Working class academics, when did you first discover ‘academic’ was an actual job that you could potentially do? For me it was during 3rd year undergrad. Based on a lightbulb moment conversation with the person who encouraged me to apply for funding & do postgraduate studies.
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Replying to @DrJoGrady @o_guest
I'm pretty sure I couldn't sensibly be called working class now. I was when I left home at 16, though. I didn't know university was a realistic option until I got there aged 26. I am not sure that "academic" IS the job that most university faculty now do.
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Replying to @TomFarsides @DrJoGrady
Based on what you wrote and the spelling of sceptical in your bio, I am going to assume you're from the American continents and probably North American. Class is very different in the UK and there are deep cultural divisions that cannot be ignored regardless of salary or job.
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The OP is from the North of UK. There is very little in the UK you can do within your own life to truly "change" class. You can change your accent, I guess, but people will always know and treat you differently at some point.
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As a scientist, I think I only know socially one working class UK academic (met him during my PhD). And it's nice he has a permanent job, I am so proud of him. Class mobility in the UK is abysmal because of many things, including how we define it.
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Maybe it depends which university you are looking at. Plenty of working class lecturers in my university (University of Sunderland), though not saying it's class-blind or that the number is proportionate, but maybe because it's an Ex-Poly in a mainly working-class city.
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Well, I was just talking about my personal experiences, in the unis I have been at, so: yes, totally!
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