Bea Gardner

final stages with @southcoastdtp and @sotonsociology, associate lecturer at Chichester sociology.

[Kate Harrison @kslharrison]

Join me in calling on @NigeriaHCLondon to support the immediate release of Babatunde Oluajo and two others who have been abducted by the Nigerian Security Services. Babs was my @sotonpolitics Masters classmate https://t.co/5Ky5iAASdr

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

@lfatsis @rft158 But also thank you so much, really appreciate it!

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

@lfatsis @rft158 @profnicolagale @chrishamerton @RosEdwards2 Doctor 🤝

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

@ClaireLeFoll1 Thank you! My UCU comrades made the acknowledgments, no one else I'd rather fight for a better university with!

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

And special thanks also to my wonderful supervisors @RosEdwards2 and @rft158. Overall it has been a really positive experience for which I am very thankful for.

[Ros Edwards 🕯🌱 @RosEdwards2]

Fantastic. @bea_gardner has passed her viva - no corrections! Thanks to @profnicolagale and Chris H from @UoS_socio_crim for thoughtful examining, and @rft158 for nurturing supervision. Cheers!

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

The whole thing wouldn't have been possible without funding from @ESRC through @SouthCoastDTP

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

P.s. @chrishamerton

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

This is one of the hidden costs of precarity, around £600 of childcare costs that I could claim if my working hours and contract status aligned with reality!

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

My (semester based) contract doesn't start until teaching starts. Obviously I have to work now to prepare my lectures. To do that my child needs to be in nursery. But I can't claim a percentage of these costs back (via UC) because I'm "unemployed" and not entitled to childcare.

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

@jpandyawood Unfortunately, I wasn't able to present on "resignation as coping" for the SPA conference as my toddler caught every childhood illness possible ahead of my thesis deadline so had to prioritise that. Hope to emerge from the black hole soon.

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

@jpandyawood 1 in 3 childrens social workers leave within the first two years of qualifying. It is a huge responsibility, workload and with less support of experienced colleagues to assist.

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

@jpandyawood I've been reviewing the current state of staffing in childrens social care for the afterward in my thesis. There were more leavers than starters last year, meaning we have the fewest number of children social workers in the timeseries (2017).

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

Because of #SPAconf2023 my twitter hiatus has been broken. Strange that real life academic chat has prompted online connection.

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

@RosEdwards2 Having been absent from twitter for a long time what a nice tweet thread to return to. I too abandoned Nvivo. Paper, pens, crayons, post its and walls much better. Less marketable though. Unless anyone wants to launch a collapsible wall/ stationary set bumper pack with me?

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

It is widely known that photo ID disenfranchises some groups more than others esp. those without ID. Did not foresee how the experience of having ID checked also excludes and intimidates would be voters from participation. Many examples of both these on social media today.

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

@kslharrison @MossBros Oh no! Had hoped it was a misunderstanding but is it confirmed lost? Are you getting a refund? 🤔 not that it helps you have something to wear on 4 days

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

Have been on a Twitter break while on maternity leave but nothing like a UCU nation wide strike to lure me back. Solidarity to all picketers and strikers to day, I'll be joining the march next Wednesday ✊

[Southampton UCU @SouthamptonUCU]

‘We deserve better and we will stay until we get better’ - brilliant @lucy_worldwide returning to our picket. @ReadingUCU are lucky to have her 🥹 #ucuRISING

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

It is a very unique form of anxiety that comes with knowing peak hospital admissions coincides exactly with the due date/periord for your baby. The NHS is already under enormous pressure and maternity services are chronically understaffed. Hoping extra hard for no complications.

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

@bennopt @AshKingdon We got bolstered yesterday and they didnt tell us... or give us anything to say we had it? I feel a bit paranoid like maybe we just got injected with water. Although, josh has horrendous side effects so maybe not..

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

@bennopt Wanting to make some space for this reason....

[Bea Gardner @bea__gardner]

I haven't ever deleted photos off my phone since I got it three years ago. The situation has spiralled out of control (11,000 images). Any advice on how to get on top of the situation, keeping the (minority) of long term keeps and clearing the rest? 🤔😬