Victoria Colvin
@victoriacolvin.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at School of Law, UOW. Criminal law, Evidence, Accountability & Integrity, Prosecution, Neurodivergence in Law
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We are now up to 84 universities making staff redundant. A key part of our society is retreating at a staggering pace that would never be allowed if the decisions were all seen and weighed up together. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
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November 27, 2024 at 5:42 PM
We are now up to 84 universities making staff redundant. A key part of our society is retreating at a staggering pace that would never be allowed if the decisions were all seen and weighed up together. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
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Extraordinarily repressive plans from Uni of Sydney to undermine academic freedom on campus, in the Orwellian guise of ‘New Civility Rules’:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
University of Sydney review proposes ‘civility rule’ that requires ‘meaning of contested words’ to be made clear
Lecturer questions if academics will have to explain context of every phrase they use, saying those who speak up on Palestine would be affected
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Extraordinarily repressive plans from Uni of Sydney to undermine academic freedom on campus, in the Orwellian guise of ‘New Civility Rules’:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan has announced he will seek an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing for the deportation of the Rohingya. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief
Min Aung Hlaing accused of crimes against humanity over deportation and persecution of Rohingya minority
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:07 AM
ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan has announced he will seek an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing for the deportation of the Rohingya. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Wondering how he can do this when Myanmar is not a signatory to the Rome Statute? @victoriacolvin.bsky.social and I had a piece discussing this back in 2019 when the ICC first determined it would have jurisdiction: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
The Rohingya jurisdiction decision: a step forward for stopping forced deportations: Australian Journal of International Affairs: Vol 73 , No 1 - Get Access
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November 28, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Wondering how he can do this when Myanmar is not a signatory to the Rome Statute? @victoriacolvin.bsky.social and I had a piece discussing this back in 2019 when the ICC first determined it would have jurisdiction: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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During lockdown I made a list for our criminal law students of criminal law related films they could watch for free via Box of Broadcasts (and added Witness for the Prosecution (1957) to a later version when that became available):
November 26, 2024 at 9:22 PM
During lockdown I made a list for our criminal law students of criminal law related films they could watch for free via Box of Broadcasts (and added Witness for the Prosecution (1957) to a later version when that became available):
The Lawyer X saga continues with damning findings against the police and Victoria DPP: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Police engaged in ‘joint criminal enterprise’ with Lawyer X to take down Tony Mokbel, judge finds
Victoria police perverted the course of justice by using informer Nicola Gobbo to pursue her drug kingpin client, court hears
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:31 AM
The Lawyer X saga continues with damning findings against the police and Victoria DPP: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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All The Things ADHD is a great podcast by two academics: @readywriting.bsky.social and Aimée Morrison. Good starting episodes: S5 E8 Neurodivergent college survival tips, S4 E13: What if, wait for it, we didn’t have to fundamentally change who we are to be successful?, and S4 E21: The Sh*t Sandwich.
September 25, 2023 at 5:10 PM
All The Things ADHD is a great podcast by two academics: @readywriting.bsky.social and Aimée Morrison. Good starting episodes: S5 E8 Neurodivergent college survival tips, S4 E13: What if, wait for it, we didn’t have to fundamentally change who we are to be successful?, and S4 E21: The Sh*t Sandwich.