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Thom Giddens

@ThomGiddens

Critical, comics, and cultural legal scholar and enjoyer of geek culture. Lecturer @LawDundee. (Follow @LexComica for Graphic Justice.)

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Joined September 2015
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Peer reviewers are calling it "masterful" and "publishable with minor corrections". Check out my latest paper, "Institution and Abyss", on the foundations of institutional form: lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view… @LawTechHum @LawDundee @LexComica
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Hello @maddiemoate and @gregfoot ! We made a garden gym, inspire by Let's Go Live! Just discovered your archive of excellent streams which the boys are ploughing through. :-)
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If striking hasn't worked so far (years of strikes, but the issues haven't changed), is more striking the best move? Just wondering if there are alternatives to doubling down on the same strategy... #UCUstrike
New From Routledge: Thom Giddens, Judgment: New Trajectories in Law (2022) @ThomGiddens @routledgebooks – Hedgehogs and Foxes hedgehogsandfoxes.org/index.… via @HedgehogsFoxes
New From Routledge: Thom Giddens, Judgment: New Trajectories in Law (2022) @ThomGiddens @routledg...

New From Routledge: Thom Giddens, Judgment: New Trajectories in Law (2022) @ThomGiddens @routledg...

Thom Giddens, University of Dundee, has published Judgment: New Trajectories in Law (Routledge, 2022). It will be available beginning March 16, 2022. Here from the publisher's website is a descript...

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Beat this @StrathclydeUCU @UCU_HWUBranch #ImmodestBuffet 🍕🍕 @dejanstjepanov1 @ucu_solidarity @UCUScotland @DucuUo
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Deirdre Duffy@dnduffy21 Feb 2022
@manmetucu @dugganjr @UM_UCU @ucu crowd is all behind #FourFights #UCUstrike
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@ucu21 Feb 2022
24 universities collectively amassed a £2.2bn surplus in 2020-21 Yet they claim they can only afford to offer staff a 1.5% pay rise and have to cut pensions We're striking because universities have the money to treat staff properly, but they choose not to #OneOfUsAllOfUs
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We’re barking mad about pay gaps, casualisation, unmanageable workloads, real-terms pay cuts and pension theft on the @DucuUo picket line this morning. @UCUScotland @ucu_solidarity #DogsOnPicketLines #UcuStrike #FourFights #OneOfUsAllOfUs
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SOAS UCU@UCUSOAS17 Feb 2022
🚨 Students! Want to help end the pensions strike? Tell your VCs to support the @ucu proposals! The UUK consultation of member unis ends tomorrow, so the time to act is NOW! See the video from @UCUSOAS below, and please share widely #USSmess #OneOfUsAllOfUs ✊
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The cake of solidarity- when in Dundee. It was by all accounts glorious! Thanks to @AndyrewScotland for baking. Big shout to the person who delivered cakes- not sure who you were but they were great. @UCUSPresident @ucu_solidarity
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Today's comic is about WAGES... Our wages have seen real life decreases of 20% over the past 10 years. Meanwhile our VC's pay has seen a 20.6% INCREASE since 2015...
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Why not show us some #love (or at least some #respect) on #ValentinesDay @UniversitiesUK ? Stop stealing our #pensions! #USS #PensionTheft #solidarity #USSStrike #UCUstrikes @DucuUo @ucu_solidarity @UCUScotland @ucu
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What she said versus what ⁦@BBCNews⁩ chose as a headline
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@ucu2 Dec 2021
“Things can’t go on like this. Not for staff or students. We all deserve better from a sector that can afford better. That’s why our picket lines are the frontline of the fight for higher education’s future.” Read @DrJoGrady in @TheTimes👇 thetimes.co.uk/article/4f4ca…
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#WhyWeAreStriking: The FACTS. 🧵 67% of researchers are employed on casualised fixed term contracts.
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@ucu1 Dec 2021
This vice chancellor didn't know how many staff he employed on insecure contracts at @oxford_brookes... Well we've done some digging for him: 75% of teaching-only staff and 30% of all academic staff are on HOURLY PAID CONTRACTS. What a disgrace. #OneOfUsAllOfUs #UCUstrikes
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‼️“I mean you're a vice chancellor" Listen to this BBC interviewer’s shock as university bosses defend zero hours contracts Hey @UniversitiesUK can you confirm you think ZERO HOURS & other insecure contracts are good for staff & students? #OneOfUSAllOfUs
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According to politicians no one should ever strike because it's annoying
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I agree with this point at least. Universities (and MPs) need to fix the problems so students can have good and sustainable learning environments. Instead of the collapse of the HE sector that is currently taking place. #UCUstrike
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Replying to @michelledonelan
Universities have a responsibility to minimise disruption to students from industrial action, and I’d encourage any students concerned about the impact on their education to get in touch with their provider.
Solidarity with @ucu members on strike yet again across the UK this week. Real pay has dropped 20%, significant portions of the sector are on precarious contracts, pensions are being cut by 35% & workloads are unmanageable. Our working conditions are students’ learning conditions
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