#Universities

BenjaminThomasWhite

rain_later

Folks, has anyone made the #UCUStrikesBack materials available in Mandarin?Our universities rely heavily on recruitment of Chinese students who are exploited for the high fees (and rent) they pay to

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia

A thread on the strikes and why I will be taking industrial action. Nobody likes to strike — nobody likes to lose 8 days’ salary — nobody likes to cancel

Imagine Freedom 💜

iimaginefreedom

THREAD:Universities can and SHOULD use their political clout to call out racist policing and demand accountability. AND they must be willing to reimagine their own campus police departments which are

Clive Barnett

CLIVEYB

I'm a slow thinker. I've been wondering why it's so irritating to receive regular 'Dear colleagues' messages from university management thanking staff for all the efforts to keep things going

Luis Eslava

l_eslava

Between 25 Nov. and 4 Dec., with my colleagues at Kent and across 60 other UK universities, we will be taking strike action in response to longstanding institutional inequality &

Peter A. Shulman 📚

pashulman

Fellow academics: please help explain why all our preparations for a safe and pedagogically sound fall are *more* expensive.Faculty and staff still need to be paid. They are all working

Barrister's Horse

BarristersHorse

threadHelping Coastal Communities1. I recall visiting Lincoln in the early 90's & the city was in a poor way. There were many empty shops on the main retail drag &

Mark Copelovitch

mcopelov

Yes but both are funded w/ federal trust funds financed by payroll taxes. Until we lock in such permanent revenue streams for public colleges/universities, eliminating tuition is just a recipe

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Let’s be very clear about this. The student loan debt crisis is a crime perpetrated against the people.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/us/politics/student-loan-forgiveness.html#click=https://t.co/B3fFY1sasp The ridiculous cost of education, not to

Arnold Woods III

ArnoldtheThird

Since I'm not interested in the "white man debates race as an intellectual exercise without understanding the daily implications it has for people of color" genre, I want to talk

Christopher Douglas

crddouglas

"Writing on Religion for the General Reader" now with @timothybealand @JulieByrneHUCS. Supported by @NEHgov Public Scholars program. Use story, narrative to hook general readers; avoid specialized jargon. https://ativsoftware.com/appinfo.ph

The Sparrow Project

sparrowmedia

The man suspected of shooting the husband and murdering the son of Judge Esther Salas is a Trump supporter named Roy Den Hollander. Roy once filed a lurid RICO lawsuit

Indian History Collective

IndianHistory_C

#HappyTeachersDay2020 Today is marked to coincide with the birth anniversary of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former Vice President and President of India, born in 1888. But besides these facts, many don't know

Todd Harper

drtoddharper

Is there some reason this "say something scary about your industry" meme that's going around is dragging every dev or game industry person's bitterness/anger toward/at game dev uni programs into

Naval

naval

Universities, Incubators, and Venture Capital firms are really “Curation Businesses.” They build an umbrella brand to attract as many applicants as possible. They run a tight filter to select the

Dr Joel Huey

JoelHuey4

I left my research job 5 months ago for an environmental consulting job (after about 12 yrs post doc). I’ve never been happier in my work, and here’s what I