Ala Sirriyeh 🇵🇸
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Palestinian, sociologist, Lancaster University, @socispal , migration, refugees, emotions, youngpeople, activism, anticolonial,
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'we note with alarm the ways that “business as usual” is continuing in our institutions, cogs of university bureaucracy turning relentlessly in the face of the massacre of more than 37,000 Palestinians'.
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Lancaster University encampment begins! 🍉
Lancaster University's encampment against genocide is in Alexandra Square. ☺️ Students need donations of food, drinks and powerbanks (but cash will also do nicely)🍉 🍉 🍉
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Bombardment, death, genocide
Some academics still : Delighted to announce my blah blah paper just published in no one gives a shit
Just stop it. All eyes on Rafah. Witness and speak up.
Children make up the majority of casualties from the Israeli bombardment of Rafah this morning.
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Following
@nandosigona
tweet I trotted out to check my post & intercepted my new book delivery! Woohoo!
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A few yrs ago i interviewed people affected by the £18,600 threshold. Those stories of the absolute heartbreak this cruel policy caused have stuck with me. Horrifying that instead of ending this pain, it’s being extended to even more people. Love branded an unaffordable luxury.
The previous minimum income requirement of £18,600 was already tearing families apart, and leaving children without a parent.
Hiking it to £38,700 will destroy more families. No-one should be denied the ability to marry, or be with their children, based on what they earn.
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The best of all the Northern Lights pics ❤️🍉❤️🍉🇵🇸
Northern lights from Lancaster Palestine Solidarity Encampment at Lancaster University ✊🇵🇸
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Devastating to see the wrecking ball of HE mismanagement crashing through our sector. Solidarity to friends and colleagues at all the universities impacted by redundancies. They deserve so much better.
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As Sociology Teaching Director I’m really forward to welcoming new Sociology students to Lancaster today!
@SociologyLancs
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Please see our statement below encouraging sociologists in Britain and our professional bodies to use their power to speak out now and amplify the scholarship and voice of our Palestinian colleagues
We are a collective of sociologists based in Britain standing in solidarity with Palestinians, calling on our colleagues and professional bodies to use their power to speak out. Read and share our statement
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‘We are tired. We are tired of losing more and more people every day, hour, and minute. Walk around Rafah and you see huge bomb craters filled with human debris. Is this really my home? Endless destruction and seeing children in pieces. It is unspeakable’
"In Gaza you can witness what the end of the world will look like."
In December, Hudia, a refugee in Rafah, kept a diary of the horrors Israel has been visiting upon Gaza since October.
This is testimonial 18 of our Palestine Uncensored series.
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This trying to keep carrying on as usual with work is delusional. People need time and space to plan their lives for the next few months and care for their loved ones.
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Universities loving to ‘decolonise’ except for Palestine
we asked if we could organise a panel on palestine at the university's 'decolonise warwick experience conference' and were told no, because it might be a source of 'contention and division'.
the irony of silencing discussions on palestine in the name of polite decolonisation
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70 yes ago my dad was among the over 700,000 Palestinians violently forced off their land in the
#Nakba
. The last of his family to be born in Palestine, he died earlier this year still in exile.
#WeWillReturnToPalestine
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‘How am I? I will never forget who looked away. We will never recover from this. We cannot go back’
“You are teaching us silence”
Every academic I speak with either says “it’s too complex” (so why are you an academic?) or sobs.
“Calling the annihilation of a people “complex” weaponizes the language of academia to cleanse the death of entire families.”
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Our open letter reported in here in the Independent outlines how the new immigration plan has no basis in research evidence and circumvents international law
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In/around Liverpool on Fri 15 June? Please do come along to launch of my new book The Politics of Compassion & film screening of Chauka Please Tell Us The Time by
@BehrouzBoochani
@BrisUniPress
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Alright Enoch we get it, we get it
My Labour government will cut immigration.
We will expand opportunities for people in Britain, training more UK workers and protecting working conditions.
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1 day seminar: Anti-racist & ‘decolonial’ activism in the academy & beyond 27 Mar
@LivUniSoc
@TheSocReview
Fantastic panellists including:
@HeidiMirza
@theculturecraft
@wawisloyola
@lolaolufemi_
@LetUs_Learn
@adamec87
@ilyas_nagdee
@HarrietLGray
@UWARSoc
Registration info 👇
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Sociology (DISCONTINUED)
@HuddersfieldUni
Where they have discontinued their Sociology programmes, making colleagues redundant
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How can anyone right now not be consumed with the horror of this?
BREAKING: This is central Rafah.
They are running for safety... but there's nowhere safe for them to go...
Please keep sharing.
ALL EYES ON RAFAH
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Excited to get book proofs for my new book but sad that my dad who died 2 weeks ago today didn’t get to see it. It’s dedicated to him
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Are you (or do you know) a young (16-24) person involved in social justice activism?
@femimeli
& I
@SociologyLancs
are organising an
#ESRCFestival
workshop on 'young people & political engagement in turbulent times' 12th Nov. Pls share , spaces limited!
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Exactly this, while ‘decolonising’ reading lists.
Universities be like: "We support genocide & apartheid. Please seek mental health support ❤️"
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Fascinating conversations today with
@BehrouzBoochani
and Omid Tofighian who came to talk with us about Manus Prison Theory at Lancaster. Thanks also to
@BruceTBennett
and
@DrGLonergan
for your thoughtful and engaging reflections
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Ahh what lovely news to start the week with!☺️
What a pleasure it was to review
@AlaSirriyeh
's The Politics of Compassion for
@BUP_Journals
!
Read my full review at , or check out the book itself at
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Really excited to be working with this fantastic team
@uncomfy
@MeleisaOno
@_Act_REAL
@vanesshughes
@IdaPersson
on our new BA/Leverhlume small grant funded project 'Decolonialism & anti-racist student activism' about POC student activism
@LivUniSoc
@SocioWarwick
@WarwickHistory
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My heart is so heavy with grief & anger. Don’t have any words. This thread on settler colonialism is just spot on.
I've been thinking about the Israeli Foreign Ministry calling the continuing Nakba in Shaikh Jarrah "a real estate dispute". Setting aside its derisive attempt at diminishing the violence of Israeli security apparatuses (including settlers) & belittling Palestinian resistance 1/
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‘Hundreds of people, including children and victims of trafficking and torture, have been convicted and jailed for arriving in the UK in small boats to claim asylum’
Hundreds jailed for coming to UK in small boats to claim asylum, says report
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Thank you so much everyone for a wonderful 2 days in Liverpool discussing young people and activism! Exciting times! More to come
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It is quite something when even an ongoing genocide cannot interrupt ‘delighted to announce’
Have 2 admit 2 feeling very disappointed by the silence of senior sociologists on
#Palestine
& also the continuing, relentless self-promotion. Also seeing how it’s more junior colleagues in the same instits speaking out. We need to push back on instit pressures & test boundaries
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They couldn’t even bring themselves to vote for a
#ceasefire
to save the lives of tiny babies . Hope the career was worth the loss of your humanity. Utter cowardice.
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Visiting Leeds Beckett picket today for 3rd day of strikes for fair pay, pensions and secure contracts
#ucurising
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Attended placard making workshop during recent research fieldwork. Presenting my next REF submission...
#ussstrike
#ucustrike
#livunistrike
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This was such a powerful and beautiful community to be in for an hr (despite wrestling grumpy small child in background for most of it). Amazing speakers (inc wonderful
@socispal
comrades), care and solidarity. Look out for future events
Book now for Decolonial pedagogies and Palestine in the sociological classroom, 23rd April, 5pm UK time
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But yes let’s worry about whether we can say genocide or not
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Enjoyed the Marx & Engels walk today in the Manchester sunshine with
@aaronzwinter
and
@SociologyLancs
students
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Little nudge for those feminists out there staying silent
Rama Salla Dieng explains that the genocide in Palestine is a feminist & reproductive justice issue. The ultimate goal of Israel – and Western powers – is to render impossible the social reproduction of Palestinians.
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Palestine as a Feminist Issue: Demographic Anxieties, Palestinian Reproductive Futurity, and Settler Colonial Intimacies 18 July
@cgslancaster
Tomorrow I'm speaking with Jemima Repo and
@AshjanAjour
at the
#ECPG2024
plenary roundtable on "Gendering the Question of Palestine," and on June 18th, I'm giving a lecture on my research for
@cgslancaster
's "Palestine as a Feminist Issue" seminar series
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Kindness in academia is vital & doesn't have to be at expense of honest & clear critique. Don't need to break people to tell them truth.
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Lancaster staff & students join us for this next week. Please note new time 3-5pm 12th March
@LancasterUCU
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Behrouz Boochani will join us at
#britsoc19
via video link from Manus Island to discuss his award-winning book No Friend but the Mountains about Australia’s brutal offshore immigration detention regime. Not to be missed! Wed 24 Apr 11-12.30 (note programme time change)
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There are so many helpful explanation threads & links to great resources. Of course education is vital. But as human being it’s also pretty simple. Slaughtering people and grabbing their land and homes is wrong. Enough fence sitting.
#FreePalestine
#ShaikhJarrah
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1st article from my
@LeverhulmeTrust
study about
#undocumented
youth movement
#citizenship
& solidarity in US is out now in
@scmrjems
!
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Striking can be lonely as a commuter so great to visit the
@leedsucu
picket today with
@ruthpatrick0
#UCUstrike
#UCUstrikesback
#babypicketers
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Back to work tomo with the 10 week old. Should be interesting! 😬😬
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In June had the pleasure of working with artists & activists Claudia, Ju, Set and Bo to screen/exhibit their work about being undocumented in the US
@TheSocReview
Undisciplining conf. Here is my write up:
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👇🏼Was so moving to listen to this. Also 6 Palestinian women on one panel! 👏🏼Several hrs train ride back north and I’m still processing what was presented.
Today I spoke about the impact of genocide on Palestinian childhood. Along with 5 incredible Palestinian women, we pieced Palestine into its wholeness: Nazareth, Ramallah, Gaza, Jerusalem, and the exile. Pieces of a nation that was fragmented by occupation and colonialism --
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50 days free access to our article
@MuireannNiR
Foster care, recognition and transitions to adulthood for unaccompanied asylum seeking young people in England and Ireland
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Final letters in our chain on Decolonial and Anti-Racist Student Activism now up!
@racheal97alake
on ‘The Future of Anti-Racism and Mobilising in Higher Education Institutions’ & concluding thoughts from
@uncomfy
@TheSocReview
@SociologyLancs
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Yeah post just arrived! Pleased to get my hands on copy of this from
@CompInPolitics
on how compassion can transform our approach to political, economic, and social issues. Congratulations Matt & Jennifer!
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I can’t stop thinking about this man and how scared he must have been. Such inhumanity. Such depravity.
This article will someday be reprinted in full in a book on the Gaza genocide. Pls read:
A man with a severe learning disabilities couldn't stop screaming out of distress. IDF soldiers said he had 5 chances to shut up. He couldn't stop & was executed (1/7)
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Trick or treat? Trick it’s always a trick
Every day is Halloween working in HE when we’re asked to be border guards in disguise and monitor immigration through student registers. So we’re reminding them we’re educators not border guards. And stand against everyday bordering ✌️
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So over this ‘celebrity sociologist’ thing. Must put undue pressure & expectations on them and overlooks excellent work done by others. Knowledge building is a collective enterprise.
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Coming out of event on universities and genocide to see this news. Solidarity with Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kervorkian. I’m thinking with her work all the time at the moment. She is an amazing scholar
Solidarity with Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian. Her work on the politics of unchilding in Palestine is of great importance (and couldn't be more relevant now), and her generosity as a scholar is widely known
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Not to be missed!!
@BehrouzBoochani
& Omid Tofighian will be joining us at Lancaster to discuss their work on
#border
violence &
#Manus
Prison theory 6th Feb 12-1.30pm Free event Details here:
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‘A Sociology Of Class Without Feeling’ Reimaging The Politics Of Class In Sociology
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Argh! I envy those people who can formulate articulate questions straight after presentations. Mine emerge in a cluttered mess on the walk to the train home
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The contrived offence taken at the use of terms ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’ while the Israeli government literally tell us what the plan is.
"We are now actually rolling out the Gaza Nakba," says Avi Dichter, Israel's Minister for Agriculture and former head of Shin Bet.
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My 2 year old looking at video of Boris Johnson: ‘ I not like this. Go away’. Indeed.
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@SociologyLancs
Palestinian kanafeh inspired cake. Tastes cheesy, nutty, syrupy. All ingredients had to be substitutes so for the Bake Off substitute ingredient category...or maybe ‘travelling through cake’??
#sociologybakeoff
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Please join us for the first in our series of online workshops starting 23 April 👇🏼
Please join us for our upcoming workshop:
“Decolonial pedagogies and Palestine in the sociological classroom"
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Great to see colleagues at the
@LancasterUCU
and Cumbria UCU digital picket meeting this morning!
#ucuRISING
#UCUstrike
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Congratulations
@BehrouzBoochani
! If you’re at
#britsoc19
do come hear Behrouz & Omid discussing this amazing book with
@Vicky_Canning
@DrHJLewis
and me on Wed AM! Behrouz Boochani: detained asylum seeker wins Australia's richest literary prize
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If you’re in London on 5th July...There’s No Place Like Home: Justice, Migration and the Arts is a mixed-media event exploring the relationship between justice, migration, detention & the arts. With
@BehrouzBoochani
Skyping in from Manus
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👇🏼
I hate how every grieving and heartbroken Palestinian in Gaza has to have a camera in their face. I hate that it’s the only way the world will even begin to humanise us. And still it’s not enough.
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Calling young people/activists/students/researchers! Some places become available for this exciting conf at Liverpool -'What is the Future of Education? Young People, Activism, and Alternatives' on 9 & 10 Feb organising with
@kirsty_morrin
&.
@RedRoryHughes
Email to register!
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Sadly couldn’t join in person today but still look fw to meeting York Uni students and staff later today at this 👇🏼
Looking forward to welcoming
@AlaSirriyeh
this evening for an important discussion on destruction of education and knowledge in Palestine 🇵🇸 please join us via webinar at 5pm
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‘Psychosis replaces politics and history; it obscures how societies arrive at ideologies, reinforce and transmit them over time; and how dehumanization is preceded, constructed, and justified, so that it can be rendered with intention.’
I wrote about the audience meant to receive Israeli soldiers' displays of genocidal sadism, and why medicalizing language ("settler psychosis") conflates illness with morality and obscures culpability and history and everything else, for
@thebafflermag
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The IDF just kids being kids. Meanwhile the unchilding (Shalhoub-Kevorkian) of Palestinian children.
I don’t recall summarily executing people after finishing high school.
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In Sydney today with healthcare workers against genocide
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#uuk
feline under pressure yet? It’s 4.30am. Setting off to Liverpool for Day 10 of strike action!
#ucustrike
#livunistrike
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Reminder of this
@socispal
conversation about Palestine and Global Solidarities. Wed 26 June 5pm BST online. Please do register and join us.
Join us for our second online event:
Palestine and Global Solidarities: Histories, Challenges, Futures - Wednesday 26th June.
With
@AlaSirriyeh
@nevegordon
Agata Lisiak, Manal Massalha and Yara
See here for more info and to register
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Join us for the 2nd
@socispal
webinar 26 June 5pm with Manal Massalha, Yara,
@nevegordon
, Agata Lisiak & me. Register here:
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Info on my new
#Leverhulme
project
#Undocumented
Young People in USA, Political Activism &
#Citizenship
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Looking fw to speaking alongside the fabulous
@GCatilli
@SociologyLancs
& meeting new
@LUredrose
exec. Lancaster staff and & student please do join us (online) if around. Can DM/email for Teams link
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So glad/excited we are doing this today! 1st day of fieldwork for our BA/Leverhulme project!
Okay I am going to manage today's fear and rage at the political crisis with 1) a deep breath and 2) research workshop with inspirational anti-racist student activists and the wonderful
@AlaSirriyeh
@MeleisaOno
&
@_Act_REAL
and 3) meeting fab new
@SocioWarwick
students
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Pls see here for the link to that open letter signed by 450+ migration scholars outlining how new plan for immigration is based on assertions rather than research evidence
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Threat of being sent to Rwanda ‘harming health of UK asylum seekers’
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Join us for this
The
#University
in Time of Genocide
Join us on Tuesday the 12th of March for a panel discussion about current complicities, changing vaules, and future visions of Universities in the UK.
#Lancaster
#UCU
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‘While describing Hamdallah’s death as a “tragic loss”, instead of reviewing the violent border control measures enacted by her department, Patel has used the tragedy to reinforce her justification for the militarisation of the Channel’
@SociologyLancs
@nandosigona
@BrisUniPress
New post: Comment: the Channel “crisis” and the politics of compassion
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In Gaza, there’s a war on women. Will the west really ignore it because they’re ‘not like us’? | Nesrine Malik
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Every time I think Liverpool Uni management could not sink lower...
Today we begin a marking and assessment boycott in the
#FightForHealthJobs
@livuni
will be deducting 100% of pay. Make no mistake this is pure intimidation in response to how strong we are. Please donate to our strike fund if you can.
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Looking to do a PhD in Sociology? We have several GTA projects available
@LivUniSoc
including a project supervised by me on young people, transitions to adulthood & citizenship practices during Brexit!
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Our new NIHR research explores care leavers’ experiences leaving Local Authority care. We would like to find out more about the experiences of a diverse range of young adult care leavers & how they leave care. We aim to find ways to improve information, support &services 1/2
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Join us (LU Sanctuary Network) on 13 Mar 1pm for webinar What next for the Rwanda Bill, Asylum & Sanctuary? ft
@alison_phipps
and
@nandosigona
. All welcome. Register here:
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“The university might deem it reasonable for you to go downstairs on your bottom in some situations.” Gas-lighting, discrimination and humiliation: the day-to-day experience of a disabled academic:
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Why is our campus not accessible?
#IncludeUs
Join us at 12 noon University Square for UCU rally
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‘These words are meant to land in your ears as piercing sounds to accompany the wrenching horrors crowding our screens. Do not be fooled by the silence of print. This writing clamors to be screamed.’
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Solidarity with my former colleagues at
@ULivUCU2
as they begin their strike today to defend jobs
From today I’ll be joining colleagues on strike to defend 32 of my colleagues in Health and Life Sciences. They are being sacked by
@livuni
based on unreliable metrics, such as grant income. There are no grounds 4 redundancy!
#LivUniStrike
#fightforhealjobs
@ULivUCU2
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