Queen Mary PhDs in Pandemic

PhDs from Queen Mary University of London joining forces to advocate for fair treatment in a pandemic context. Join us! DMs open.

[PandemicPGRs @PandemicPGRs]

Over the coming weeks we’ll be working closely with @ucu to ensure that PGR concerns around casualisation and the impact of the pandemic are built into the start of their PGRs as Staff campaign 1/3

[PandemicPGRs @PandemicPGRs]

🚨Today we are releasing our comprehensive report on pandemic support for PGRs🚨

Falling Short is an authoritative account of the precarious position of PGRs within the HE sector and the failings of @UKRI_News and HEIs’ COVID-19 support policies.

https://t.co/vPsecrDYhq 1/6

[PandemicPGRs @PandemicPGRs]

This is just embarrassing. If @UKRI_News staff and researchers care about struggling parents in the pandemic then they would do well to sign the open letter from parents and carers asking @UKRI_News for support

[Queen Mary PhDs in Pandemic @QueenMaryPhDs]

Thank God we found out it's Blue Monday, we thought we were just sad about the lack of material support for postgraduates.

[Professor Colin Failey (a parody of an HE head) @parodycol]

🚨🚨🚨 @QMUL IN THE NEWS 🚨🚨🚨

Finally, some recognition for Queen Mary's prodigious achievements in the field of - HANG ON A SECOND

[Queen Mary Students' Union @QMSU]

Nominations close for our Postgraduate Research Rep (HSS) position tomorrow at 12pm. The elected Rep shall seek feedback from and represent PGR students in HSS. This role is for the remainder of the 2020-21 academic year. Nominate now at https://t.co/U0GIJiuRde @QMUL_DC @QMUL

[Queen Mary PhDs in Pandemic @QueenMaryPhDs]

Please fill in and share this survey on COVID-19 impact on PGRs https://t.co/M9mmVDOZgp

This will help @PandemicPGRs to meaningfully look at inequalities between PGRs:

#phdchat @qm_ucu @QMSU

[PandemicPGRs @PandemicPGRs]

Our organising efforts are led by a radical idea of listening to evidence

We're supporting research by @GoldstoneRoss which will allow us to meaningfully look at inequalities between PGRs

Please fill in and share this survey on COVID-19 impact on PGRs https://t.co/50rWqxCmpa

[PandemicPGRs @PandemicPGRs]

Thanks to an FOI request by an anonymous PGR 👑 we now know how much it cost @UKRI_NEWS to produce their phase 1 policy ‘review’:

£69,257.10 🤯🤯

[Queen Mary PhDs in Pandemic @QueenMaryPhDs]

If you're a QMUL PhD don't miss out on your chance to have your voice heard! Join us tomorrow to discuss your experiences of the pandemic and work out a plan of action for what to do next!
https://t.co/5QFzNBGcq1

[Queen Mary PhDs in Pandemic @QueenMaryPhDs]

Back by popular demand! Another chance for QMUL PhDs to discuss their experiences of the pandemic and work out a plan of action for what to do next! Join us on Weds 16th to find out more and have your voice heard! https://t.co/5QFzNBGcq1

[Queen Mary PhDs in Pandemic @QueenMaryPhDs]

@lauren_cantos @PandemicPGRs @QMSU @qm_ucu can you help?

[PandemicPGRs @PandemicPGRs]

We’re asking who in @UKRI_News and their various research councils actually supports @ProfRoryDuncan’s policy decision? 🧐

Their letter to him would suggest that it’s certainly not the undermined @GW4BioMedDTP management board 😬

Good work @The_MRC PGRs!

[Doctor MunRobot 🗑🔥 @elmunro]

This is a direct reference to something I said in @PandemicPGRs meeting with @UKRI_News - that authors of the letter on behalf of disabled PGRs declined to meet because they did not want the meeting to be the only action UKRI took.

Guess what happened?

[Queen Mary PhDs in Pandemic @QueenMaryPhDs]

Most used word in academia during Covid? "Regrettably..."

[UK Research and Innovation @UKRI_News]

We’ve published our response to an open letter from the University and College Union – read it here https://t.co/LVNR8A1JVs

[Jo Grady @DrJoGrady]

This is far from perfect. Problems remain. But I am pleased to see government have finally listened. They’ve instructed that any return to campus in 2021 must be staggered, that teaching must remain online til at least February 8th, & that there will be mass testing upon arrival.

[Decolonise QMUL @DecoloniseQMUL]

https://t.co/Qxif22i5Jc

[Decolonise QMUL @DecoloniseQMUL]

We urge you to make yourself aware. To speak up. To campaign, to be activists. The time to change the world for the better is now. The issue shouldn’t be reduced to the fact that they are criminals. There are wider more dangerous implications.