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Student-led petition fights lecturer’s sacking at Sydney’s Macquarie University In just over a week, mathematics students at Sydney’s Macquarie University have already won the support of well over 400 students and colleagues for a petition demanding the reversal of an announced retrenchment of a highly-regarded mathematics lecturer. Dr Frank Valckenborgh was told he was made redundant on June 18 as a result of a “hunger games”-style process. Academic staff members across the entire un...

Benton County approved to move to lower risk May 18, 2021 Benton County received approval from Oregon Health Authority to move into the Lower Risk category under the Risk and Protection Framework, beginning Friday May 21. Eligibility to move to the lower risk level requires over 65% of residents 16 and older to have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Last week Benton County Health Department submitted an equity plan and attestation to Oregon Health Authority for its efforts to...

A CUPUW “summit” attempted to create a rift between casual and permanent university workers, and seek posts within the National Tertiary Education Union.

Australian government demands return to face-to-face university classes Despite the worsening global COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian government has called on the country’s public universities to bring all their students back onto campus. This demand, issued by federal Education Minister Alan Tudge last week, is part of the government’s drive to fully reopen the economy to satisfy the profit requirements of big business, regardless of recurring infection outbreaks across the continent. “...

10 March 2021 (Speakers notes, may differ from delivered version) Thank you Madame Chair for dedicating this Joint FSC/PC Security Dialogue to the important topic of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Thanks also to our speakers for their excellent presentations, which serve to reinforce the importance of gender equality in achieving sustainable peace and security. This morning we have an important opportunity to capitalise on the momentum generated at OSCE last year around the Resolution...

8 March 2021 (Speakers notes, may differ from delivered version) Why is it important to have more women in leadership positions in conflict prevention and peacebuilding? Five main reasons: (a) The starting point is very low – between 1990 and 2017, in all major peace processes - women made up only 2% of mediators; 8% of negotiators and 5% of witnesses and signatures. Barriers include assumptions that, as women are often not direct combatants, their role in cessation of hostilities is limited....

Date Time OSCE roundtable on women’s leadership in peacebuilding and conflict prevention UK contribution Why is it important to have more women in leadership positions in conflict prevention and peacebuilding? Five main reasons: (a) The starting point is very low – between 1990 and 2017, in all major peace processes – women made up only 2% of mediators; 8% of negotiators and 5% of witnesses and signatures. Barriers include assumptions that, as women are often not direct combatants, their ...

Four More COVID Deaths in Oregon Prisons January 21, 2021 Since Saturday Jan. 16th, five inmates in Oregon prisons have died with COVID-19 as the suspected cause. Four were from Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla, while the fifth was from Deer Ridge in Madras. The inmate death toll in the Oregon Department of corrections stands at 33. The Oregon Department of Corrections disclosed that all of the inmates, who were between 55 and 85 years of age, died in local hospitals. Th...

As some fitness centers conduct business outdoors or make other adaptations, others stay open in defiance Summer was a fairly easy time for gym owners and managers to adapt their operations to meet health and safety guidelines around COVID-19. Between putting equipment outdoors or simply taking clients out to a park or nature spot for their workouts, adapting to the situation required just a bit of creativity and a solid set of muscles to lug 70-pound weights or rowers outdoors. Now tho...

14 January 2020 (Speakers notes, may differ from delivered version) I would like to warmly welcome Her Excellency Ms. Ann Linde to the Permanent Council and to her new position as OSCE Chairperson in Office. The UK looks forward to working with you and your excellent team here in Vienna and in Stockholm over the course of 2021. I would also like to welcome the new Secretary General and the new heads of the autonomous institutions. Sweden is assuming this important leadership position at a criti...