If You Want the University to Change, Don't Theorise—Organise!

Gamsu, Sol

Abstract

Organising as workers to build industrial power within our universities is a key element of how we respond to redundancies, marketisation and other political pressures on higher education. This piece argues that academics, as a subset of university workers, must interrogate their own working practices and commit to organising within their workplaces as a form of praxis. Practical steps of what organising might involve and long‐term strategic aims are identified drawing on the author's experience of organising within the University and Colleges Union in UK universities.

Citation

Gamsu, S. (online). If You Want the University to Change, Don't Theorise—Organise!. The British Journal of Sociology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.13200

• Journal Article Type: Commentary
• Acceptance Date: Feb 13, 2025
• Online Publication Date: Feb 27, 2025
• Deposit Date: Feb 14, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 28, 2025
• Journal: The British Journal of Sociology
• Print ISSN: 0007-1315
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-4446
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.13200
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3481309