xuanluu.bsky.social
A public health social scientist, chopping wood and carrying water in Australian universities. Interested in mental health, gender, violence, organisations, and higher education (among many things). he/they. Views are mine, not those of my employer.
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“Unexpected upsides” lol
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Looks like we're being served whiplash for breakfast on this fine Monday morning.
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Big thanks — and high praise from someone whose critical university studies scholarship I’ve returned to again and again! Happy to discuss the findings as time goes on…
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Oh the highest of praise here, Doc Lach, thank you - and big thanks for sharing. Even as the system sits in a heap, it’s a privilege to listen to the people who persist and still move within it.
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Keen to explore opportunities for further research from here; this is small q and there’s always a need for deeper, more critical stuff.
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And any other folks out there … ☺️
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But some participants also reflected on the benefits of flexible working, the criticality of caring and supportive managers who genuinely prioritise wellbeing in the university workplace, and the need to improve institutional structures and support for students — before study-related stress sets in.
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Participants spoke of excessive and hidden workloads, poorly implemented systems, unsupportive managers, workplace harm, and a strong sense of disconnect between senior management and staff ‘on the ground’ — all amidst an institutional culture characterised by diminishing care, trust, and respect.
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Silent night: A temporal analysis of anomie in the aftermath of institutional restructuring announcements
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Every dollar spent on exec salaries is a dollar drained from the labour of university workers and the quality of teaching and researching. Corporate parasites, the business world’s anti-intellectual proxy agents, that contribute nothing of value to the academy.
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Hello! 👋🏽 Xuan (he/they) with a background in public health. In the final weeks of a PhD examining student and staff mental health in institutions of higher education — an interesting, timely, and frustrating space to be working in given the state of HE across many parts of the world …
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Love this. What kinds of switches? I hope blue/clacky switches so you can really *hear* and *feel* the academia.
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“We’re deeply committed to an inclusive scholarship. We just don’t include those people FYI.”
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Solidarity forever (in fatigue).
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Sending lots of supportive vibes; end of year fatigue and burnout are so intense. Best of luck with the funding submission and remaining work.
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It’s genuinely wild to be seeing many students’ and colleagues’ very education, mobility, and livelihoods hanging in the balance as the wrecking ball continues to swing.
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I feel this in the very deepest recesses of my spicy, spicy soul — and the forgetfulness gets exponentially worse as the burnout increases …
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“Hi, quick q, we cut the staff we couldn’t afford so that we could hire the staff we could afford. How do we un-cut the first people?”
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Watching this all play out is absolutely WILD.
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Count me in — and would be great to see Gail on here if she shifts over this way from the bird site.
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Thanks for sharing and terrific to see you on here. ☺️
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Saying that "X number/percentage of [population group] experience [poor outcome/health/illness/isolation/exclusion" is not a sufficient justification for an intervention. Where's the what, when, why, how, where before you get to the intervention-as-promised-fix?
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He would host an excellent hidden object game.
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There were several close calls …
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10/10 for the algorithmic serendipity, no notes.
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Two key insights:
💡 Most institutional changes are evaluated in terms of students’ mental health and wellbeing … Why do we still know so little about impacts on staff?
💡 Most changes modify how students learn, what they’re taught, and how they’re assessed … What about change beyond the curriculum?