Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥

Researcher @cresr_shu. @VAHS_uk Chair. Research Officer at @ucu. All snark mine.

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

First journal article published last week, with @toddles23 & based on research for @ACEVO, on the experience of disabled leaders in the voluntary sector. It's work that needs expanding - there's so little on disabled workers in the sector. Hope to do more! https://t.co/cfKhMEscWD

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

@kizzythechemist I definitely know what some of those words mean. Good luck! Do something nice today! ❤

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

@kizzythechemist That's silly recruitment. Those are learnable skills not essential aptitudes. Which I know doesn't help. Keep the faith.

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

@kizzythechemist ❤

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

Presciently, none of the jobs is "historian".

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

Hey look that's me! I'm a success after all!

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

There are maybe 50 of us in the country and we're literally all historians, no word of a lie (every word is a lie).

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

Universities Don't Make Up Weird Rules for Paying PGR Stipends Challenge *sigh*

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

@FeranmiFerary Awesome work Feranmi!

[HistoryLab @IHRHistoryLab]

🏆Prize announcement! #CFP #History

We're excited to announce that submissions are open for our Olivette Otele Prize for Black, UK-based PhD students. This is an opportunity for academic excellence to be recognised and showcased! Please keep reading...
#OlivetteOtelePrize
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[Unite UCU @UniteUCU]

🚨Pay dispute declared🚨

Despite repeated requests UCU still refuses talks over the 2024/25 pay claim we submitted in April.

Why would a trade union employer refuse to negotiate on pay?

Our pay year begins on 1 August so we’re now 3 months into an effective pay freeze.

[VAHS @VAHS_uk]

This is tonight! There's still time to sign up :)

👉https://t.co/FcMMHrdj8w

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

Very excited about this - our first VAHS Seminar of the academic year. Please join us and Dr Woyshner for what is sure to be a really interesting talk!

[VAHS @VAHS_uk]

Aaaaannd we're BACK!!

Kicking off our talks sessions for the autumn term is Dr Christine Woyshner (Temple University) presenting her paper on the history of Black Civic Organizations in the U.S.

6pm, 28 Oct, Online via Zoom

As ever it's free.

💻https://t.co/FcMMHrdj8w

[David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego]

Hey @AstonUniversity,
Glad you're improving your staff-student ratio. However, I'd appreciate it if you didn't use my face to advertise your new hires since you actively encouraged me/my colleagues to leave or made us redundant. #Translation & #languages at Aston are now closed.

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

Clearly I'm never going to do it, but as Citizen Con is currently being streamed into our living room, I do hope *someone* is doing a sociology of Star Citizen - in verse, IRL and at the points of intersection.

[Melissa Sigodo @melissasigodo]

Dr Harold Moody was anti-racist campaigner & civil rights activist. After being unable to gain work as a physician because of racism, he opened his own GP practice in Peckham, London. He was a founder of the League of Coloured Peoples lobbying politicians to challenge injustices

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

@calebmorganday We have also long hated young people as a nation I'm afraid, which doesn't help.

[Olúwáférànmi Adéyemo, PhD @FeranmiFerary]

Four Years Anniversary 🎉

Today, I reflect on my fourth anniversary since arriving in the UK on the 10th of October 2020, and I��m filled with a deep sense of gratitude and introspection.

Four years ago, I embarked on a journey that has not only expanded my worldview but also challenged me in ways I never expected. Coming from a different cultural and academic background, I found myself navigating a system that often held unspoken rules about identity, belonging, and expectations—some of which have been difficult to reconcile.

My academic journey to the UK started with securing the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship @commschols to study at @CityUniLondon. That moment kickstarted a massive transition and transformation into the global education landscape, but at the same time exposes me to the surface of the challenges many international students are experiencing.

For instance, I went from having to write the TOEFL exam twice to being told that my essays were "too grammatically correct for an international student" in addition to being frequently asked, “Where did you learn to speak and write English so well?” These experiences revealed underlying assumptions that follow many international students. Even more telling was encountering the institutional challenges that highlight the persistent degree-awarding gap between home and international students as well as post-study opportunities.

To celebrate this anniversary, I’m honored to be presenting a paper at the upcoming @sheffhallamuni @HallamBTE Decolonising Management Studies and Research Symposium for Doctoral Students. My paper, titled “Navigating identity and belonging in the UK’s educational setting”, will delve into the lived experiences of international students as we traverse the landscape of globalised higher education. It will explore themes of identity, belonging, and how international students often find themselves in a state of ambiguity and flux as they negotiate academic and social spaces.

As I stand at the intersection of these discussions, I am filled with optimism, knowing that my work and the work of so many others can and will continue to shape how we think about the future of academia from a lens of decolonisation. Here’s to four years of growth, resilience, and pushing boundaries, and to many more years of challenging the status quo.

#DecolonisingEducation #InternationalStudents #PhDJourney #HigherEducation #DiversityInAcademia #IdentityAndBelonging

[Prof Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont]

This time next week I will be sharing stories of lifelong activism by women in voluntary women's organisations including @NCWGB. If you want to learn more come along to this free online event. @Activism23 @WomensHistNet @LSBU_LSS @WHAIreland @LSBU
https://t.co/ehUGd6eo9Q

[Melissa Sigodo @melissasigodo]

Today for Black History Month, I am paying tribute to Liverpool-born Emma Clarke who was the first Black female professional football player.

She was also part of the first women’s team in the UK, the British Ladies founded in 1894.