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Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

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I wish I believed in anything as much as my students believe that there is a 10 per cent leeway on essay word counts We don't have one! We've never

apparently an unpopular opinion, but: I don't hate that I say 'does that make sense?' all the time in a professional context, it lets other people into the conversation &

It feels grossly irresponsible for media and now apparently the opposition to be focusing on WHEN WILL THE LOCKDOWN END as the key (only!) question to ask of government.https://twitter.com/keir_starmer/status/1250310526036398081 Not

I know I keep saying this but — my mum works in a care home, and they have no PPE beyond plastic aprons. How more staff and patients haven’t already

What if you say: looked after small children / cared for poorly parents / self-isolated for 12 weeks because of underlying condition / tried to avoid attack from an abusive

This article, for me, shows one of the problematic side-effects with a national culture built on banging on about “British values” all the time: nobody discussed lockdown for the U.K.

The institutions saying they might start first years in January seems more sensible — and means attention can be focused on shifting 2nd and 3rd year work to online for

Seeing lots of people point out that, if universities dock our pay for ASOS, that means that our universities are admitting that we cannot do our jobs if we work

So many universities are opening campuses in places that their staff are not safe. They don’t care about us!https://twitter.com/dramyburge/status/1200317295819657218 When I was at UCL they opened a campus in Qatar,

One of the chants on a #UCUstrike picket is “our working conditions - your learning conditions!” This is true of lots of teaching: if staff are on precarious contracts, not

I think myself lucky to have a permanent job & earn a comfortable wage. Many people in academia are constantly searching for the next contract, living on tiny wages, working

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