#PandemicPGRs

Pandemic Precariat

Good morning comrades! Today we are looking at the issues faced by students and workers with disabilities. We are working alongside @PandemicPGRs https://twitter.com/PandemicPGRs/status/1262678367905685505 Please also check out this thread

Claire Moulton-Brown

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I can't believe @UniOfYork told all funded PhD students they could have 6 months funded extensions and then took it away! This is completely unacceptable; to make students feel

This was an incredibly necessary and momentous seminar - @ucu finally starting a campaign to recognise PGRs as staff, not students. As PhD "students", we get:- no furlough/sick leave- no

Pandemic Precariat

Good morning comrades! Today we are looking at the issues facing Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students and staff. Casualisation, both at the University of Edinburgh and beyond, disproportionately

Today the Bristol UCU twitter is being ‘taken over’ by a group of fixed-term contract staff to highlight how coronavirus is affecting our job security and employment prospects. #FTCs #CoronaContract

This week, we're going through our demands in our #PandemicPGRs Open Letter and explaining each one in turn. Today, we're talking about the first two demands! Here's the link to

[MEGATHREAD: BAME PGRs]Today, we’re working with the wonderful @pocsquared on our day of activism and awareness focusing on BAME PGRs. Our final day will follow the normal structure - highlighting

hello friends (especially UK based white academic flavoured friends) who might be feeling lots of feelings about the #blacklivesmatter movement and how to support it. i've been thinking quite