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@uonucu.bsky.social"Annotation can be a way to create, document, and curate new knowledge. And in some circumstances, annotation is a powerful means of civic engagement and political agency." (From Annotation by Kalir & Garcia, 2021)
#UoN #UCU #UoNUCU #UniversityOfNottingham #StopTheCuts #SaveHE
@uninorthampton.bsky.socialA news story today, about how the amount of time children spend on screens could harm their physical and developmental health, comes out just before a webinar supported by #UON...
@uninorthampton.bsky.socialA councillor in County Durham has criticised the local authority for not removing flags which he and others claim have links to white nationalism.
#UON's @pnjackson.bsky.social gave his thoughts about this to BBC News Online.
@hopkinsdavid.bsky.social@uninorthampton.bsky.socialNorthamptonshire businesses can join the first #UON #HelptoGrow cohort, starting Nov. See Northants Chamber of Commerce...
northants-chamber.co.uk/member-news/northamptonshire-businesses-are-being-invited-to-join-the-first-university-of-northampton-help-to-grow-cohort-starting-this-november/
@sjjc16.bsky.socialUniversity of Nottingham here proving that institutions designed to elevate and inspire are run by people who don't give a fuck. #UoN
@uninorthampton.bsky.socialSmall/medium-sized shopping centres have struggled over recent years but some, including Weston Favell, say they are bucking the trend.
Talking to BBC Northamptonshire about this was #UON’s Dr @kardisom.bsky.social.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m003226b 🛍️1hr10m
@uninorthampton.bsky.socialTimes are 'a changing' for #shopping malls, that are reinventing themselves to keep up with the competition from online #retailers and #retailer vacancy rates.
One of the experts who spoke with the BBC about this is #UON's Dr Kardi Somerfield.
@lachlanclohesy.bsky.socialProud that @nteunion.bsky.social members at #UniCanberra were the first to win 17% superannuation for casual staff in an Agreement, following #UoN members winning it in an MOU.
Great to hear members at #UTas have now won it in their Agreement too! ✊💜
@uninorthampton.bsky.social"The lecturers are all friendly and approachable; with their support – and Mum’s! – I think I’ve got this in hand.”
See the Midlands Gazette for more about Shumi and Evan and Welcome Fortnight at #UON.
midlandsgazette.com/education/mother-son-degrees-university-northampton/
@uonsoe.bsky.socialHello to our new students joining us today to study pre-sessional English for academic purposes prior to starting their #UoN degree next year. We hope you have a great induction over the next two days.
@uninorthampton.bsky.socialWelcome Fortnight at #UON means thousands of new students - & those returning to learning - including mother & son Shumi and Evan, who want their degrees to add insights to their family life.
@uninorthampton.bsky.social“Everybody is having palpitations because a Prime Minister can deliver a speech… but what’s the substance?”
At the Labour Party Conference, #AndyBurnham outlined his plans. #UON's Kate Ironside gave her thoughts to BBC Northamptonshire's Annabel Amos.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0031s81 🎙️1hr11
@uninorthampton.bsky.socialTeaching and learning for new and returning students started yesterday.
Tom Berry spoke to the BBC's James Grant about his first days at #UON. Pro-Vice Chancellor @aewilby.bsky.social Wilby summed up how we're helping everyone settle in.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0031s45 (Alice 1h25. Tom 2hr22).
@uonucu.bsky.socialWhich, in turn, bring us even closer to reversing course closures, holding student staff ratios in place, cancelling compulsory redundancies, and inevitably winning.
When we fight together, we win. Please fight with us.
#UCU #UoN #UoNUCU #UniversityOfNottingham #StopTheCuts #SaveHE
@uninorthampton.bsky.socialBritish citizens report a "wave" of recent and overtly racist attacks - what's fuelling this rise?
#UON expert on the far right Professor Paul Jackson
explains in the Jamaica Inquirer.
jamaicainquirer.com/they-told-me-to-go-back-to-my-country-inside-the-uks-wave-of-racism/
@uonucu.bsky.socialMassive amounts of love and solidarity for all of those union branches across the UK who are standing up and saying no to the destruction of our universities. Our fight is your fight, and when we stand in solidarity we WIN.
#UCU #UoN #UoNUCU #UniversityOfNottingham #StopTheCuts #SaveHE
@uninorthampton.bsky.socialCatch up on the past fortnight's media coverage of #UON with In the news.
Articles and broadcast mentions cover the Future Communities event with Universities UK and our continued rise in The Guardian's Good University Guide.
@uonucu.bsky.socialWith strike action set to begin in a week and a half, here is a quick overview of what is happening at your university, why it is happening, what UCU is doing about it, and how you can support us as we fight for the future of UoN.