Really good summary of why I beg my students to handwrite their notes instead of typing them.

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Here is @ducu.bsky.social ‘s analysis of management’s most recent response to our request to negotiate. Management took extra time to deliver us a response that was a flat and unequivocal “no, we will negotiate NOTHING with you.”

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Durham University staff start industrial action in workload row Durham University says the action, which could last for six months, is

Reading the news today & came across this. To be CRYSTAL CLEAR, @ducu.bsky.social has REPEATEDLY raised workload problems to management and offered potential solutions for negotiation. In EVERY instance, management has refused to negotiate. “No” is not negotiation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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This is why I limit my use of PPT, share research on lower learning outcomes when using computers to take notes, and resisted being forced to incorporate AI into my assessments.

Technology impairs cognition; it doesn’t enhance learning.

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Love! Yes, it takes time. He’s been here a week. Stayed sequestered for 3.5 days before he just had enough and wanted OUT. The hissing from my old man has subsided a bit 🙂🤞🏻

Yes! I did NOT want a 3d cat. But after I saw him in the middle of the road, I couldn’t leave him 💔. Sheriffs Highway Vets took him after his injury & Pawz for Thought took him in until he was ready to come home. He is obvs settling in well (but my other 2 range from lukewarm to hell no on him!).

Oh my stars, have I won the cat distribution lottery, or what?! He is slow-blinking me here ❤️.

This is 1 week in my home & 9 weeks since I saw him get hit by a car and saved him.

Higher Education Is Exhausted Some don’t see a future in a sector battling for its very existence.

US, UK—it’s the same story.

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Flip Texas.
Flip.
Texas!!!!

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Other lecturers in my department have always had low attendance in general—I contend b/c of lecture capture.

Since I do active/experiential learning without “lecturing”, lecture capture is useless. The assessment is based on the activities. Students showed up.

Not this year 🤔!

Only 30% of my students showed up for class today. 35% have never shown up this term (Week 4). This is the first time since 2022 (when I first taught this module here) that I’ve not had 90-100% attendance at every session.

Trying to wrap my head around what’s going on!

Thanks, @robpoell.bsky.social ; received! Prelim response sent; more detailed comments tomorrow!

No, Melania, not sending money your way. Watching Becoming … again.

I’ve think I’ll re-read her book, too.

A ballot being posted

Voted in our local ballot. Working conditions will never improve unless we fight for them. @ducu.bsky.social

The same can be said for @ducu.bsky.social !

Laura on Instagram: "What would you do in this scenario?" 6,274 likes, 84 comments - loewhaley on January 27, 2026: "What would you do in this scenario?".

“It’s also in the company’s best interest to allocate appropriate workload.”

Why, yes. Yes, it is!

Oh good, it’s gone up 0.4C since I got to the office. Guess I’m full of hot air 🤷🏼‍♀️😂.

GSAs say it’s calibrated hotter than it really is (when it was 25C in summer). So does this mean it’s actually colder? 🥶

DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

Prescient, indeed. 💔

They stood over him and fired even more shots into his motionless body.

#ICEOUT

I earned tenure at TAMU and I am shocked at what is going on there. Stand up; speak up.

What happens when you just comply YouTube video by Josh Johnson

All the freedoms you enjoy today are because someone before you fought for them.

It’s your turn.

Vote.

@ducu.bsky.social

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Do it, y'all! No matter how things go over the next six months, we're stronger with a mandate!

Image of bucket and caution-wet-floor sign in the lobby of the Durham University Waterside Business School building

We moved in to our £104m Waterside White Elephant building 16 months ago. The roof is already leaking.

Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments

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Damn indeed...

And it begins! Post your ballots ASAP, #ducu members!

Our workloads are rising & our jobs security isn’t.

We deserve better from management than just “no” to our reasonable requests and suggestions.

@ducu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk

My trusty teaching trolley has bit the dust after 20 years. I will need to find a suitable replacement by Monday’s class for my markers, card stock, visual imagery cards, activity materials, and so forth.

Sigh. A good run for a hard-used item.

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Video. Video. Video everything. Heres how!
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Never in danger.

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