While the call primarily focused on human health benefits, our expertise ensured that the animal replacement potential of the work was considered as part of the grant assessment process. We look forward to working with the teams to ensure that the 3Rs impacts of these models are exploited.

Trussed Up

My girls? Indigo.

My Kinks? None of your business 😁

My underground? Velvet!

My hooker? John Lee.

Tom Sharpe’s Porterhouse Blue and Grantchester Grind are fantastically silly but have a lot of resonances for academics - particularly if you have ever had dealings with Cambridge or Oxford!

I bet the police arrived well prepared with a Glock & spiel

It will be nothing but divisive and detrimental to the mental health of all staff, and will likely exacerbate the wider crisis. I will also destroy my ballot.

I think UCU has lost the plot, and I say this as someone who has not only been targeted for redundancy in the past but also actively supported strike action over pensions and pay. It is inconceivable that strike action will have any positive benefit for staff in the current climate.

Happy to announce that, as of today, I am free of X. I feel a lightness! Thank you for your insights!

Leicester this morning. Nice bike ride in to work.