Ege
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Academic. Interested in visual communication and generative art. Keen sports watcher. Believe in equality through equity.
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Harvard just opened an investigation into Larry Summers's ties to Epstein.
That's just PR cover for Harvard.
They've known this entire time.
Epstein literally had an office at Harvard for years.
That's just PR cover for Harvard.
They've known this entire time.
Epstein literally had an office at Harvard for years.
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Harvard just opened an investigation into Larry Summers's ties to Epstein.
That's just PR cover for Harvard.
They've known this entire time.
Epstein literally had an office at Harvard for years.
That's just PR cover for Harvard.
They've known this entire time.
Epstein literally had an office at Harvard for years.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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👏 "There are over four million kids in child poverty in the UK and there are four and a half million people who can't get a dentist appointment."
"We spend 90% of the political capital and discourse and media focus discussing 37,000 people."
"We spend 90% of the political capital and discourse and media focus discussing 37,000 people."
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
👏 "There are over four million kids in child poverty in the UK and there are four and a half million people who can't get a dentist appointment."
"We spend 90% of the political capital and discourse and media focus discussing 37,000 people."
"We spend 90% of the political capital and discourse and media focus discussing 37,000 people."
Happy Republic Day of Turkey ! Without the foundation of the Republic, there would not be academics from Turkey who made significant contributions to the world literature. #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEducation
October 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Happy Republic Day of Turkey ! Without the foundation of the Republic, there would not be academics from Turkey who made significant contributions to the world literature. #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEducation
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Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.
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Diversity doesn’t lower quality. Gatekeeping does.
When the same voices dominate academia, we don’t get excellence—we get elitism.
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
When the same voices dominate academia, we don’t get excellence—we get elitism.
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Diversity doesn’t lower quality. Gatekeeping does.
When the same voices dominate academia, we don’t get excellence—we get elitism.
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
When the same voices dominate academia, we don’t get excellence—we get elitism.
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ 👩🏾🔬 👩🏼🔬 👩🏾🎓 #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpHigherEd
Imagine doing it in a foreign language, in a different country away from where you were born and grew up with limited funding, difficult bureaucracy e.g. visa and in isolation. #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #UK #HigherEducation.
The impact of PhD studies on mental health - A longitudinal population study
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of PhD studies on mental health—a longitudinal population study
Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationship…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Imagine doing it in a foreign language, in a different country away from where you were born and grew up with limited funding, difficult bureaucracy e.g. visa and in isolation. #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #UK #HigherEducation.
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The impact of PhD studies on mental health - A longitudinal population study
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of PhD studies on mental health—a longitudinal population study
Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationship…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The impact of PhD studies on mental health - A longitudinal population study
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.
But surely not *this* hard?
#AcademicSky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wow...
Cambridge don Nathan Cofnas cleared of racism
Dr Cofnas stated that in a meritocracy ‘number of black professors would approach 0 per cent’
Lawful ... but also lacking substantiation or evidence, revealing absence of any sound research methodology
varsity.co.uk/news/30360
Dr Cofnas stated that in a meritocracy ‘number of black professors would approach 0 per cent’
Lawful ... but also lacking substantiation or evidence, revealing absence of any sound research methodology
varsity.co.uk/news/30360
Uni clears don accused of ‘abhorrent racism’
The University's internal investigation launched last year has dismissed all complaints against Nathan Cofnas, and found his ideas 'represented lawful free speech'
varsity.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wow...
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How can some bus companies thrive while other are making cuts?
Bringing bus companies into public ownership would mean your ticket fare would go back into the service, instead of lining private pockets. People, over profit.
It works in Edinburgh, and it could work in Dundee.
Bringing bus companies into public ownership would mean your ticket fare would go back into the service, instead of lining private pockets. People, over profit.
It works in Edinburgh, and it could work in Dundee.
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
How can some bus companies thrive while other are making cuts?
Bringing bus companies into public ownership would mean your ticket fare would go back into the service, instead of lining private pockets. People, over profit.
It works in Edinburgh, and it could work in Dundee.
Bringing bus companies into public ownership would mean your ticket fare would go back into the service, instead of lining private pockets. People, over profit.
It works in Edinburgh, and it could work in Dundee.
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Kirk’s ‘memorial’ getting a live coverage on The Guardian is a great example of how the right gets automatically framed as the default political movement to be ‘understood’ while the victims of that same movement never will never get the same amount of coverage
September 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Kirk’s ‘memorial’ getting a live coverage on The Guardian is a great example of how the right gets automatically framed as the default political movement to be ‘understood’ while the victims of that same movement never will never get the same amount of coverage
September 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Speak up and you risk retaliation
University culture has decayed so far that retaliation is default
HR opens “investigations” with no evidence
Whistleblowers are sidelined, "troublemakers" victimised or dismissed
It's a system that punishes truth
Change is overdue -- & coming
University culture has decayed so far that retaliation is default
HR opens “investigations” with no evidence
Whistleblowers are sidelined, "troublemakers" victimised or dismissed
It's a system that punishes truth
Change is overdue -- & coming
September 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Speak up and you risk retaliation
University culture has decayed so far that retaliation is default
HR opens “investigations” with no evidence
Whistleblowers are sidelined, "troublemakers" victimised or dismissed
It's a system that punishes truth
Change is overdue -- & coming
University culture has decayed so far that retaliation is default
HR opens “investigations” with no evidence
Whistleblowers are sidelined, "troublemakers" victimised or dismissed
It's a system that punishes truth
Change is overdue -- & coming
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We know academia runs on insular, tightly knit circles. That makes speaking out harder & retaliation more common. Survivors are silenced, pushed out, or followed from one institution to the next.
September 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We know academia runs on insular, tightly knit circles. That makes speaking out harder & retaliation more common. Survivors are silenced, pushed out, or followed from one institution to the next.
#Turkey 94 #Greece 68 at EuroBasket semifinal. Seriously? What? Wow... Never been more proud of the national basketball team. What an amazing achievement! #Eurobasket2025
September 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#Turkey 94 #Greece 68 at EuroBasket semifinal. Seriously? What? Wow... Never been more proud of the national basketball team. What an amazing achievement! #Eurobasket2025
The famous tagline from the film, Alien: "In space, no one can hear you scream." In UK academia, it is the same. #UK #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The famous tagline from the film, Alien: "In space, no one can hear you scream." In UK academia, it is the same. #UK #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
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How to tell lies about 'illegal migrants', a 12 year-old girl and Dundee: all amplified by the British right-wing media and Elon Musk. #PrivateEye
September 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
How to tell lies about 'illegal migrants', a 12 year-old girl and Dundee: all amplified by the British right-wing media and Elon Musk. #PrivateEye
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Never change, Scotland
September 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Never change, Scotland
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academia is a v. strange mix of “we expect you to behave like an employee” (forms, webinars, insanely bad admin software, etc) but also “go fund your entire research operation yourself including paper towels for the sink in the lunchroom we don’t have the budget for that”. #academicsky
September 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
academia is a v. strange mix of “we expect you to behave like an employee” (forms, webinars, insanely bad admin software, etc) but also “go fund your entire research operation yourself including paper towels for the sink in the lunchroom we don’t have the budget for that”. #academicsky
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I was asked by the editor of The Geographer, the @royalscotgeosoc.bsky.social magazine, to comment on the discussion around imposing domestic student fees in Scotland.
This is an online accessible version of my piece.
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/f...
#academicsky #studentfees #highered
This is an online accessible version of my piece.
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/f...
#academicsky #studentfees #highered
Fees for Scotland? Best not to
This piece appeared in the Summer 2025 edition of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society’s “The Geographer”, and is replicated here with their kind permission. The spectre of fees for domestic stu…
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I was asked by the editor of The Geographer, the @royalscotgeosoc.bsky.social magazine, to comment on the discussion around imposing domestic student fees in Scotland.
This is an online accessible version of my piece.
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/f...
#academicsky #studentfees #highered
This is an online accessible version of my piece.
ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/f...
#academicsky #studentfees #highered
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But Americans still believe that they have lived in a "democratic" country when in reality their country is run by the corporate oligarchic plutocracy in a corrupt political and justice systems that mainly exist to punish the poor and allow the rich to do whatever they want... That's despotism...!
August 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
But Americans still believe that they have lived in a "democratic" country when in reality their country is run by the corporate oligarchic plutocracy in a corrupt political and justice systems that mainly exist to punish the poor and allow the rich to do whatever they want... That's despotism...!
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Besiktas have confirmed they have terminated the contract of head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Solskjaer’s exit comes after the Turskish side were eliminated from the Conference League following Thursday’s defeat to Lausanne.
Solskjaer’s exit comes after the Turskish side were eliminated from the Conference League following Thursday’s defeat to Lausanne.
Besiktas sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after Conference League exit
Besiktas confirmed the decision had been taken after a board meeting on Thursday.
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Besiktas have confirmed they have terminated the contract of head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Solskjaer’s exit comes after the Turskish side were eliminated from the Conference League following Thursday’s defeat to Lausanne.
Solskjaer’s exit comes after the Turskish side were eliminated from the Conference League following Thursday’s defeat to Lausanne.
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The University of Dundee has announced it will defer the 1.4% national pay rise for staff in higher education.
With inflation above 3% this means hard working staff at the University will be getting at least a 3% real terms pay cut this year.
With inflation above 3% this means hard working staff at the University will be getting at least a 3% real terms pay cut this year.
August 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The University of Dundee has announced it will defer the 1.4% national pay rise for staff in higher education.
With inflation above 3% this means hard working staff at the University will be getting at least a 3% real terms pay cut this year.
With inflation above 3% this means hard working staff at the University will be getting at least a 3% real terms pay cut this year.
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HE members we are calling on you to vote! 🗳️
UCEA's offer of 1.4% not only fails to stop the decline in salaries, it’s yet another real-terms pay cut.
Haven't received your e-ballot? You have until 12 noon TOMORROW to request a replacement: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/ucu-he-re...
UCEA's offer of 1.4% not only fails to stop the decline in salaries, it’s yet another real-terms pay cut.
Haven't received your e-ballot? You have until 12 noon TOMORROW to request a replacement: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/ucu-he-re...
UCU HE pay and conditions e-ballot replacement request form (2025)
UCU HE pay and conditions e-ballot replacement request form (2025).
yoursay.ucu.org.uk
August 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
HE members we are calling on you to vote! 🗳️
UCEA's offer of 1.4% not only fails to stop the decline in salaries, it’s yet another real-terms pay cut.
Haven't received your e-ballot? You have until 12 noon TOMORROW to request a replacement: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/ucu-he-re...
UCEA's offer of 1.4% not only fails to stop the decline in salaries, it’s yet another real-terms pay cut.
Haven't received your e-ballot? You have until 12 noon TOMORROW to request a replacement: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/ucu-he-re...