Congratulations to Peter Mackay (Outstanding Academic Mentorship) and Roberta Marangi (Outstanding Teacher [Arts/Divinity])

Adorno before he read Hegel, Adorno after he read Hegel

Me, singing softly to myself.
Him: 'What is that noise, Daddy?'
Me: 'It is music, Baba, not noise.'
Him: '... No, it is noise.'

If the price of creating an environment of trust for everyone is that a few get away with cheating that is absolutely worth it all day long. I would so much rather trust and be let down than risk a student not thinking they can share because they feel unsafe or suspected.

1/ I’m an Israeli academic. My community is still too silent about the war in Gaza. Following my viral tweet last month, this is the updated & expanded version of how I see things based on >1000 articles and 1000s of videos/images of the war. 🧵of summary conclusions:

Indian Hindu nationalists get very mad that young members of the Indian diaspora largely don't share their mental illnesses. That an American might care about Gaza because of American govt complicity is a foreign idea to people who only understand slavish tribalism.

“Our blackness and womaness is not trustworthy if we allow ourselves to be conscripted into positions of power that maintain the oppressive status quo…”

This now has over 60k Signatures. We are handing it in on Tuesday and need more. Please sign here:
palestinecampaign.eaction.online/petitionarms

Exciting times at my university. Apparently I (along with many others) will have to have to prove I am working at the level of my role. Actually, I don't think I can be arsed.

Initiatives to support Palestinian students, academics and universities put together by Alex Palanac

Please circulate so we might reach as many beneficiaries as possible.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

A reminder. Join us for our Lunchtime EDI lecture series: 'Navigating Disability: an introduction to inclusion & the social model', featuring the great @blondehistorian
1pm, 17th April. Free, open to all. Please register to receive the zoom link:
tockify.com/sgsah/detail/2…

'Scholars tend to sharpen their pens after the smell of death has dissipated and moral clarity is no longer urgent.' [R. EGHBARIAH]

6 months later, many 'experts' still refuse to voice an opinion on genocide - and neutrality benefits the oppressor, as always. #GazaGenocide‌

Western universities don’t see the universities of the global south as worthy of recognition, collaboration or respect. They genuinely don’t care if they’re blown to bits. It makes my whole body go hot and cold thinking about it

Survey after survey after survey: women support trans people far more than men

Editor for the Yorkshire Post: why are women* so afraid to share their views????

*a specific group of women ie transphobic women. who should be scared to be transphobic! being a bigot should be bad!

The The RSA boycott continues to grow!

Thank you to UCL-UCU Stop the Destruction of Higher Education for pledging to boycott the RSA until the dispute is resolved.

Management think they can drag their heels and intimidate staff into giving up.

Unlucky for them, support is only growing.

Time for a proper offer.

Our banner at the front of the trade union bloc on today’s 200,000 strong national demonstration ✊🇵🇸

#CeasefireNOW #StopGazaGenocide

Wow, here they go again. Impressive, comrades, solidarity

This. Universities in deprived areas, those we tend not to hear much about, are the reason many students can go to university at all. When courses are cut at those universities, or if they go bust, students won’t go elsewhere, they just won’t go to university.

🚨 BREAKING: Northumbria University management have backed down from compulsory redundancy threats to academic staff after we balloted for strike action.

Uni bosses across the country should take note: our members will organise to defend their jobs ✊
ucu.org.uk/article/13527/…