mostly spend my time at the piano, poker, quiz nights, trying to answer my 8 year old grandchild's questions and finding out if the truth really is out there;-)
I have just REJECTED UCEA's latest pay offer - check your email and do the same.
I am going on strike.
And I will vote YES in the reballot.
University bosses can and must do better.
#ucuRISING
@JoFeanelwa Hi Jo, sorry if my email made you feel this way, these appointments are only for research staff, not all university staff, that is why there is a separate login area. Things are difficult at the moment and I certainly don’t want to make anyone feel worse.
Online #PhD exhibition—I ran my online ‘Creative Thinking in Research’ workshop for @sheffielduni last Wed. #Doctoral researchers were encouraged to interpret their research in poetic and visual contexts. The aim of the workshop is to enhance innovative thinking & #wellbeing
Are you confused about what the latest COVID-19 guidance actually means for you?
Well, luckily, because we’re a local government authority, we’re fluent in this kind of language.
Allow us to translate it for you.
Read our latest blogs by 3 PhD students visiting industry following our Forging Ideas summer school. Great to see them exploring career options and gaining an understanding of industry. https://t.co/ZbhY7TmHA2 https://t.co/em1nrCceh2 https://t.co/cAX97E5CUo @ThinkAheadSheff
So a bunch of A-listers have got together and sung Imagine, but they're not the celebrity singalong we need right now. THIS IS. Strap in, because the joy keeps on coming. (Thread, 1/3)
2 years ago, I wrote this; I was alarmed by a sinister group of people,including Toby Young, trying to bring back Eugenics, & secret conferences being held in London.
Young blocked me; people thought I was exaggerating.
Now we have eugenicists in no 10 https://t.co/6fLPJeKxQw
This is going to come up a lot during the #ucustrike, please remind anyone who calls it the ‘lecturers strike’ that it isn’t. We all do incredibly important work in universities & in the struggle for better conditions. We must ensure nobody is erased by the use of such language.
Pile of plastic mattresses = fresh food for everyone in #Zaatari Syrian refugee camp.
This mission - #recycling rubbish into desert gardens - is the epitome of can-do. @Clarkevanessa, @stefildes & I made this film about it.
@sheffielduni
https://t.co/PZFUjfQ5za