A quick thread on why student workers as the Harvard Graduate Student Union (HGSU-UAW) are planning to go on strike on December 3rd. commonwealthmagazine.org/opinion/why-we… (Article with fellow bargaining committee members Cherrie Bucknor and Hector Medina.)

Disparities in the way that Departments and Faculties hire staff permit inequality and enable casualisation. Please share your stories so that, together, we can overcome these structures if inequality. DM and we'll anonymise and post your experience #casualisation

At what point does being "paid" with opportunities to build experience end, and just getting paid begin. Often we're expected to be happy with a mix of both... #casualisation #UCUstrike

“Here is my experience as a migrant PhD graduate from a collegiate university. At the end of my PhD, I made about 50 applications for the research fellowships offered at Oxbridge colleges, as well as jobs all around the UK and the world. 1/12 #UCUstrike

Post Graduate Teaching Assistants at UCL are supposed to be paid within Grade 5 of the UCL non-clinical pay scale, and should receive incremental pay progression for every year of continuous work. What is your hourly rate for PGTA work at UCL?

Letter from Leia, an outsourced cleaning supervisor at UCL: "I clean the hallways of one of the richest universities in the world...I haven’t had a single day off for 2 years. I’ve undergone 2 major surgeries & used up all my holiday time on recovery". theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

That warm and fuzzy feeling when you can't record strike days on the Uni's HR system because you're not actually employed by the department you work in for the teaching that you do #UCUstrike #PrecarityStory

Calling all fractional staff SOAS University of London! Important meeting tomorrow w/ ⁦Jo Grady⁩ - 7pm, G3. With colleagues from ⁦UCL SSEES TFs⁩ and others. Please spread the word and come along⁩ ⁦SOAS Politics⁩ ⁦SOAS Development Studies⁩ ⁦SOAS Economics⁩ facebook.com/events/7473544…

Just a reminder that UCL-UCU Stop the Destruction of Higher Education are running a meeting for new and current Teaching Assistants tomorrow: Friday 7 February, 4-6pm, Chadwick Building G08, UCL.

Rejection by silence should not be a thing. Applicants deserve to be treated more humanely by university selection panels #ECR #universities #phdlife