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"Joel Lazarus and Sarah Amsler are academics who have initated the Sustaining Alternative Universities conference through the Free University Network.

It was early in 2012 when Joel first noticed how ‘free’ universities were setting up independently across the UK. He thought it made sense to bring the people behind them together to meet and share experiences and ideas. Around 40 people came together in a church hall in Birmingham in April 2012 to do just that. This led Joel and Sarah to consider organising a conference with far more concrete aims built around the central theme and goal of sustainability. Each free university faces huge challenges in sustaining itself and flourishing as an organisation.

The Sustaining Alternative Univerisities conference, to be held in Oxford on 1st and 2nd of December, will be structured around a three-step process of exploring history, engaging in dialogue and developing practice that is designed to generate concrete, practical plans for sustaining and growing their commitments to popular, democratic education both as individuals and organisations." (http://sustainingalternatives.wordpress.com/)