John Williams, Linguist
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Retired lexicographer and academic, most recently at the University of Portsmouth. Committed trade unionist. I mostly post about things I know about or am good at. If I stray into other areas, it's usually because there's a language angle.
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Postdocs in the common room complaining that Copilot causes MS Office to crash & is shit. They hate it, want it removed, & are annoyed that the University won't let them. Meanwhile, the Uni has filled this week's staff newsletter with breathy excitement about AI & bullshit Microsoft press releases.
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It would be great if there was a higher ed news outlet that was broadly speaking on the side of faculty, staff, and students, not trustees and upper admin.
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Today: Pride and Prejudice this morning; representing yet another colleague hit out of the blue with a 'leave with a small cheque or we pursue performance/disciplinary charges' ultimatum. For a university with a massive deficit they're very happy to pay people to go away rather than proper procedure
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