Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find.

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0:00 Introduction

01:12 Chester Uni Reprieve

03:49 A Difficult Balance!

25:25 UCU Workload Report

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Link of the Week

https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/

https://open-city.org.uk/

https://www.yac-uk.org/news/join-us-at-wales-online-yac

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Links:

Hong Kong Police Raid Tiananmen Massacre Museum:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/09/hong-kong-police-raid-tiananmen-massacre-museum

Statue of Confederate commander Robert E. Lee Removed in Virginia Capital:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/virginia-remove-statue-confederate-hero-robert-e-lee-wednesday-2021-09-08/

Science Museum to Remove Climate Placard from Shell-Sponsored Show:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/09/science-museum-to-remove-climate-placard-from-shell-sponsored-show

Call to preserve Afghan Cultural Heritage and Protect Workers:

https://www.dw.com/en/call-to-preserve-afghan-cultural-heritage-and-protect-workers/a-58957313

Norway Police Seize nearly 100 artifacts reportedly missing from Iraq:

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/09/norway-police-seize-nearly-100-artifacts-reportedly-missing-iraq

Newcastle University Staff Claim Workloads Unmanageable:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-58474726

Workload Report Newcastle University UCU:

https://ncl.web.ucu.org.uk/files/2021/09/Newcastle-UCU-Workload-report-Aug2021.pdf