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Dear all,

Greetings from London, UK.

Colleagues in the UK have been sharing a comprehensive manifesto of resistance to the current Covid-exacerbated crisis in Higher Education.

You may have heard that a government bailout was refused (see https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/may/04/government-refuses-multi-billion-pound-bailout-for-universities). In response, the document  aims to provide a vision of higher education that is radical and democratic, and which refuses both the 'new normal' and the 'old normal'.

As far as I can seem there's nothing in the form that would not allow international signatures. This is a time where any gesture (however small) of international solidarity can go a very long way. Sometimes all we have is the power of empathy. 

Please read, and if you agree, please consider signing and sharing it:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvVfRd-Ux46Lc4iGHT1gbpJtklr0KsnaxlunHvLg3OwKWepg/viewform

(You may ask yourselves- "what does this have to do with the digital humanities?" And I'd say, everything).

Wishing you all the best in these exceptional times.

Ernesto
 

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