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Natasha Saunders
@NEGSaunders
Researching and teaching political theory, forced migration and human rights. RT ≠ endorsement. Views my own.
Feb 12, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
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Here’s why the “I’m personally paid well”, and “conditions aren’t as bad at my university” are so wrong headed. A #ucuRISING 🧵

The ultimate purpose of universities is to preserve, expand and disseminate the body of human knowledge. Expansion of this knowledge = research; 2/
 Dissemination = teaching (among other things), and the two are of course linked. And all three would not be possible without our amazing PS staff who are so often overlooked.

All of these things are, at heart, a collaborative endeavour. Academia is an ecosystem which can’t