Anam Kuraishi is a PhD student and a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Representative in the government department of the University of Essex. Her work is focused on theorizing the post-truth phenomenon and examining citizen responses to political information in ethnically diverse democracies of the Global South.

Amelia Horgan is a writer and researcher. She is currently writing a PhD on feminism and the philosophy of work. Her first book, Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism is out next year with Pluto Press.

For more information about the Campaign see:

• Website: https://sites.google.com/view/nocutstoessexgtas
• Open Letter: https://sites.google.com/view/nocutstoessexgtas/petitions/open-letter-to-the-vc?authuser=0
• Petition: https://sites.google.com/view/nocutstoessexgtas/petitions/no-to-gta-and-gla-cuts-at-essex?authuser=0

Media Coverage

• https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/18400770.petition-launched-try-save-jobs-essex-university-doctoral-students/?ref=twtrec&fbclid=IwAR3CHEW3u2sHReQpWyR68EMVtDyPgyXx-u1d5b6wJDpk3kt-MRFCLFsyOsU
• https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2020/april/push-this-button-with-your-face
• https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/04/coronavirus-exposes-class-conflict-in-britains-universities