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Students at Brunel University in Uxbridge, Middlesex last week occupied the sociol ogy department in protest over its running by the head. Professor Honkins. The occupation was sparked off by the decision of the university vice-chancellor to advertise the jobs of two sociology lecturers after explicit assurances to the students and the lecturers' union (ASTMS) wat negowanons for tem tuture employmcut wowe cortmue.

Although the demand for the subjects given by the two lecturers is high, such popularity now seems to be a threat to the plans of the university to stream-line courses to meet the needs of industry and the ruling class. Radical lecturers, helping to organise an academic group in men union and giving such courses as Marxism, obviously don't fit into the scheme of things.

The top academics are more interested in rumiling tner contact witn the Driss on how best to make cutbacks in the NHS. The concern of the students in the occupation, on the other hand, is to study society and its problems from the point or view or me working class.

The blatant attempts by Hopkins to Scamroner arousa nis cecisions nave forced the students to widen the basis of their campaign and focus on the need for an independent inquiry into the running of the sociology department. This demand has already won the support of the NUS and the local Trades Council, which proposed that local left MP Joan Lestor should head the inquiry. If the inquiry Is not to be a whitewash, it will obviously have to be made up of students and workcis and wi nave to aemand une opening of the books to see just how the department is financed and what effect this is having on the courses at the uniAn outstanding feature of the occur pation has been its democratic organisation. All policy for the occupation has been made by daily general meetings of those occupying, with the decisions being implemented by everyone. Besides holding workshops on the general issues raised by the occupation, the general meetings have supported the struggles of their French counter-parts and the day of action against unemployment on 26 May.

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