SadStAndrewsAlumn

A place for members of St Andrews Alumni who are upset about the university's shameful treatment of staff striking over USS pensions

[SadStAndrewsAlumn @SadStAndAlumn]

Enough is enough. Time to say it as it is. @univofstandrews - you should be ashamed of yourself. Forcing staff and students to go to work against clear @scotgov guidelines and then victim-blaming staff for expressing anxieties is not ok.

[UCU St Andrews @ucustandrews]

Making the anxieties about Covid19 out to be the problem here is disgraceful when @univofstandrews is continuing to coerce staff and students into contravening @scotgov guidelines. This. Will. Not. End. Well.

[SadStAndrewsAlumn @SadStAndAlumn]

As a SadFormerAssistantWarden, I can confirm that the exploitation is real: https://t.co/q9xb3bkoZN

[Anindya Raychaudhuri @DrAnindyaR]

Governments of UK and Scotland both clearly announce that those who can work from home, should work from home. @univofstandrews decides that there is nothing at all that needs to change about its plans to phase-in in person teaching next week.

[Anindya Raychaudhuri @DrAnindyaR]

4 students @univofstandrews infected with #Covid_19 at university events, 40 students additionally isolating as a result, but this does not constitute an outbreak, and we are full steam ahead with plans for in-person teaching.

[UCU Scotland @UCUScotland]

Only this week ⁦@ucustandrews⁩ wrote to the university outlining its concerns over face to face teaching. Now ⁦@univofstandrews⁩ principal announces a voluntary lockdown. #covid19 University of St Andrews news https://t.co/mdiyZjR9QG

[Anindya Raychaudhuri @DrAnindyaR]

.@nuigalway should not be allowed to demand that PG students undertake unpaid teaching. Sign this petition to persuade them to do the right thing.

https://t.co/dkQA73zwAZ

[Jo Grady @DrJoGrady]

I’ve called upon @BorisJohnson & uni leaders to scrap plans to reopen campuses in order to prevent a huge public health crisis. The migration of over a 1mn students across the UK risks doing untold damage to people’s health & exacerbating the worst health crisis of our lifetimes.

[SadStAndrewsAlumn @SadStAndAlumn]

@ScotGovFM warns against 'intimidating' people back to work. Your move, @univofstandrews

https://t.co/hzMDEqaex5

[SadStAndrewsAlumn @SadStAndAlumn]

@1025Clyde1 @garry__spence @stevenmill @jasonleitch What does he think about @univofstandrews pressurising staff/students to return to in-person teaching against @scotgov advice, asking 9000+ students to move to a small Fife town, and referring staff with concerns about #COVIDー19 to CBT because anxiety is seen as the problem?

[SadStAndrewsAlumn @SadStAndAlumn]

Anxiety about being put under pressure to do things that @scotgov are not advising in the middle of a pandemic is not a mental health issue.

[SadStAndrewsAlumn @SadStAndAlumn]

@timeshighered @courier_dundee @thesaintonline @GuardianEdu did you know @univofstandrews is not only pressuring staff to contravene @scotgov guidelines about f2f teaching, but also treating concerns about #Covid19 from staff as a mental health issue?

[SadStAndrewsAlumn @SadStAndAlumn]

@timeshighered @courier_dundee @thesaintonline @GuardianEdu did you know @univofstandrews is not only pressuring staff to contravene @scotgov guidelines about f2f teaching, but also treating concerns about #Covid19 from staff as a mental health issue?

[Strathclyde UCU @StrathclydeUCU]

@janekat_ @USSbriefs you watchign this @univofstandrews?

Don't put our pals @ucustandrews , the students, or your reputation at risk...

[UCU St Andrews @ucustandrews]

@univofstandrews there is still time to change your position before it is too late. #peoplebeforeprofits #justbesafe

[SadStAndrewsAlumn @SadStAndAlumn]

Why is teaching expected to be online @ucl but @univofstandrews in-person is the default? Follow the lead of many other institutions and prove that you care not just about £££ but also about your staff, students, and local communities.

[Anindya Raychaudhuri @DrAnindyaR]

@ScotGovFM @markruskell @univofstandrews And here is relevant video clip from FMQ

[Anindya Raychaudhuri @DrAnindyaR]

@ScotGovFM in response to a question from @markruskell - "I don’t think staff in any sector should be put under pressure to do things that we are not advising” @univofstandrews how do you reconcile this with your position that staff are expected to teach in-person as default?

[UCU St Andrews @ucustandrews]

@ScotGovFM in response to Q from @markruskell confirms that the point of "blended learning [is] to reduce numbers on campus” @univofstandrews how exactly does dual-delivery achieve reduced numbers on campus?

[UCU St Andrews @ucustandrews]

@markruskell is asking @ScotGovFM a question about @univofstandrews plans for in-person teaching, now, at FMQ. Watch here: https://t.co/1BufunXXdG and listen out for Q8.