PAKISTAN - Outrage as police assault lecturers protesting against deep pay cuts (by Ameen Amjad Khan) [University World News, June 2021]

Title:

PAKISTAN - Outrage as police assault lecturers protesting against deep pay cuts 

 

Author:

Ameen Amjad Khan  

 

Published:

University World News, 4 June 2021

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210604073134349

 

From the article:

Condemnation is pouring in from academics, civil society and politicians against disproportionate and heavy-handed action by Pakistani police against protesting university teachers, including beating them as they demonstrated this week in front of a provincial legislature.  

 

University staff were protesting against government-imposed pay cuts due to the country’s economic crisis, exacerbated by COVID-19 related shutdowns.

 

MYANMAR - Junta suspends thousands of academics, university staff [University World News, May 2021]

Title:

Junta suspends thousands of academics, university staff 

 

Author:

Naw Say Phaw Waa  

 

Published:

University World News, 14 May 2021 

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210514110259910

 

From the article:

As many as 13,000 academics and staff at various universities in Myanmar have been suspended in recent weeks because of their involvement in the civil disobedience movement (CDM) against the military junta, according to the representative committee of the University Teachers’ Association.

 

Global survey - Covid-19: less than 1 in 4 staff feel safe returning to campus

Title:
Covid-19: less than 1 in 4 staff feel safe returning to campus

Author:
Anna McKie

Published:
Times Higher Education, 17 September 2020
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/covid-19-less-1-4-staff-feel-safe-returning-campus

From the article:
Global survey conducted by THE reveals concerns that reopening universities could drive spikes in infections and that financial concerns are being prioritised over well-being.