Stroke the hedgehog

Serving as an outlet for all social world/theory/action related. Views are those of the hedgehog.

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

'The workload model aims for equality, so new staff A get a reduced teaching workload of X and staff B get X-10....cause you know, we just love research.'

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

Academic twitter is pretty much: Everyone is wrong, apart from me. I'm always right.

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

I'm getting a little tired with that one male academic who keeps following up all my replies to student emails... it's a weird form of having the last word...

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

I mean, it is ironic when a soc lec talks to students about homelessness and then chats to me about buying a house...or maybe it is just a bit shit...

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

You know when u wake up in a bad mood and the world then sees fit to give you a reason...growl.

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

Irish unis have been very successful in reframing staff computers as a benefit and shopping event, rather than the basic tool to do our jobs...Just. Give. Me. A. Computer. That. Works....

[Peter McGahan @peter_mcgahan]

Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
Mass protest against energy prices and the cost of living crisis.
#CostOfLivingCrisis

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

If you actually are 'student centred', then don't make moral judgements about how 'good' they are as people...

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

Academic freedom, do you think it should also extend to how course material is taught?

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

It is the Ire version of a UK 'teaching only' contract where work is over 9 months but paid over 12 months, and the 20% research time pushed into non-semester time-ruling out being able to do any other academic job.

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

I recently got a new job...in the interview, they specifically mentioned, "We have a very good workload model". Well, I can tell you, it is shit.

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

I have 20 min per mid-term essay, and 2 hours for prep lecture material on new subjects. I'm also, apparently, supervising master's students, which wasn't mentioned in the interview.

[Katy Hayward @hayward_katy]

Worth noting, no?

Loyalist charged over weapons haul found in his car by police investigating UVF bomb threat against the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs is granted bail - against PSNI wishes but supported by UK Govt Minister, who says he will "continue dialogue" with him.

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

@EmilySimcock @salawatson lol I meant my question more for the person who posted org. I'd say we've gotten very use to 'plug in and play' tec which, well, leads to people throwing out vacuums that just need their filters washed.

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

@madhurarrao I think it just needs to be a withering look and 'Guys, you do know what my research is about? Cop on'. The other option is a bokashi bin; I suspect if you start taking their leftovers for this, then they are going to start eating up!

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

@madhurarrao Tho, consuming extra food after already eating a meal isn't really a way forward -getting it in a doggie bag is and anyone in the group can do that. To be honest, if this occurred in my friendship group, it would lead to a conversation about eating disorders.

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

@salawatson @EmilySimcock Im curious -from a sociology of tech point of view, do you feel that this is the same for all technology that you use?

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

Would you go for a job interview at an uni with 100% pay deduction for the marketing boycott?

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

@ShannyFoo @OpenAcademics @PhD_Genie Yikes, no. Well, it depends on what you mean by 'letting go'. A PhD requires 'bringing things to a completion', which inherently requires that the researcher 'lets go' of some things -they need to be good at figuring out what to keep and what to ditch.

[Stroke the hedgehog @iqholme]

'My students'...no dear, they're the university's.