A UCU account opposed to the University of Portsmouth’s ongoing English Literature redundancies #SaveUoPLit
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A reminder that the University of Portsmouth is entering the staff it has sacked into REF2021. It won't pay the salaries of researchers, but it will gladly take that delicious REF income. This sets a disturbing precedent for HE.
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for such colleagues. I want to hear from you about the kinds of support which might be helpful to you. Please DM me if you are interested. All career stages welcome.
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@IES_London @EMLoneliness @leicesterucu @AstonUCU @SaveEnglishUoC
Calling all unaffiliated English Academics and those on short-term contracts as a result of academic precarity. I am currently in discussions with IES and the English Association about setting up a support framewk
On this day last year: @UCU held an online rally to prevent the English Literature redundancies at Portsmouth.
A week later the university executive voted for the cuts 'unanimously', based on a business case full of factual errors and inaccuracies.
Is your VC doing the same?
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Please RT @UCL_UCU @kingstonucu @ChesterUcu @ucu @DrJoGrady @leicesterucu @ucuglos @UCU_Ulster @SaveUoPLit @BeOurHope @ucu_solidarity @sheffielducu @NigelUNI @jeremycorbyn @Wrexhann
LET US WEED OUT CORRUPTION TOGETHER.
YE ARE MANY, THEY ARE FEW ❤️
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@SaveUoPLit @UOP_EngLit
Wishing UoP English Literature students graduating tomorrow all the best. Have a wonderful day!
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So proud of my colleague (still colleagues ❤️) @BronwenPrice1 for her powerful contribution to the @EMLoneliness roundtable on “Precarity and Independence”.
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My new website is now LIVE!
There’s still much to be done — and MUCH to add!!
At the moment, there’s most info in the Thomas Fairfax and Laocoon > William Blake sections.
@civilwarcentre
@Blake_Society @BlakeQuarterly @BlakeArchive
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“English [literature] is about history, it’s about psychology, it’s about philosophy, languages, sociology, theology. It’s about what makes us human.” theguardian.com/education/20…
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The British Academy has found that, 'of the 10 fastest-growing economic sectors, eight employed more arts, humanities and social science graduates than any other disciplines.' @HumanitiesUw @EngLitUoW @worcester_uni #englishliterature theguardian.com/education/20…
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Novelists & academics highlight the importance of English degrees as demand affected at A-level & degree level @UnivEnglish @EnglishAssoc @byebyepride @hlbu7 #English theguardian.com/education/20…
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My life was made richer, my understanding of the world wider, my interest in politics, philosophy, psychology the broader arts, who we are as people. Save English degrees theguardian.com/education/20…
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Novelists issue reminder of the value of English degrees as demand reduces (though it remains the fourth largest A level subject) theguardian.com/education/20…
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Government ‘prejudice’ against the humanities, combined with Michael Gove's reform to the English language GCSE that has been putting young people off doing A-level English, blamed for a decline in applications to study English at university. theguardian.com/education/20…
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Excellent article making an evidence-based case for the value of an English degree: the headline slapped on it doesn't do it justice theguardian.com/education/20… – at Sheffield, England
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“Stem subjects are vitally important, but the humanities are, if not the actual heart of a serious university, at least one of its ventricles. You can survive, I believe, with a single ventricle, but only just. You will not be well.” (Andrew Miller) 👏 theguardian.com/education/20…
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Novelists issue plea to save English degrees as demand slumps d.gu.com/S22CX2
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Humanities Degrees are the heart and the soul of any university education. They must be defended. #defendthehumanities Novelists issue plea to save English degrees as demand slumps theguardian.com/education/20…
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#noredundancieschester @SaveEnglishUoC @UoCRomantics @VC_UoChester @UoCPandoras @UocLgbt @ChesterAlumni @uochester #lettheteacherteach @UoCEnglish @UoCPorters #BonfireOfTheHumanities @SaveUoPLit @The_Globe @ahrcpress
