
{"id":3880,"date":"2016-02-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=3880\/"},"modified":"2017-01-20T21:01:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T21:01:16","slug":"students-to-fight-cutbacks-with-24-hour-sit-in-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/students-to-fight-cutbacks-with-24-hour-sit-in-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Students to fight cutbacks with 24-hour sit-in Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the fortnight since SAF, the Student Activists Association &#8211; De Studerendes Aktivistforening, was born, its membership has ballooned to around 900 people. Members from the University of Copenhagen, Roskilde University Centre, and increasingly other educational institutions are getting involved.<\/p>\n<p>Now, SAF plans a massive sit-in at the KUA campus next Thursday, 3. March, and they say it will go on for 24 hours. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1028539017187808\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook event<\/a> promises academic lectures, political speeches, workshops, beer, fun, music and freely-shared knowledge for all. 700 people have already signed up as participating or interested.<\/p>\n<p>University of Copenhagen student and event organiser Vincent Ringo says: &#8221;The idea is to collect the voices of all the students, to channel our anger at the cuts productively.\u201d The latest of several protests, he wants to harness &#8221;the force of many different actions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Voice of the average student<\/h2>\n<p>The sit-in aims to include all affected parties: in its own words, &#8221;from pre-schoolers to professors.&#8221; It will draw on members\u2019 resources to celebrate freedom of expression, freedom of thought, and the very things that students feel education enables, but that are now under threat due to the governmental savings plan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-external-teaser dme-external-teaser-3\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/universitetsavisen.dk\/node\/32740\" title=\"\"><picture><img src=\"\/old_files\/ucphfogtjapsen_edited.jpg\" class=\"\"  decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"title\">\n<div class=\"label\">L\u00e6s mere:<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/universitetsavisen.dk\/node\/32740\">University of Copenhagen fires 209 staff, 255 leave voluntarily<\/a>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser_text\">\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SAF is also holding a planning meeting in the run-up to the 24-hour sit-in Thursday. Details are on the event page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The idea of SAF is to be the voice of the average student. A student that did not know where to go earlier. People want it and need it in the study environment,&#8221; explains Ringo. &#8221;We\u2019re open for everybody. It is a democratic, collective thing; everybody has a voice in this association.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a good story? We would like to <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/how-share-stories-university-post\" target=\"_blank\">hear from you<\/a>. In the meantime, sign up for our <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">weekly newsletter<\/a> for news, like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversityPost\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> for features, guides and tips on upcoming events and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UniversityPost\" target=\"_blank\"> Twitter<\/a> for links to other Copenhagen academia stories.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic freedom threatened by budgetary cuts to education, say protesters. 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The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1028539017187808\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook event<\/a> promises academic lectures, political speeches, workshops, beer, fun, music and freely-shared knowledge for all. 700 people have already signed up as participating or interested.<\/p>\n<p>University of Copenhagen student and event organiser Vincent Ringo says: &#8221;The idea is to collect the voices of all the students, to channel our anger at the cuts productively.\u201d The latest of several protests, he wants to harness &#8221;the force of many different actions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Voice of the average student<\/h2>\n<p>The sit-in aims to include all affected parties: in its own words, &#8221;from pre-schoolers to professors.&#8221; It will draw on members\u2019 resources to celebrate freedom of expression, freedom of thought, and the very things that students feel education enables, but that are now under threat due to the governmental savings plan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dme-external-teaser dme-external-teaser-3\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<div class=\"dme-image dme-image-center dme-image-preset-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/universitetsavisen.dk\/node\/32740\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/old_files\/ucphfogtjapsen_edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"title\">\n<div class=\"label\">L\u00e6s mere:<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/universitetsavisen.dk\/node\/32740\">University of Copenhagen fires 209 staff, 255 leave voluntarily<\/a>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser_text\">\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>SAF is also holding a planning meeting in the run-up to the 24-hour sit-in Thursday. Details are on the event page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The idea of SAF is to be the voice of the average student. A student that did not know where to go earlier. People want it and need it in the study environment,&#8221; explains Ringo. &#8221;We\u2019re open for everybody. It is a democratic, collective thing; everybody has a voice in this association.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a good story? We would like to <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/how-share-stories-university-post\" target=\"_blank\">hear from you<\/a>. 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