Sol Gamsu

Higher education worker researching, teaching, tweeting education, power & inequality. Mostly own views. Past Pres DUCU, now branch treasurer. On bluesky etc

[Sol Gamsu @SolGamsu]

Why we do not need elitism in education | Sol Gamsu |

Recorded this as part of #TEDxNewcastleCollege last year just before covid & lockdown.

It was a great event - thank you to @NCL_Coll_HE for organising a really excellent day.
https://t.co/wfvBONpUiV #tedx

[Ruchi Gupta @guptar]

The lopsided balance of power between capital and labour: the workers have no ability to refuse to wear the cameras which are training systems which will eventually replace the workers themselves

[UCU Northumbria - SHY BAIRNS GET NOWT! @UCUNUbranch]

@SolGamsu and @ucuatdurham rocking it at the national @ucu rally to support @UCUNUbranch in their fight for pay and pension justice. The fight goes on, buoyed by support and solidarity like this. @UCEA1 @TPScheme @timeshighered @GuardianEdu @itvtynetees @BBCNEandCumbria

[Yunus Vehbi Karaman @yvehbikaraman]

Many thanks to my research advisor Dr. Sol Gamsu (@SolGamsu) for his valuable theoretical support. He invited me to Durham University through the TÜBİTAK (@TubitakBIDEB) 2214-A fellowship to further develop my research.

[DoctorsVote @DoctorsVoteUK]

@wesstreeting No offer on pay.

20,000 doctors locked out of training with a waiting list over 7 million and you've only offered 1000 jobs this year.

What exactly have you tried @wesstreeting? You've had a year to sort this. The failure clearly lies at your doorstep.

Time to negotiate.

[Ollie Burton @ollieburtonmed]

In a dispute over pay and jobs, you
1. Offered no movement on pay
2. Offered no new jobs
3. Called doctors 'moaning minnies' and 'juvenile delinquents' in the press

[Claudia Webbe @ClaudiaWebbe]

Dr Ayo Moiett arrested for revolutionary act of demanding another human being (on hunger strike over Gaza) receive medical attention.

Detained standing outside a prison with a stethoscope, whilst Black.

His offence? Witnessing state cruelty and saying no

[Sol Gamsu @SolGamsu]

Why are @nextofficial endorsing union-busting and poverty pay?

https://t.co/oXJSNxa8sf

Stand with workers by signing this letter here: https://t.co/LQsmeKwrgw

[Howard Beckett @HowardRBeckett]

Zack Polanski words then are as important now:

‘Shabana Mahmood is being deeply irresponsible’
‘Conflating, ultimately weaponising an antisemitic attack against those protesting against genocide is wrong’

Speaking to truth.

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

Imagine someone nicks £40 from your £100.

They give you £20 back, then call you greedy for asking for the rest.

That’s what doctors are facing.

They are being paid 20% less in real terms than they were in 2008.

Full pay restoration is not an unreasonable demand.

[Prisoners For Palestine @Prisoners4Pal]

Justice Secretary and Deputy PM David Lammy runs away from hunger strikers family. It’s been 35 days of hunger striking in British prison with no response for him.

They demand immediate bail. They have been held in prison for upto 2 years without charge for Palestinian activism

[requires improvement @requirespod]

New episode covers the now successful support staff strikes across Bristol, takes a look at Labour's curriculum review and considers if correct flag-worship etiquette should be part of citizenship lessons https://t.co/TrGbybYsSR

[Dr Barry Black @BarryBlackNE]

Some policy analysis about VAT on private school fees, why it is set to raise more than originally forecast, and why this matters.

Please read, share, and subscribe for more!

https://t.co/vRroZoyrbP

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

This should have been when Panorama was axed. The most shocking journalism I’ve ever seen from the BBC.

Judge for yourself.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🔴 BREAKING: Israel Moves to Legalize State Executions of Palestinians

Israel’s National Security Committee has approved a bill mandating the death penalty for any Palestinian convicted of killing an Israeli, clearing it for a first Knesset vote. The bill bans commutation of the sentence.

Netanyahu’s “hostage coordinator” Gal Hirsch reversed his opposition, saying “the reality has changed” after captives were freed; he had earlier warned it could endanger their lives.

It also lowers the judicial threshold for execution, allowing death sentences by simple majority, not requiring unanimity. Israeli military courts already convict some 99.7% of Palestinians they try.

[Skip McQueen @SkipMcQueen]

This you?

[NJ @NoJusticeMTG]

How about this lesson Wesley

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

What's going on here? Why? What are the soldiers doing?

[Sol Gamsu @SolGamsu]

"I'll follow the big stories" lol

[Ridge & Frost @RidgeandFrost]

🗣️ 'Do you like New York mayor Zohran Mamdani?' - @SophyRidgeSky

🗣️ 'I don't follow American politics especially closely...I'll follow the big stories' - @bphillipsonMP

🗣️ 'Some people might say this is a big story...' - Sophy

https://t.co/wJR1U4lWY9

Sky 501

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

Remember the mural? Remember how people studied it in order to show it was antisemitic? But where is the analysis here? Where's the shock? Where's the outcry at this bit of modern Der Stürmer? Why the silence?
@JewishChron
@JewishNewsUK