One thing that is really frustrating to me right now, and it’s something that I have discussed, is this idea that PhD students who supply so much labour to universities are just not kept in the loop about plans for teaching and reopening.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
I suspect (for TCD; I know for other unis) that often staff are often as out of the loop as PhD students are. They may hear more rumours/possibilities via word of mouth, but official confirmation seems to come to staff about 2-4 hours before it goes to students (incld. PhDs)
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Replying to @NiallOSuill
I don’t know how much more they know but it seems they know more than we do. I mean, I don’t know for sure but it is the impression I get from what I’ve heard. And it is definitely school dependent as well.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
As I said, I'm completely out of the loop at TCD. But in other places I'm familiar with, staff usually know little more than it'll be either a), b) or c), which are all wildly different, and 'they [central uni admin] 'll confirm at some point before teaching starts'
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Replying to @NiallOSuill
I get that, but from what I heard from what some staff have told me is that there are meetings happening over this with schools/dept staff. And if they aren’t informing staff right now then they should be, along with us.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Oh, you're 100% right, there should be much clearer communication. But I'd be wary about drawing a conclusion of 'staff in meetings=staff know things'. I've been in enough (non-ac) meetings which consisted 2hrs of a team asking questions and management obfuscating
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Replying to @NiallOSuill
That’s true, but what I mean is that staff are at least included in meetings. Even if their voices are being ignored (which I absolutely suspect is the case), they have a space to say that. We don’t.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
True - it's yet another reason that PhD students should be on staff contracts, as in much of mainland Europe (plus it would also give trade union rep, not just student unions). A PhD is the entry level academic job, but unis conveniently ignore that at crucial times like this.
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Exactly. It also keeps us from organizing with staff, as you say, because we aren’t covered by the lecturers union.
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