Academia

  • 22nd April 2020

10 Pointers for Distributed Conference Participation

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There is no replacement for face-to-face contact to understand people and the field, and it is that important that it trumps all the good points. Even Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic with a 100% 1,200 people workforce working as a distributed entity, expects his teams to meet face-to-face for a total of 4 weeks a year.

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  • 19th February 2020

Why I Support the UCU Strike

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I don't want to strike! It hurts my students, it hurts the University I love, and it hurts me financially, but sometimes we are left with no choice.

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