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Originally Posted by Patricia
I fully expect to lose my job now, if the cuts go through. But it will take some time and/or money for management to get rid of me. In the meantime, I am covered by the university statutes on academic freedom, so am one of the few people able to speak freely about the situation.
(The university statutes on academic freedom seem to give me the right to say what I like, provided that I don't prevent other people from saying what they like. In practice this means that I mustn't block an entrance or exit from a university building - say with a large demonstration; or invite a fascist onto the premises to speak. I don't actually have the inclination to do either of these options. But I have addressed a demonstration for the first time in my life.)
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Does this particular dispute allow you to appeal to the Visitor? (Do you know who your Visitor is?) Sometimes exposing things to that high a level can produce unexpected results...
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Originally Posted by tirsales
The study thesis is accepted (so not completed ATM), but the diploma thesis (which would build on the study thesis) is not 
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In the UK, publications are often seen as an important achievement. Perhaps if, as is suggested, you can sell your work as producing publications (possibly at the price of giving the tutor who eventually picks up the work co-authorship), that might be a useful negotiating tactic.