W8XF MPhil/PhD Dental Institute non clinical research full-time £3,440
W8XP MPhil/PhD Dental Institute non clinical research part-time £1,720
W8ZF MPhil/PhD Dental Institute clinical research full-time £3,440
W8ZP MPhil/PhD Dental Institute clinical research part-time £1,720
W3ZP MPhil/PhD Cancer Institute clinical research part-time £1,720
WFXF MPhil/PhD Wolfson Institute non clinical research full-time £3,440
WFXP MPhil/PhD Wolfson Institute non clinical research part-time £1,720
WFZF MPhil/PhD Wolfson Institute clinical research full-time £3,440
WFZP MPhil/PhD Wolfson Institute clinical research part-time £1,720
WWXF MPhil/PhD ICHS non clinical research full-time £3,440
WWXP MPhil/PhD ICHS non clinical research part-time £1,720
WWZP MPhil/PhD ICHS clinical research part-time £1,720

queen mary beijing campus maps

http://edu.mapbar.com/daxuexinsheng/bupt.html
This is the official campus map for freshmen, which is not so pretty...

http://bbs.byr.cn/article/Recommend/11601
This is a map made by the class of 2005, which is much nicer. This is the advertisement post for the map.

map of mile end

visa statistics

see, in particular
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/resources/en/docs/2958881/visastats2008-09

VFS Global Services Pvt Ldt.

VFS Global Services Pvt Ldt.
headquarters in Mumbai, India
founded in Mumbai in 2001
part of Kuoni Travel group Switzerland
annual reports/financial flows via Switzerland
387 Visa Centres in 45 Countries
the companies branches in India and Hong Kong/China have created an annual revenue of CHF 267 Million (in £?) in 2009

VFS Global is a limited Company subcontracted by 45 countries
UKBA outsources its Visa application process to VSF for X countries (list?)
VFS can not give advice on Visa applications, but only take paperwork and charge fees
VSF charges X £ per application per country (difference according to country?)
Its revenues (in asia?) have 'pleasantly increased' in the last years


... this can be profiled or written out into a blurb paragraph. to go by switzerland on the map, connected to mumbai. see also blurbs from kuonis annual report that i forwarded from david.

data to download for the Thursday public workshop

please grab the Natural Earth Vector dataset... at minimum, the 10m
Cultural themes:
http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/10m/cultural/10m-cultural.zip
folks could also grab other parts of the vector data if they wanted:
http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/

workshop details:

How to Make a Counter Map
2pm – 5pm
Francis Bancroft Building Queen Mary Mile End Campus -- room 4.08
[room is wheelchair accessible]

Workshop: mapping as method, practice and action

The Counter-Cartographies Collective will facilitate a workshop on radical
collaborative mapping skills using available open source mapping software and web-based data-mining techniques. Free and open to all, email us to register and bring a laptop if you can

final event of Counter Mapping QMary Monday 24 May

A group of students, staff and researchers at Queen Mary University have been mapping the ways in which migration, border technologies, surveillance and monetary flows intersect with the university as our place of work and study. Joining us in the mapping project are Liz and Tim from the Counter Cartographies Collective from the University of North Carolina. Together we have been exploring the dynamics and possibilities of mapping as method and action.

We would like to invite you to the the final public workshop of the CounterMapping QMary project on Monday 24 May at 4pm in the Francis Bancroft Building Queen Mary Mile End Campus, room 4.08 (the room is wheelchair accessible)

/// The politics and potential of counter-mapping \\\\
a presentation and open discussion


In the final workshop, the Counter/Mapping QMary project will present [as a work in progress] the counter map of Queen Mary. This presentation will be followed by an open discussion of the methods and politics of mapping the university as a site of migration, education and labour struggles.

Speakers: The Students not Suspects Campaign (Goldsmiths), No Cuts at Queen Mary Campaign, Jane Wills, David Pinder, Ishani Chandrasekara, Miguel Mellino, John Hutnyk, Alberto Toscano

Followed by drinks and food

hope to see ya'all there!

Counter/Mapping QMary: the university and border technologies

To begin by asking what is the university requires an investigation of the function of the university not only as a knowledge factory but also as a border. Our investigation of what the university produces as knowledge, hierarchies and power exposes the border/s that operate in, on and around the university. That the university is a border is made possible by the operation of a filter mechanism. The counting of bodies, money in and money out, who can and can not enter, what are we when we leave, the limits of what is and is not knowledge and the complicity with national and global border regimes – who and what is stopped at the border?

From Thursday 13 May – Monday 24 May we will gather to discuss, research and take action to produce a counter map of Queen Mary University. As part of our practice we will be facilitating three public workshops to expand the participation and possibilities of the project. These workshops as well as the counter mapping production process are open to all who are interested and are free to attend – please see below for the programme and contact details. The venue for all events will be room 4.08 in the Francis Bancroft Building of Queen Mary Campus and is accessible.

//////Thursday 13 May, 2pm
\\\\\\\\\\Imaginaries of the university

Opening event of the Counter/Mapping QMary project
The Counter-Cartographies Collective will present their work on the neo-liberal university and discuss their maps, methodologies and actions. This session will address our imaginaries of the university – current and potential – and will conclude with a drift around QM campus.

\\\\\\\\Thursday 20 May, 2pm
//////////How to make a counter-map
Workshop: mapping as method, practice and action
The Counter-Cartographies Collective will facilitate a workshop on radical collaborative mapping skills using available open source mapping software and web-based data-mining techniques. Free and open to all, email us to register.

///////Monday 24 May, 4pm
\\\\\\\\\\\The politics and potential of counter-mapping
Presentation and open discussion
In this event, Counter/Mapping QMary project will present their map of Queen Mary. This presentation will be followed by an open discussion of the methods and politics of mapping the university as a site of migration, education and labour struggles. Invited interlocutors: The Students not Suspects Campaign (Goldsmiths), No Cuts at Queen Mary Campaign, Jane Wills, David Pinder, Ishani Chandrasekara, Miguel Mellino, John Hutnyk, Alberto Toscano


//Contact
Counter/Mapping QMary
countermapping.qmary@googlemail.com
Facebook: countermapping qmary

\\The Counter/Mapping QMary project is generously supported by the School of Business and Management and the Geography Department at Queen Mary University.

map: http://www.qmul.ac.uk/about/campus/mileend/index.html#map