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This from Radio Wales is the most comprehensive take yet on @cardiffucuâs win in the @CardiffUni dispute.
Worth a listen if youâre staff, a student, a trade unionist, or are just interested in the detail of whatâs (& what fights remain ahead).
@UCU
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youtu.be/l3hef_sm6SM?si=TKy4âŠ
Andy Williams retweeted
will never forget this list of organisations the police infiltrated - its practically a map of every organisation in britain from the 70s-00s
fun game, see if your group is on there!
theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-iâŠ
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Despite state efforts to deter direct action, new groups are being formed and Elbit Systems continues to face significant disruption.
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Reform UK opposes what it calls âwokeâ attacks on free speech.
But suppresses the free speech of people who criticise it.
Needless violence used against peaceful protesters. SHAME!
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University councils act like corporate boards but with no accountability
No scrutiny, no consequences as things go wrong & academic staff canât challenge decisions
Power without responsibility
At least, corporate boards answer to shareholders, university councils to no-one
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Dundee University is in a management-made death spiral
Funders hold back grants, doubting projects will be delivered
Staff are cut. Student enrolment falls. International numbers drop
And leadership keeps pushing Dundee Uni further down, down, down
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dâŠ
Andy Williams retweeted
Hi Cai,
Great to hear from you. You said a lot of stuff there so I thought Iâd breakdown my reply:
1. An elected politician owns shares (worth at least 50% of their salary) in a company where roughly 90% of the profits are from fossil fuels.
At the same time the politician is deriding and undermining efforts to tackle a climate crisis. A crisis which is driven overwhelmingly by fossil fuels. If you canât work out why thatâs a story - I canât help you.
2. If you respond to requests for comment, your comments get published. You were asked for a comment by my team and you didnât reply. In journalism, part of the research is approaching people and asking for their side of the story. You canât whine about a lack of research while refusing to engage.
3. You say âthe share price didn't fallâ after the net zero announcement. I donât want to preach to a seasoned investor but clearly UK net zero policy isnât the only determinant on the share price of a Houston based oil company. The UK market is less than 10% of their revenue (did you not read your shareholders report?).
4. You say âvirtually all of Will's subscribers are there for the Reform-bashingâ. I am not sure what data you are drawing on here but I am impressed you can divine the motivations of over 15,000 people.
5. You talk about wanting scrutiny, but your party is the only one which relentlessly declines interviews and questions. I have literally written books about the failings of Labour, Plaid and the Tories, and they still grant interviews. By contrast your party, who say they advocated debate and free speech, relentlessly hide and dodge questions.
If you actually welcome scrutiny, why not do an interview with me?
Happy for you to even choose the topics. The NHS? Flags? Stickers in toilets? Up to you.
Will Hayward suggests that because I hold shares in Phillips 66, I have a financial interest in scrapping Net Zero. Ten minutes of real research tells a different story.
In June 2019, the month the UK's Net Zero target was announced and then passed into law, the share price didn't fall. It rose by 14%. Whatever investors were reacting to, it plainly wasn't fear of Net Zero.
Furthermore, the company has invested in developing the UK's Humber Zero project, one of the world's largest planned carbon capture schemes, part-funded by government decarbonisation money and needing more of it to go ahead. On Will's own logic, my shares would do better if Net Zero stayed.
And yet I want it gone. I will always call for this economy-destroying target to be scrapped. It is killing British industry and loading some of the most expensive energy prices in the world onto hard-working families.
If people want to scrutinise my interests, good. But start with doing proper research.
Andy Williams retweeted
Always an absolute pleasure with The Dissenter!
Listen/watch here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=w5PgGGâŠ
New episode (1276), my second talk with Dr. Daisy Dixon (@daisyldixon). We talk about her book, Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art. #Philosophy #ethics
YouTube: youtu.be/w5PgGGzVmR8
Podcast: bit.ly/4eWvunD
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Academics fear they are being âset up to failâ after several institutions finished the academic year by announcing fresh job cuts, casting doubt over who will return after the summer break, and what courses they will be teaching #highered #jobcuts
timeshighereducation.com/newâŠ
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Replying to @DPJHodges
I refer the honourable gentleman to the video I posted some months ago.
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DEPRAVED is in Amazonâs top 10 hot new releases for philosophy đ€© if youâre interested in immoral art then please do pre-order if you can - this helps debut non-celeb authors so much đ„°
thank you!
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Crazy that this is getting barely any coverage. This yearâs European Press Prize was just awarded to an investigative report by the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. It is entitled âWhat the Wounds Tellâ and in it the journalists Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra document the cases of 114 children in Gaza under the age of 15 who were struck by a single bullet to the head or chest. Almost all of them died or were left severely disabled. They chose to document only the cases of boys and girls under the age of 15 (though often much younger: aged 3, 4 or 7) because these are children who can be immediately identified as such. âA single bullet in these parts of the body is a clear indication that these children were deliberately targetedâ, the two journalists write.
This is the article: volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2âŠ
Andy Williams retweeted
interesting to me that polo shirts are rooted in sport (polo, tennis, and golf) but seen are more respectable and even quasi-business attire simply bc upper class white men played these sports. football jerseys, basketball shorts, and women's athleisure are seen differently
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I hate this government. Most people who are born in this country don't study A-level English or read/ write at that 'standard'.
Trade unions came together yesterday at the TUCG fringe to address assaults and threats faced by workers across the UK.
Our president spoke about the reality facing members: worsening conditions, rising pressures and the need for a collective response.
No worker should face violence or intimidation at work.
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Former PM David Cameron once called UK universities the âbest part of Britainâ
Vice Chancellor of Birmingham says that "no political leader would say that now"
True, but ...
decline is mainly due to acts of politicians & University VCs
timeshighereducation.com/newâŠ
Andy Williams retweeted
Today's the day folks! VALLEYS opening tonight, at Clwb Ffoto in Newport. Photos from the book, photos not in the book, limited edition prints, stickers... It's all go. See you there!
From today, staff at Durham University begin working to rule.
No more covering for the hundreds of jobs that have been cut.
Staff will work strictly to contracted hours and withdraw goodwill.
Universities cannot operate on unpaid labour.
ucu.org.uk/article/14419/DurâŠ




























