Director of IT @BirkbeckUoL, Dad, Drinker of tea, Describer of my own views.
Joined February 2010
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CX on @BBCr4today - financially illiterate or deliberately misleading?… “halving inflation… that’s not a 1p tax cut that’s a 5p boost in their real disposable income” - absolute rubbish - it is simply a reduced rate of *decrease* in the value of their disposable income.
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Please retweet around the sector. We need as many responses as we can get to the Hays HE Digital Workforce of Tomorrow survey: cx.hays.com/s3/Higher-Educat… All of your teams can respond individually as we do need the employee voice. #ucisa23
How many members of the @UCISA_CISG committee can you get in the lift at #cisgpcmg22 ?
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There’s only three weeks until the start of #cisgpcmg22!
Featuring insightful presentations, engaging workshops and opportunities to build your network of like-minded colleagues from across the sector, this #UCISA event is not to be missed!
Book at: buff.ly/3yPlEhS
ALT Delegates watching a presentation at UCISA CISG-PCMG22
My 6 year old is about to see the 4th PM in his lifetime. I was 25 when I reached the same milestone. So glad we avoided that chaos with @Ed_Miliband 🙄
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If you didn't get the results you were hoping for this morning or want to explore your options, our #Clearing hotlines are open and our friendly team are ready to take your call! ☎️ We have always seen grades as just one element that each student has to offer!
ALT 'Plan A or Plan Birkbeck' signage with an owl underneath that is reading a map. Clearing hotline: 020 3907 0700
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New press release today. I would be _very_ grateful if you could retweet and pass on to any media contacts.
UK “Outlier” in Not Protecting 500,000+ Vulnerable Patients with New Lifesaving Drug. AstraZeneca Denies Government Claims of Further Testing.
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Come and work with us!
We are currently advertising three roles in IT Services at Birkbeck, System Analyst and Lead System Analyst roles looking at our core corporate information system (SITS - student system) - analyzing, designi…lnkd.in/e8Ryq6VV lnkd.in/ePJbzQJg
Thanks @Gatwick_Airport parking - you have been significantly more customer focussed than our airline this week - refunding our parking straight away after @easyJet cancelled our flight while en route to Madeira - citing wind that prevented them landing (although others could?!)
This government’s assault on the diverse media is abhorrent. It is purely based on ideology. Stop the privatisation of Channel 4 @NadineDorries. Why are you and your colleagues hell-bent on destroying British success? Sign the Petition! chng.it/mgRh8GwV via @UKChange
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Funny isn’t it that some folks who call themselves conservatives and patriots, seem utterly determined to dismantle those cherished British institutions that give us cause to be patriotic. It’s almost as if they hate being held to account more than they love their country…
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Everyone has a right to a life lived to its full potential. While conversion therapy continues,many will only know grief. Please, please, please tell your MP, of whatever party, to tell Johnson to honour his pledge to ban conversion therapy this year. RT if you agree.
This is a parody isn’t it?!….
📢 '...put unwanted newspapers in the bin...'
This is one example of the announcements that we're getting rid of, making the passenger experience better and delivering on the Williams-Shapps #PlanForRail.
Read more on announcements we’re removing 👇
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