#ToxicAcademia
If you are/were an academic and are feeling broken, please know it’s not you. It truly is them #HangInThere #ToxicAcademia
July 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“The #1 reason #women leave #academia faculty positions is poor workplace climate, including #discrimination, dysfunctional leadership, & a feeling of not fitting in. Work–life balance was less important for many respondents” #ToxicAcademia #LeavingAcademia www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 21, 2023 at 9:41 AM
If you are in a situation where staff bullying is being buried within your institution or covered up, 'Fight the Academic Bullies' provides an interactive world map of independent organisations you can turn to:

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#bullying #academia #academicmobbing #toxicacademia
Fight the Academic Bullies — where to turn
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September 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
"The individualism of the academy is deeply ingrained: the CV rules all." #ToxicAcademia
March 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#NewPaper examines #wagetheft and #academic #promotion policies that require people to take on more senior tasks without adequate pay in the hope of one day being promoted… #ToxicAcademia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 18, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Nearly 20% of affected researchers left academia or science altogether.
That’s talent lost. Ideas silenced. Innovation stalled.
When knowledge becomes a power play, we all lose. Especially in fields like ocean conservation that demand collaboration.
#ToxicAcademia #OceanHoptimism
May 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Some kind of grant for mothers who try to make their way back". This is revolting both as a mother and a scholar. How can you be so contemptuous ? #toxicacademia
August 8, 2023 at 3:30 PM
One of those nights where I start counting how many times I was deeply wrong while thinking I was right #endlesslist #toxicacademia #burnout
January 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Toxic competition everywhere. I want collaboration, not rivalry. Ready to leave academia behind. #ToxicAcademia #CollaborationOverCompetition #akaderneon
October 28, 2024 at 12:56 PM
The competitive environment can be toxic. Colleagues often feel more like rivals than collaborators. #ToxicAcademia #CollaborationWoes #akaderneon
October 28, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Please do not pretend to support diverse communities, especially those in remote areas, when your expectation is that they perform as if they have equal access. They don’t 🤬
#IndigenousInSTEM #ToxicAcademia
September 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If you are working at an #Australian #University and are stressed about losing your job, the advice is to:
- brush your teeth
- wash your ‘delicates’
😳😖😩👎‼️🤦‍♀️🤬
#ToxicAcademia
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Uni staff told to 'wash delicates' for stress management as 146 courses suspended
The University of Technology Sydney is suspending more than 100 courses as it prepares for a controversial redundancy program to save $100 million.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM