IT manager and @WarwickUCU member at @Warwickecon. I press buttons to make systems work. Larp nerd. Caterer. Views my own. She/her.
Mar 9, 2020 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Settle in, kids. I'm going to talk about professional services in HE.
When the media report on the #UCUStrike they're often framing it as a 'lecturers strike', and ignoring those of us in PS, research, non-teaching roles, and more.
They do it to divide us. They can do one. 1/
Over half the staff in HE are professional services. We are the IT staff that keep your systems running. We are the administrators that make sure students are on the right courses, we are wellbeing services who look after mental health, we are librarians, we are careers... 2/
