@NERCscience/@ERC_Research Fellow at @BristolBioSci, RA @stri_panama, AE at #ProcB, he/him. I like brains. Rejoin🇪🇺.
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Stephen Montgomery retweeted
Lots of people don't realise how difficult it is to work in higher education
UCU member Chris explains what it's really like👇
Watch, RT, back our members
#ucuRISING
Sadly our #WomenInSTEM event @BristolBioSci was postponed due to strike action yesterday, looking forward to celebrating our female staff and students on International Women’s Day instead… but…1/2
Glad to support @ucu action which includes ending gender pay inequality. For reference, here’s @BristolUni’s latest pay gap report bristol.ac.uk/media-library/… and government summary gender-pay-gap.service.gov.u… 2/2
Stephen Montgomery retweeted
As a former researcher in HE I have first-hand experience of the hardship staff endure. But I also have hope & faith in the collective spirit & power of staff to bring about change. Solidarity with HE staff & @ucu. Read my full article in @tribunemagazine:
tribunemag.co.uk/2023/02/uni…
Any concessions won through taking strike action will benefit my postdocs, and any of of my students who stay in academia. One of the reasons I strike is because I want a good deal for them and the rest of my ECR colleagues. Striking is a direct act of care.
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Stephen Montgomery retweeted
...But remember, kids, Strikes Don't Work, and the correct way to defend your working and living conditions is to do some other sort of thing which nobody ever quite manages to specify beyond that it's definitely not anything like calling a strike (because Strikes Don't Work).
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We have *SUSPENDED* our strike next week.
We have been offered a 10% pay increase over 2 years for staff earning <£44k per year and an 8% increase for staff earning >£44k per year.
The major part of this is backdated.
We will now consult members on this offer. #ucuRISING
Stephen Montgomery retweeted
Can’t believe I’m tweeting my dire financial situation - but here I am speaking at our @Bristol_UCU rally. Being a lecturer is an aspirational job, which we work towards for yrs - our pay doest reflect it. It’s not enough to raise a family. And I’m one of the lucky ones…
People ask me why retired old fart like me is so passionate about @ucu strikes Here is why encapsulated in a short video from wonderful young colleague @HanMGriffiths pay cuts & slashing of pensions was always going to hit younger Uni staff the most. @Bristol_UCU #ucuRISING
RT🙏
Stephen Montgomery retweeted
Few months ago, we took #cichlid embryology to the next level... and now our results are published!🎉 Go to doi.org/10.1111/ede.12429 and (re-)learn how divergence in embryonic development between species contributes to morphological diversity 🐠🥚
@evomorpholab & @CamZoology
New pre-print alert 🚨 morphological variation between cichlid species manifests during early embryonic development 🐠🥚 or "show me a #cichlid embryo and I will tell you who they are". see 🧵below:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
@CamZoology @evomorpholab
Stephen Montgomery retweeted
Pleased to share the latest preprint from the Martin lab @evolvwing. We investigated continuous colour variation in Colias butterflies, and found that few large effect loci explain a large portion of the variation #colsci 1/
ALT wild type dorsal and ventral wing surfaces of the butterfly Colias eurytheme (female)
ALT Wild type dorsal and ventral wing surfaces of the butterfly Colias philodice (female)
Stephen Montgomery retweeted
#Heliconius are some of the most charismatic butterflies you will find in the rainforest. They are also one of the most studied (although not by me). Here I am in Ecuador with one of my favourites, preaching about the fabulous work of @eohomo and the EBAB team! #brainevolution
Stephen Montgomery retweeted
Some commentators say that we are lucky to have the USS pension, to have any DB at all. But… 🧵
Stephen Montgomery retweeted
4-yr funded PhD opportunity @BristolUni!
Interested in how heat stress affects pregnancy? Tackle this #ClimateHealth issue with an interdisciplinary approach!🔥🤰🪳
Open to international applicants! 28/2 deadline
Supervisors @englishse @EuniceLoClimate @KateBirchenall
Stephen Montgomery retweeted
@neuroethology ICN is coming to Berlin next year, and the call for symposia is open!
🪰🧬🦑💤🐸🕷️🐋🦀🌓🦂🧠
This is one of my favourite meetings, and the crowd is very friendly and collaborative!
If you have a topic in mind, check out the details here: 👇🏽 neuroethology.org/Portals/2/…
Like pretty much every PI in the UK, happy to host these!
The Newton International Fellowships are now open for applications. These fellowships are for non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more, including how to apply:
#RSGrants
royalsociety.org/grants-sche…
Stephen Montgomery retweeted
The brave young warriors from @BristolBioSci fighting for a decent salary, a fair pension and decent working conditions @ucu @Bristol_UCU @BristolUni
(The usual old fart photobombing as usual 😂)
“We wIlL AtTraCt ThE BesT InTeRNaTIomlnAL tAleNT” 🤪
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Stephen Montgomery retweeted
I NEED EVERY UCU MEMBER TO RT THIS THREAD TO EXPOSE UCEA’S LIES
They say the support for the strikes today was ‘isolated’. Do these picket lines look isolated to you?
#ucuRISING
