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PandemicPGRs
@PandemicPGRs
An account to organise/advocate for Post Graduate Researchers in the pandemic and beyond. DMs open. See link in bio for more
Nov 12, 2020 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Hello to all our new followers.

All of you are rightly angry at the abandonment we’ve just been met with and want to know what you can do about it.

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[A thread] UKRI and our unis can do this to us because PGRs, inc those self-funded, have no rights. This position is made completely worse by the fact that we are largely isolated from more seniors colleagues in our departments, but most importantly we are isolated from each other.
May 18, 2020 • 26 tweets • 10 min read
[MEGATHREAD: GTAs & Self-Funding PGRs]
Today, it's all about money. Teaching is an essential (and for some, non-negotiable) part of the PhD experience, but as rewarding as it can be, it's also a site of incredible exploitation at the best of times. #pandemicPGRs [1/X] Already, since the outbreak of the pandemic, we've seen cuts across the sector that have targeted precarious, short-term positions - many undertaken by PGRs. For example, @Glasgowanticas are organising around the mass dismissal of their GTAs. [2/X]