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The 21 Group – Update

You may have read last week (26th October) a guest post on this blog by Wyn Evans about the launch of the 21Group:

Following this post, the launch of this group has now been covered by the Times Higher

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/bullying-support-network-launched-due-universities-inaction

and Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03418-3

I’ll update this post with further relevant links if and when I find them; you can also follow the campaign on the 21Group blog.

I very much hope this initiative succeeds in its aims, though it has powerful reactionary forces arrayed against it.

In other news, I’m told that the University of Manchester has blocked access to the 21group website by staff through centrally-managed devices. This may be inadvertent, but if it’s deliberate then it is both sinister and stupid.

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One Response to “The 21 Group – Update”

  1. Wyn Evans's avatar
    Wyn Evans Says:
    November 2, 2023 at 5:26 pm

    One of the ways in which the 21 Group want to improve the site is to create specific pages dealing with postdocs and students.

    What does “postdoc bullying” look like? I thank it can sometimes be difficult for a postdoc to realise they are being bullied.

    If postdocs & students want to provide us with examples, please use

    contact AT 21percent.org

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