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Хей, герой!

@VicLanguageCuts

Stop cuts to languages at Victoria University of Wellington.

 Wellington City, New Zealand
Joined October 2016
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Try Maori Made Easy - 30 minutes a day for 30 weeks, find a copy of this book in the LLC library bit.ly/2jNh9Mi @MaoriLanguages
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Lars Thompson@ThompsonLars19 Jan 2017
A tragic loss. The decision panel may have felt there was no other choice, but there is always a choice. teapawt.net/VicLanguageCuts/status…
Хей, герой! (@VicLanguageCuts) profile pictureХей, герой!@VicLanguageCuts19 Jan 2017
two 'voluntary' resignations, the rest fired. Very good staff, some of whom have been with VUW for 10 or 20+ years
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Lars Thompson@ThompsonLars19 Jan 2017
Replying to @VicLanguageCuts @VicUniWgtn
but the university should know there will be a fight 4 staff, no matter how small a timeframe given to do so.
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Lars Thompson@ThompsonLars19 Jan 2017
Replying to @VicLanguageCuts @VicUniWgtn
This will not be the last time we shall have to fight this fight I fear
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This article applies equally here in NZ as in the UK and US. Kiwis need to learn foreign languages to remain internationally competitive. teapawt.net/worldsoccerguy/status/…
William Troop (@WilliamTroop) profile pictureWilliam Troop@WilliamTroop16 Jan 2017
The US lacks linguists who understand which foreign information matters most bc it's not in English says @KuperSimon ft.com/content/223af71a-d853…
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Italy in New Zealand@ItalyinNZ13 Jan 2017
Once we were enemy aliens. At the start of WWII Italians male residents in NZ were detained in Matiu-Somes Island in Wellington's bay
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The Irish For@theirishfor4 Apr 2016
The Irish word for Klingon, 'Tliongánach', is derived from the Klingon word 'tlhIngan', which means Klingon.
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New French graded readers just arrived - classics of French literature. Come and borrow them :-)
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Xiaolu Guo: ‘One language is not enough. I write in both Chinese and English’ bit.ly/2ihLdOt
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Tertiary Education Union@nzteu11 Jan 2017
Stuff has a piece today on VC salary increases goo.gl/5Rfu6b. ICYMI here's TEU's comment on SSC report goo.gl/Fo1l4B
Big pay rise for uni boss

Big pay rise for uni boss

Rise of at least $90,000 for Canterbury's Rod Carr's rise reflects resized role and quake duties.

stuff.co.nz
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womenalsoknowstuff@womenalsoknow4 Jan 2017
Use womenalsoknowstuff.com to diversify your syllabus! teapawt.net/JeffDColgan/status/816…
Jeff Colgan (@JeffDColgan) profile pictureJeff Colgan@JeffDColgan4 Jan 2017
Making a syllabus? Women assign female-authored research far more than males do. My paper: docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&p… @womenalsoknow @bfwalter
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The Guardian
@guardian4 Jan 2017
UK bosses will make more by midday than workers will earn all year trib.al/hjw9o3k
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There is no such thing as a ‘female’ and ‘male’ brain — it’s far more complex than that, argues this neuroscientist. bit.ly/mirage_sex
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Foreign Language@second_language22 Dec 2016
Ask Mr. Dad: Should you learn a second language? Bien sur! - It boosts academic achievement. Literally dozens o... ow.ly/u75v507OR59
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The OED@OED21 Dec 2016
legicide, n.1 - OED Word of the Day: legicide, n.1 The action or an act of destroying or undermining the author... bit.ly/2gZKnoO
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Tertiary Education Union@nzteu20 Dec 2016
TEU members to hold a #LoveHumanities national Day of Action on 22 Feb, inc. a day-long “teach-in” at Uni of Otago facebook.com/events/18204099…
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FreeAcadNZ@AFAotearoa20 Dec 2016
"the creeping trend of academic capitalism...pressured by politicians to produce more than scholarly output." nature.com/news/corporate-cu…
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Craig@CraigedyCraig14 Dec 2016
LANGUAGE HACK: Be born and grow up in the country you want to speak the language of. Language teachers hate this one easy trick!
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WagePeace@WagePeaceNZ14 Dec 2016
As Aleppo suffers, what can NZ do? Take an emergency in-take of refugees @BillEnglishMP. It is how a small country can best @WagePeaceNZ).
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nzherald@nzherald13 Dec 2016
One worker revealed that he worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for six months, earning just $5 an hour nzh.nu/9yZW3076b79
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