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USSbriefs
@USSbriefs
'University Staff & Students' emerged out of 2018's #USSstrike. We tweet about universities. Our focus right now is on Gaza. RTs ≠ endorsements
Public Universities, UK
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    USSbriefs
    @USSbriefs
    May 3, 2024
    To recent followers: we were born in massive UK uni workers strike of 2018 — initially about uni pensions. Many senior uni managers follow us. Many are strategising over student encampments. To all of you: the movement for liberation is only intensifying - don’t forget this 🍉
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    USSbriefs
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    Jan 25, 2024
    Just look at this list of Palestinian academics killed by Israel. It starts with 3 uni presidents, then 7 deans, then multiple professors + other scholars. Not all names of the 94 profs killed are known. This is scholasticide. Permanent ceasefire now. End the occupation.
    Screenshot of first half of the list of names found in the letter linked to in the tweet
    Second half of list of names of academics killed -- found in letter linked to in the tweet
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    CAF
    @CAF4MESA
    Jan 25, 2024
    Our letter to Israeli government authorities regarding the ongoing military campaign against the Palestinians of Gaza, including the decimation of the education sector and the wanton killing of thousands of students, teachers and professors mesana.org/advocacy/commi…
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    USSbriefs
    @USSbriefs
    Jan 20, 2024
    We condemn with all our force Israel's killing of at least 94 Palestinian academics in Gaza. We mourn every one of our colleagues. We find it unconscionable that virtually no western university has said a single word.
    Screenshot of the quoted tweet, showing the English translation: 'We documented the killing by the Israeli occupation forces of 94 Palestinian university professors hundreds of teachers, and thousands of students as part of the comprehensive crime of genocide that it has waged against the Gaza Strip since last October 7.'
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    USSbriefs
    @USSbriefs
    Jan 17, 2024
    Keep tweeting about Gaza! Everyone there is enduring day 6 of Israel’s telecommunications blackout. The atrocities are not stopping The algorithms discriminate against posts about Palestine - so please do whatever you can to RT and boost others’ posts at the very least
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    Hind Khoudary
    @Hind_Gaza
    Jan 17, 2024
    We are still under telecommunications blackout - Day 6😭
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    USSbriefs
    @USSbriefs
    Dec 29, 2018
    “Ghent University is deliberately choosing to step out of the rat race between individuals, departments and universities. We no longer wish to participate in the ranking of people.” ugent.be/en/news-events…
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    @USSbriefs
    Nov 23, 2019
    Sheffield Hallam are asking students to grass on lecturers. You can find their form, open to all, here. We were happy to help and filled in a submission. shu.ac.uk/campaigns/indu…
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    @USSbriefs
    Oct 7, 2020
    Solidarity with @UniofNottingham colleagues tonight, who just received this truly shocking email from management 🤯 Staff asked to 'deprioritise' current work and become "Contact Centre Advisors" taking calls from locked-down students and angry parents 😡 A new low 👇
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    Feb 8, 2024
    🚨University of Galway becomes the first university in Ireland to call for a permanent ceasefire. The President cites the ICJ ruling. The university will also review its relationships with Israeli institutions. 1/ universityofgalway.ie/about-us/news-…
    On 18 October, we said that ‘we stand for peace’: this means that we condemn all acts of terror and violence and that we join in the calls for an immediate, permanent ceasefire and for the release of hostages, and for justice, accountability and equal protection of human rights.
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    USSbriefs
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    May 15, 2018
    "Henceforth, ..., the University will only employ Teaching Fellows for a minimum period of 12 months”: fantastic news, & all power to @Durhamcasuals palatinate.org.uk/durham-univers…
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    @USSbriefs
    Feb 22, 2022
    With the bleak news from JNC fuelling rage + horror amongst university workers, we’re thinking tonight particularly of our UCU negotiating team for all they have done + will continue to do to save our #USS pensions. Thank you. La lutte continue #USSMess #OneOfUsAllOfUs
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    @USSbriefs
    Mar 3, 2020
    Michael Higgins, President of Ireland said: ‘unis and academics had become overly focused on the market, because of a sense that there was “magic happening in the marketplace…when in fact actually what you had was a whole series of vulgar chancers”’
    President Michael D. Higgins speaks to interview John Bowman during an event to makr 250 years of the College Historical Society of Trinity College Dublin, more commonly known as The Hist. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times.
    Universities do not exist ‘to produce students who are useful’, President says
    From irishtimes.com
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    USSbriefs
    @USSbriefs
    Feb 15, 2022
    Like this tweet if the UCU industrial action has finally given you an opportunity to do important life maintenance: medical appointments, calling your parents, spending time with your children, fixing the boiler, doing the washing up, bit of exercise... #OneOfUsAllOfUs
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    USSbriefs
    @USSbriefs
    May 24, 2019
    Congratulations to our #USSbriefs founding member @DrJoGrady! on her historic victory as next General Secretary of #UCU 🥂 #UCUGS2019
    USSbriefs congratulates founding member Jo Grady on her historic victory as next General Secretary…
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    USSbriefs
    @USSbriefs
    Feb 1, 2024
    Replying to @QudsNen
    In late October 2023, Dr Al Ran, Director of Surgery at Indonesian Hospital, who has just been released after being kidnapped by the Israeli military from the hospital, found out that Israel had targeted his family home and killed his family
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    قناة الجزيرة
    @AJArabic
    Oct 27, 2023
    "راحوا.. راحوا".. لحظة معرفة رئيس قسم الجراحة في المستشفى الإندونيسي في #غزة، الدكتور محمد الران وشقيقه الدكتور مؤيد الران بتعرض منزل عائلتهما للقصف ما أدى إلى استشهاد أفراد العائلة #حرب_غزة
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