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Mike Rowe
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Academic. Ethnographer of street-level bureaucrats and discretion, most recently police in particular. Liverpool.

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Reposted by Ernesto Priego, Mike Rowe, Catherine J. Frieman

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 8h
'Staff at the University of Essex are set to strike next week over cuts to 400 full-time jobs.

The union, Unison, said admissions advisors, IT technicians, admin workers and other professional services staff would walk out on Monday over the proposals.'
Essex University staff to strike over plans to cut 400 jobs
Staff will walk out over a plan to cut 400 jobs, which the university says will protect its future
www.bbc.co.uk

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 10h
Very much looking forward to meeting the students today, and hearing management explain that a) there isn’t enough work to keep me on full time and b) no, they haven’t got staff to teach modules I designed and taught, starting next week.

Does that sound bitter? It should do.

Reposted by Will Jennings, Jonathan Wolff, Lesley A. Hall , and 4 more

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 11h
In the movie version of this, after Piddington runs out of food water and money as a result of leaving the UK, the residents apply for asylum and end up housed in a military base, with HILARIOUS consequences.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents voted over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby
www.bbc.com

Reposted by Tim Bale, John Collins, Mike Rowe , and 1 more

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 15h
I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank

Reposted by John Drury, Mike Rowe

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 1d
The rain didn’t stop us.

Today we stood proud against the University of Brighton’s outrageous threat to derecognise UCU.

We will not let our members’ rights be trampled on.

Like and share to stand with our members and send management a message: BACK DOWN.
The rain didn’t stop us. Today we stood proud against the University of Brighton’s outrageous threat to derecognise UCU. We will not let our members’ rights be trampled on. Like and share to stand with our members and send management a message: BACK DOWN. Picture of members on the picket.

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 1d
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
ucu.org.uk University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 2d
UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm.

It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance.

58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 2d
UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm.

It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance.

58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY

Reposted by Mike Rowe

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 2d
All us Senior Lecturers offered to go part-time to avoid redundancies and they outright refused on the grounds it was too complicated.

Reposted by Mike Rowe

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 2d
Labour's renewed approach to humanities and social sciences - Beatings will continue until morale improves:

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Reposted by Mike Rowe

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 2d
tfw you told management exactly what you need to call off a strike weeks ago.
JOhn travolta standing around looking confused in front of the Trent building with UoN UCU superimposed over him.

Reposted by Felicity Callard, Mike Rowe, Margot C. Finn

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 2d
Well, it’s Sacking Day (to the tune of Tannenbaum), when we learn via Teams calls which one of the 4 of us left is to go.

That will leave 3 (from 12) to teach English Language, Literature and Creative Writing and supervise 25 PhD students. I’m sure management have thought this through carefully.
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