Vilius Franckevicius
@drvil.bsky.social
Organic chemistry lecturer at Lancaster University
I’ve been told so many times that I should just get British Citizenship to avoid being scapegoated as an immigrant. Who in their right mind would want to give up their nationality to become British at this moment in time? I’d rather leave if you so wish.
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Reform plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants
The party says scrapping the scheme and restricting migrant access to benefits will save hundreds of billions of pounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I’ve been told so many times that I should just get British Citizenship to avoid being scapegoated as an immigrant. Who in their right mind would want to give up their nationality to become British at this moment in time? I’d rather leave if you so wish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The lovely @dalegothic96.bsky.social has delivered us a delicious apple pie on this beautiful Sunday morning. Just because ❤️
a black and white cat is standing on its hind legs .
ALT: a black and white cat is standing on its hind legs .
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September 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The lovely @dalegothic96.bsky.social has delivered us a delicious apple pie on this beautiful Sunday morning. Just because ❤️
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Our local ballot is open ✉️ Vote Yes and Yes!
A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate.
LUCU reps are organising departmental meetings with officers. Join in to ask questions and raise concerns.
#WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts
A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate.
LUCU reps are organising departmental meetings with officers. Join in to ask questions and raise concerns.
#WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts
September 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Our local ballot is open ✉️ Vote Yes and Yes!
A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate.
LUCU reps are organising departmental meetings with officers. Join in to ask questions and raise concerns.
#WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts
A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate.
LUCU reps are organising departmental meetings with officers. Join in to ask questions and raise concerns.
#WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts
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🌟 Join us for a special #ThiemeCheminar honoring Prof. Erick Carreira! Hear outstanding talks from Profs. T. Ritter, S. Lin @songlin1.bsky.social & S. Reisman @reiswoman.bsky.social.
Chaired by Prof. M. Lautens @marklautens.bsky.social
📅 Aug 14, 2025 ⏰ 3 PM (CET)
👉 Register now: buff.ly/aKtx0Fx
Chaired by Prof. M. Lautens @marklautens.bsky.social
📅 Aug 14, 2025 ⏰ 3 PM (CET)
👉 Register now: buff.ly/aKtx0Fx
August 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🌟 Join us for a special #ThiemeCheminar honoring Prof. Erick Carreira! Hear outstanding talks from Profs. T. Ritter, S. Lin @songlin1.bsky.social & S. Reisman @reiswoman.bsky.social.
Chaired by Prof. M. Lautens @marklautens.bsky.social
📅 Aug 14, 2025 ⏰ 3 PM (CET)
👉 Register now: buff.ly/aKtx0Fx
Chaired by Prof. M. Lautens @marklautens.bsky.social
📅 Aug 14, 2025 ⏰ 3 PM (CET)
👉 Register now: buff.ly/aKtx0Fx
Triple trouble Wednesday 😆💪 @dalegothic96.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Triple trouble Wednesday 😆💪 @dalegothic96.bsky.social
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Graduate students!
Lecture or poster at the 39th Annual RSC Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group Postgraduate Symposium?
Thursday 18 Sept 2025 in Oxford
8 lectures by final-year postgraduate students
Attendance is free (registration mandatory)
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Lecture or poster at the 39th Annual RSC Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group Postgraduate Symposium?
Thursday 18 Sept 2025 in Oxford
8 lectures by final-year postgraduate students
Attendance is free (registration mandatory)
www.rsc.org/events/detai...
Please share
39th Postgraduate Symposium: Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group
Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, S Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3QR, United Kingdom
www.rsc.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Graduate students!
Lecture or poster at the 39th Annual RSC Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group Postgraduate Symposium?
Thursday 18 Sept 2025 in Oxford
8 lectures by final-year postgraduate students
Attendance is free (registration mandatory)
www.rsc.org/events/detai...
Please share
Lecture or poster at the 39th Annual RSC Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group Postgraduate Symposium?
Thursday 18 Sept 2025 in Oxford
8 lectures by final-year postgraduate students
Attendance is free (registration mandatory)
www.rsc.org/events/detai...
Please share
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A petition against the mass redundancies proposed at my university: www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...
Sign the Petition
Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
www.change.org
July 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A petition against the mass redundancies proposed at my university: www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...
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A postdoctoral position, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk for up to 36 months, is available to join my group @edinburghchem.bsky.social. The project focuses on biomimetic approaches to natural product synthesis.
Deadline: 28th August 2025.
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Deadline: 28th August 2025.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position to work under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Lawrence on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
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July 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A postdoctoral position, funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk for up to 36 months, is available to join my group @edinburghchem.bsky.social. The project focuses on biomimetic approaches to natural product synthesis.
Deadline: 28th August 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Deadline: 28th August 2025.
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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A crisis of leadership’s making and staff pay the price.
Lancaster University plans to axe 462 jobs to ‘save money’ while its senior leadership team, paid a combined £2.3 million, faces no cuts. @LancasterUCU
www.lep.co.uk/education/la...
Lancaster University plans to axe 462 jobs to ‘save money’ while its senior leadership team, paid a combined £2.3 million, faces no cuts. @LancasterUCU
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Lancaster University defends plans to cut 400 jobs as staff call for alternatives
A Lancaster University boss has defended plans for possibly over 400 job losses but university staff have disputed the arguments and, instead, called for alternatives, such as top management pay cuts.
www.lep.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A crisis of leadership’s making and staff pay the price.
Lancaster University plans to axe 462 jobs to ‘save money’ while its senior leadership team, paid a combined £2.3 million, faces no cuts. @LancasterUCU
www.lep.co.uk/education/la...
Lancaster University plans to axe 462 jobs to ‘save money’ while its senior leadership team, paid a combined £2.3 million, faces no cuts. @LancasterUCU
www.lep.co.uk/education/la...
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🔹 Join us for the next #ThiemeCheminar!
Dr. Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social (University of Birmingham) will present:
“Systems Chemistry of Polymer Nanoparticles”
Dive into the future of materials #science!
📅 July 17 | 🕙 10:00 AM CEST
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/ThiemeCheminar
Dr. Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social (University of Birmingham) will present:
“Systems Chemistry of Polymer Nanoparticles”
Dive into the future of materials #science!
📅 July 17 | 🕙 10:00 AM CEST
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/ThiemeCheminar
July 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🔹 Join us for the next #ThiemeCheminar!
Dr. Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social (University of Birmingham) will present:
“Systems Chemistry of Polymer Nanoparticles”
Dive into the future of materials #science!
📅 July 17 | 🕙 10:00 AM CEST
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/ThiemeCheminar
Dr. Stephen Fielden @stephenfielden.bsky.social (University of Birmingham) will present:
“Systems Chemistry of Polymer Nanoparticles”
Dive into the future of materials #science!
📅 July 17 | 🕙 10:00 AM CEST
🔗 Register now: tinyurl.com/ThiemeCheminar
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Lancaster University looks to cut jobs and save £30mn amid rising costs and fewer international students, which means less income. Robbie MacDonald
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Rising costs and fewer international students means job cuts at university
Lancaster University looks to cut jobs and save £30mn amid rising costs and fewer international students, which means less income
northwestbylines.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Lancaster University looks to cut jobs and save £30mn amid rising costs and fewer international students, which means less income. Robbie MacDonald
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/educati...
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Bittersweet moment to receive cards and expressions of thanks from students on the last day of term ar Lancaster University when 1 in 4 of us will be made redundant in a couple of months’ time 😔
June 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Bittersweet moment to receive cards and expressions of thanks from students on the last day of term ar Lancaster University when 1 in 4 of us will be made redundant in a couple of months’ time 😔
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Eight compulsory redundancies. Just how much do you hate your staff that you go through the trouble of destroying the livelihoods of these colleagues, for just *eight* salaries. What's that, in relation to the entire operating budget of the university?
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June 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Eight compulsory redundancies. Just how much do you hate your staff that you go through the trouble of destroying the livelihoods of these colleagues, for just *eight* salaries. What's that, in relation to the entire operating budget of the university?
www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/s...
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“These are the actions of the worst type of rogue employer.” @drjogrady.bsky.social
The University of Greenwich wants to axe up to 319 staff, a quarter of its workforce.
Students lose. Staff lose. Only the VC wins (pay up from £299k → £374k).
#UCU #Stopthecuts
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1401...
The University of Greenwich wants to axe up to 319 staff, a quarter of its workforce.
Students lose. Staff lose. Only the VC wins (pay up from £299k → £374k).
#UCU #Stopthecuts
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1401...
'Rogue employer' University of Greenwich could axe over 300 staff
The University of Greenwich intends to axe up to 319 staff, around a quarter of its total workforce (319/1245), in a bid to slash payroll, announced the University and College Union (UCU) today
www.ucu.org.uk
May 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“These are the actions of the worst type of rogue employer.” @drjogrady.bsky.social
The University of Greenwich wants to axe up to 319 staff, a quarter of its workforce.
Students lose. Staff lose. Only the VC wins (pay up from £299k → £374k).
#UCU #Stopthecuts
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1401...
The University of Greenwich wants to axe up to 319 staff, a quarter of its workforce.
Students lose. Staff lose. Only the VC wins (pay up from £299k → £374k).
#UCU #Stopthecuts
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1401...
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Farage’s immigration hysteria is now setting Labour’s agenda.
I’m seriously doubtful - to put it mildly - of the political wisdom of accepting and amplifying Reform’s migration myths 👇🏻
I’m seriously doubtful - to put it mildly - of the political wisdom of accepting and amplifying Reform’s migration myths 👇🏻
These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths
The migration debate is based on blatant, provable falsehoods.
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May 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Farage’s immigration hysteria is now setting Labour’s agenda.
I’m seriously doubtful - to put it mildly - of the political wisdom of accepting and amplifying Reform’s migration myths 👇🏻
I’m seriously doubtful - to put it mildly - of the political wisdom of accepting and amplifying Reform’s migration myths 👇🏻
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Universities U.K. teaming up with an AI grifter to endorse AI system for feedback on assignments is incredibly stupid. They want students to pay 9.5K a year to be assessed by AI? Who sat around a table and saw no difficulties with this idea? Utter gobshites.
April 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Universities U.K. teaming up with an AI grifter to endorse AI system for feedback on assignments is incredibly stupid. They want students to pay 9.5K a year to be assessed by AI? Who sat around a table and saw no difficulties with this idea? Utter gobshites.
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Our second university getting deeper and deeper into the mire today is the University of Nottingham, which is going to join everyone else shedding jobs. Every single day in UK Higher Education is like this, and it will get worse and worse until someone gets a grip. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Nottingham plans to cut 250 jobs
Announcing the consultation, the university said it was a
www.bbc.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Our second university getting deeper and deeper into the mire today is the University of Nottingham, which is going to join everyone else shedding jobs. Every single day in UK Higher Education is like this, and it will get worse and worse until someone gets a grip. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says students must be "have their views challenged and be exposed to uncomfortable truths." So trans students, living away from home for the first time, should expect to have their very existence rejected by gender critical adults working at their university?
March 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says students must be "have their views challenged and be exposed to uncomfortable truths." So trans students, living away from home for the first time, should expect to have their very existence rejected by gender critical adults working at their university?
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Family includes everyone! ❤️
November 17, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Family includes everyone! ❤️