Exciting post this morning! So happy to have contributed to this carefully edited book by Jacek Smolicki on Soundwalking. Looking forward to reading the rest of the chapters by elena biserna @natuaural @gasciaouzounian Tim Shaw @icanhearpaola and more whose work inspires my own/

Solidarity with striking teachers today. And deep resentment of child 1 who is soooo smug about staying in bed.

USS negotiation update klaxon 📢 thread... 🧵

UCU How do I signal that I support balloting on settling the USS dispute, but not the pay and conditions dispute? A lot of people will surely share this viewpoint, given that it's obvious to everyone that we've made much more progress on USS than on pay.

💥 NEW SHOW 💥 New York-based composer and filmmaker Phill Niblock + sound artist Tim Shaw return to The Glad Cafe on 2nd May! TICKETS 🎟: thegladcafe.co.uk

Hi UCU, I’m not a lawyer but this partial performance stuff is just obviously broken. I’d hope human rights law would fix it, but…I’m not filled with confidence. Some details. We do action short of a strike. Most of that involves breaking our contract.

1/ When my wonderful baby was born in July, weighing three and a half lbs, I started having terrible thoughts

Due to Durham University aggressive attitude to staff engaged in the UCU Marking and Assessment Boycott I have just had to email Pint of Science UK explaining that as I'm only getting 50% of my salary I am not in a position to take part in their wonderful outreach programme 1/3

If you want to understand how punitive university managers are being during the marking and assessment boycott period called by UCU, here is a good example

On this International Day of Biodiversity, the popular book 'WILD FELL: Fighting for nature on a Lake District hill farm' by @leeinthelakes (Doubleday Books) has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Richard Jefferies Award. Congratulations. richardjefferiesaward.org/p/2022-wild-fe…

In a pre-bank-holiday #ucuRISING MAB update...Newcastle University have not only refused to negotiate meaningfully over 100% deductions, they have now specified that deductions will continue until 30th Sept

BREAKING: Students not progressing at Durham whilst management refuse to sign joint statement calling for negotiations. At four preliminary boards examiners that happened today, hundreds of students did not progress to their next year of study.

(4/7) “Unerasable Characters Series” by Winnie Soon (HK/UK) addresses the chilling scale and effect of state-enacted #censorship, enforced through #digital infrastructures. siusoon.net/projects/unera…

📢Strike Dates Announced In response to the punitive deductions our members are facing, our employer has been notified & we are announcing 5 days of strike on Fri 23rd, Mon 26th-Thu 29th June. This will coincide with open day & many exam boards. #SettleTheDispute #ucuRISING UCU

"Universities are trying everything to get around the boycott except the obvious: resuming negotiations with my lecturers" #SettleTheDispute #ucuRISING UCU theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

📢📢** Breaking News! ** BUCU have seen evidence of the following at Uni of Birmingham 😱a 4000-word essay being marked, including feedback, in 12 (twelve) mins by management! 😱management trying to use PhD students to mark 2nd & final year work, against uni regulations! 1/2

Martin Bauer Is there a list of the universities involved? We’ve got a busy schedule of Uni Open Days over the next few weeks 🤷‍♀️