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ISSUE 714 25 JAN 2021 exepose.com @Exepose
THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1987
University fails to furlough casual workers again
Guild “work to widen debate” amidst second transphobia controversy Pete Syme Deputy Editor
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Exeposé spoke to student workers who typically staff Marketplace’s accommodation shops about the decision not to furlough workers. “Of course, we have no committed shifts because our manager sorts them
HE Debating Society’s inviting of controversial speakers Dr Joanna Williams and Baroness Claire Fox to a motion on the “Snowflake Generation” has attracted condemnation from students, whilst the Guild says they “work to widen debate and challenge, never to narrow it.” It comes just four months after their last controversy, when Caroline Farrow was un-invited and then re-invited to a debate on sex work after the society was made aware of her “anti-LQBTQ+ views.” The Free Speech Union had sent a letter to the Vice Chancellor after hearing of her deplatforming, before Guild management intervened to tell her the invitation would not be rescinded. Internal investigations were then opened by both the Guild and University, with a Guild spokesperson saying: “we are committed to ensuring that we are transparent in what we find in the review so that answers are given to questions.” Exeposé understands that the University had reminded the Guild of their responsibilities to uphold freedom of speech laws. Students on the Overheard at University of Exeter Facebook page expressed their embarrassment at Friday’s speakers, with one asking: “How the fuck did you get her approved by the Guild?”
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Emily Im News Editor
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Bryony Gooch Editor
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HE University will not furlough casual staff employed at Marketplace, as the retail chain reduces its opening hours for the foreseeable future of the lockdown.
An email from Human Resources, originally sent on 13 January to Marketplace management but received by student workers on 21 January, confirmed the University’s stance on furlough: “The position with regards to casual staff is that furlough arrangements will only apply where work had previously
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been assigned or was due to be assigned to workers, and where workers meet other government eligibility criteria. “Therefore, unless you have previously been advised of times/dates/ hours/shifts, no commitment to any work has been confirmed and furlough would therefore not apply.”
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