Yes, we haven’t posted for a while but we’re still here. Still thinking, still working on our few words. Still (with)standing. Why are we still here? We’ve asked ourselves this question quite a few times over the last 18 months or so. And we’ve partly answered on Twitter and on our own blogs and we’ve also stayed quiet, because in some instances, there...

Yes, we haven’t posted for a while but we’re still here. Still thinking, still working on our few words. Still (with)standing. Why are we still here? We’ve asked ourselves this question quite a few times over the last 18 months or so. And we’ve partly answered on Twitter and on our own blogs and we’ve also stayed quiet, because in some instances, there...

What to say in the aftermath of this piece. In his mid-40s, John had worked as a casual university tutor since finishing his PhD in philosophy 15 years ago. Passed over a few times for tenured jobs, he was a long-term member of the academic reserve army, the members of which perform around half of the undergraduate teaching in Australia’s universities....

What to say in the aftermath of this piece. In his mid-40s, John had worked as a casual university tutor since finishing his PhD in philosophy 15 years ago. Passed over a few times for tenured jobs, he was a long-term member of the academic reserve army, the members of which perform around half of the undergraduate teaching in Australia’s universities....

This was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 18th October 2016. We don’t have any words to add at the moment but we will in coming days, as the sadness continues to seep through and the rage sets in. For now, please just read the article.

This was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 18th October 2016. We don’t have any words to add at the moment but we will in coming days, as the sadness continues to seep through and the rage sets in. For now, please just read the article.