New from Ivey’s Business Sustainability Area:

Partnering with Navitas puts @westernu.bsky.social's reputation at risk.

💸 $150M equity injection in 2024
📉 Declining global partnerships
🏛️ No strong ties to top-ranked Canadian schools

🔗 Full report in bio. #NoToNavitasUWO

@westernu.bsky.social says Navitas success = progression & graduation.

What about Year 1 performance?
What happens when tuition only flows in after Year 1?
Why are we using data that doesn't align?

Were still asking questions Western won't answer. #NoToNavitasUWO

@westernu.bsky.social says Navitas will help meet enrolment goals—but first year tuition will go to the International College, and students may not meet direct-entry standards.

How does this benefit Western—or its reputation?
#NoToNavitasUWO

Frequently Unanswered Navitas Questions

How will pathway students @westernuniversity get the same exceptional experience as direct-entry students? 🤔 The current plan doesn’t seem to deliver—students deserve better support and a true campus community! 📚💬 #NoToNavitasUWO

Frequently Unanswered Questions 👀

Q: Would Navitas compete with or eliminate direct entry recruitment into @westernu.bsky.social?

Navitas profits when students take their pathway, not direct entry. Incentives matter. Transparency matters. We’re still waiting for real answers. #NoToNavitasUWO

🎥 Navitas Frequently Unanswered Q's

📌 Q: How would @westernu.bsky.social ensure academic standards for pathway students?

“Faculty involvement” isn’t enough—units control curriculum & hiring under the CA. A new stream adds work with no plan to support faculty or staff. #NoToNavitasUWO

Frequently Unanswered Navitas Questions

📌 Q: Who teaches @westernu.bsky.social pathway students?

Admin says "academic staff with rights." But teaching isn’t just standing in front of a class—it’s shaping curriculum and making academic decisions. #NoToNavitasUWO

🎥 @westernu.bsky.social + Navitas FAQ - Day 5

Q: What would a grad pathway look like?

No clear demand, credit details, or teaching info. Relying on part-time instructors raises concerns about quality. Can a short program really prepare students for grad school? 🎓 #NoToNavitasUWO

🚨✊ @westernu.bsky.social Faculty of Education has unanimously opposed a partnership between Western and Navitas. Motion passed in Faculty Council with no votes against and 5 abstentions. #NoToNavitasUWO

Thanks Meghan! you & others can write to:
President Alan Shepard president@uwo.ca
and
Provost Florentine Strzelczyk florentine.strzelczyk@uwo.ca

Consider also CC-ing: outreach@uwofa.ca
#NoToNavitasUWO

‘We’re very angry’: Students, faculty at Western protest proposed privatization deal Students and faculty at Western University rallied on Thursday in protest of the institution’s proposal to privatize some of its educational services.

'We’re very angry’: Students, faculty at @westernu.bsky.social protest proposed privatization deal at #UWO.
with @psac-afpc.bsky.social 610, UWOSA, @cupescfp.bsky.social 2361, 2692, #WesternSOGS & #WesternUSC all say #NoToNavitasUWO
h/t @ctvnewslondon.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...

Read more about the concerns from faculty at @torontomet.bsky.social have regarding that University's contract with #Navitas:
tfatorontoprod.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/u...
Colleagues at @westernu.bsky.social #UWO still say #NoToNavitasUWO

Relevant lessons here from our colleagues at @torontomet.bsky.social among others. 5 years into a 10 year contract, their experiences raise many concerns which are relevant for the #Navitas proposal at @westernu.bsky.social tfatorontoprod.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/u...
#NoToNavitasUWO

Faculty, librarian & archivist colleagues, students, staff & others at @westernu.bsky.social & across #LdnOnt, please following @uwofa1.bsky.social & PLEASE sign & share the petition against privatization of higher ed. #NoToNavitasUWO
www.change.org/p/no-navitas...?

Sign the Petition No Navitas at Western 2025: Petition Against the Proposed Partnership

Please sign AND SHARE this petition
www.change.org/p/no-navitas...?
#NoToNavitasUWO

Sign the Petition No Navitas at Western 2025: Petition Against the Proposed Partnership

✊Take action and say #NoToNavitasUWO! Faculty, staff, and students deserve a say in decisions that impact our university’s future. Sign and share the petition to oppose the @westernu.bsky.social + Navitas partnership. change.org/p/no-navitas-at-western-2025-petition-against-the-proposed-partnership

Lots of questions about @westernu.bsky.social's "new" (?) @Navitas proposal, but our Provost offers few real answers.
Our union @uwofa1 offers useful Resources for Members (& others): www.uwofa.ca/resources-fo... including an extensive #FAQ www.uwofa.ca/app/uploads/...
tl;dr say #NoToNavitasUWO !

Western considers for-profit partnership to teach first-year international students Western is considering a partnership with Navitas, a for-profit education company, to outsource first-year education for international students. This potential proposal has raised concerns among some ...

In the #UWO #Gazette, UWOFA @uwofa1.bsky.social President Johanna Weststar explains that the "new" #Navitas proposal failed to address the union’s concerns, thus (still, again, always...) #NoToNavitasUWO in #LdnOnt
westerngazette.ca/news/western...

Western faculty said "NO!" in 2020 to this privatization proposal from our employer @westernu.bsky.social , but apparently they didn't hear clearly enough, so we are here again to say #NoToNavitasUWO with @caut.bsky.social @ocufa.bsky.social & others. @londonlabour.ca