Mike Leigh

Senior Lecturer, Computing Dept, Sheffield Hallam University
Research Interests - Sustainability, Circular Economy, Industrial Ecology, Supply Chains, IoT, AI.

[UCUHallam @UCUHallam]

Today marks Day 1 of our Strike #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU #StopTheCuts #HE #SheffieldHallamUniversity
Join us today 9-11 Hallam Square!

[UCUHallam @UCUHallam]

1/ UCU Hallam are on strike for 18 days over job cuts and subco. UEB has refused to listen. Savings could come from cutting capital spend & using VSS - protecting teaching, research, and ed. quality. #SaveSheffieldHallam Financial decision-making and governance at SHU: Thread 🧵

[UCUHallam @UCUHallam]

📢 Solidarity Continues: Day Two Strike Momentum

Our strike continues with powerful momentum. We're united, standing strong and sending a clear message. Management must listen.

Join us on the picket lines. Every voice matters!

#SaveSheffieldHallam

[UCUHallam @UCUHallam]

Strike Day 3:
Great question in Now Then article about our dispute: 'Sheffield Hallam Staff are going in Strike but will the University listen?'
https://t.co/xqO9ILmbID
Join our pickets today, 8-11am at Owen & HoTC #SaveSheffieldHallam

[UCUHallam @UCUHallam]

🚨 STRIKE ACTION BEGINS TODAY 🚨
Join us on the picket lines to secure Hallam's future. After 1,000 job losses, we demand change.
✊ No Compulsory Redundancies
✊ Protect Academic Conditions
✊ Restore Career Progression
✊ Ensure Transparent Management
https://t.co/FAFzcRPBGX

[The Star, Sheffield @SheffieldStar]

Mass strikes begin today at Sheffield Hallam with more to come at University of Sheffield over job cuts https://t.co/GCmf6fAjGF

[UCUHallam @UCUHallam]

💪 Call to Action: Who's joining us tomorrow?

We need EVERYONE to:

Bring your passion
Wear union colours
Bring signs
Bring friends and colleagues
Show up and show solidarity!
Together, we are stronger!

#SaveSheffieldHallam

[UCUHallam @UCUHallam]

📢 Solidarity in Action: Day One Strike Highlights

Today was powerful! Our members showed incredible unity and resolve on the first day of strike action. We stood together, loud and proud, demonstrating our commitment to fighting in our dispute!!!

#SaveSheffieldHallam

[UCUHallam @UCUHallam]

Strike Day 2:
Pickets at Owen Building & HoTC, 8-11am. Dispute info here: https://t.co/FAFzcRPBGX
The fight is against compulsory redundancies & poor governance.
#SaveSheffieldHallam

[UCU @ucu]

🚨IT'S A WIN 🚨

Well done to every single @NewcastleUniUCU member

44 days on the picket line

ZERO compulsory redundancies

Every university boss now needs to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle and heed the warning: work with us or face sustained disruption

https://t.co/b6rvu8CIbm

[Mike Leigh @Mike__Leigh]

Interesting... https://t.co/QdUbYdVz2D

[Mike Leigh @Mike__Leigh]

"The tail should not wag the dog" ...

[UCUHallam @UCUHallam]

From one member to another... We asked our branch members why they were striking, here's what they said...

[Camila Bassi 🏳️‍🌈 @dr_camila_bassi]

#NotAllGeographers on a longer picket line today #HallamOnStrike

One of the special qualities of the picket line is the social connection with colleagues and comrades who, day-to-day, have your back and you theirs.

[Mike Leigh @Mike__Leigh]

This is a very good point and when it's suggested that we give copies of previous students work to the current students I pose the following question. Are students actually learning or just finding ways to paraphrase previous students work?

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

“When universities allow students to access plagiarism detection tools repeatedly, with no controls, those tools can be used by intentional plagiarists – and, potentially, contract cheating services – to camouflage cheating.” #AcademicIntegrity
https://t.co/j7kTnLGiBE

[Mike Leigh @Mike__Leigh]

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[Louise Coopey @CoopeyLouise]

I watched Politics Live today & it's painfully obvious that few outside academia know how it works. I'm a PhD student AND teaching staff & would like to address a few of the myths.

This is my experience of pay & working conditions in HE so far 🧵

#OneOfUsAllOfUs #UCUStrike

[Mike Leigh @Mike__Leigh]

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[getcapewearcapefly @forgetcape]

Politics has made it too easy to blame the woes of society on a tribal division. The problems are selfishness and incompetence. Corruption / unsafe working practices don’t just thrive because of politics. They thrive because of a fundamental choice to let it happen.

[Mike Leigh @Mike__Leigh]

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[getcapewearcapefly @forgetcape]

Too many bosses need to get back on the shop floor or listen to their staff. Productivity is going to fall because of job insecurity and fundamental safeties. Consumers are becoming more savvy about the companies they support. No one is too big to fail.

[Mike Leigh @Mike__Leigh]

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[getcapewearcapefly @forgetcape]

This pandemic is reinforcing the chasm between “workers” and “bosses.”

[Mike Leigh @Mike__Leigh]

Some interesting reading here https://t.co/uYG5xiofXY

[Mike Leigh @Mike__Leigh]

If the numbers of #COVID patients in hospital in the #NHS continue to rise at the current rate, then it's a question of when not if the NHS will collapse. #Covid19UK #PlagueIsland