Mark Jago
Academic philosopher and author. Writing about reality, truth & how we reason about them. Occasional musician. He/him
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Rewriting – Attic Philosophy
Rewriting is a way to transform a sentence of propositional logic, using equivalence schemes, so that it's easier to understand what it means and whether it'...
Mark Jago
New video: Rewriting in Logic. How to re-write logical sentences to make them easier understand. via @PhilosophyAttic #logic #philosophy youtu.be/fAhccAfpOiA pic.twitter.com/iMLZas2Rj3
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Lawyers call for apology from Johnson and Patel for endangering colleagues
Letter signed by more than 800 ex-judges and legal figures also accuses PM and home secretary of undermining rule of law
Petition: End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry
Government should support vulnerable children & #endchildfoodpoverty by implementing 3 recommendations from the National Food Strategy to expand access to Free School Meals, provide meals & activities during holidays to stop holiday hunger &...
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Sign this Open Letter to Request Support for Postgraduates at the University of Nottingham
If you are a member of the University of Nottingham community (e.g. current or former staff, associated staff, current students, or alums) please join us and sign below to request, as a matter of urgency, that the University take the following...
Students Have Been Duped Into Returning to Halls – So They’re Refusing to Pay Rent | Novara Media
On Tuesday, the University of Manchester joined the growing list of UK universities whose students are going on rent strike during the pandemic. Rivkah Brown reports on the student movement the pandemic has restarted.
Mark Jago
Interesting to see how student rent strikes will play out. In general, it’s risky: you can end up in court, forced to pay & with criminal record. But would unis want the bad PR associated with taking students to court?
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Students have it really, really shit right now. But I’m not sure the rent strike demands (eg 30% rent reductions) are reasonable. Here’s why
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GRIDSERVE UNVEILS MAJOR PARTNERSHIPS AS ELECTRIC FORECOURT NEARS COMPLETION
GRIDSERVE unveils major partnerships to offer “Best of British” retail customer experience as world's first Electric Forecourt® nears completion. Household brands including WHSmith, Costa Coffee, the Post Office, Booths, and Gourmade together with...
Former tree of the year felled in Warwickshire to make way for HS2
Locals say loss of 250-year-old pear tree in Cubbington is ‘absolutely devastating’
Teaching Associate in Philosophy (Fixed-term, part-time) at University of Nottingham
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Come work at Nottingham!!! Part-time post, but runs until Aug 2024. Very friendly department, low cost of living in Nottingham.
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Rallies and rent strikes: how students and staff are uniting against Covid chaos
Lecturers and undergrads are united in their anger – and they’re mobilising online to protest and hold universities to account
Mark Jago
More deeply confused, contradictory calls from students, including “return our fees”. Try to understand, lecturers are working harder than ever to get your lectures online. Returning fees => your lecturers get the sack.
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Bristol students to withhold rent over university's 'lack of support'
Hundreds pledge to strike in protest at the lack of in-person teaching and help for those self-isolating
Mark Jago
Students need to ditch these calls for more f2f teaching - it’s not doing anyone any favors.
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School principal: Dept for Education told me not to report virus cases
Secondary school head says he’s been told to manage future infections ‘in school’ Principal Will Teece A popular school principal has stated publicly that the Department for Educa…
At the Heart of Pandemic University: A Moral Vacuum.
We have only just started teaching, and I can tell you already that it is over: this ship is going to crash. The course is set, the shoals…
Mark Jago
Well this is pretty grim but can’t say I disagree. At the Heart of Pandemic University: A Moral Vacuum. | by David Hitchcock | Oct, 2020 | Medium
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AN OPEN LETTER TO UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM VICE-CHANCELLOR SHEARER WEST
AN OPEN LETTER TO UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM VICE-CHANCELLOR SHEARER WEST 8 October 2020 Re: Email sent to all University of Nottingham Staff: “Your support required – COVID-19 student help volunteers” Dear Vice-Chancellor Shearer West, We are...
UK universities accused of keeping students at all costs until after fee deadline
Claims some institutions persisting with face-to-face classes to delay drop-outs and retain tuition fees
Mark Jago
“university managers are wrong to predict thousands of students would drop out if they were sent home to study online ... online higher education & a degree is a much better outcome than no degree. Students and their families know this.”
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Logic tutorial: How to use Truth Tables | Attic Philosophy
Truth tables! These are a key tool for beginning logic. They help us calculate truth values for sentences and allow us to test arguments.
This is part of a...
Mark Jago
@nwildman117 Pre-recorded videos, a bit like this one: Logic tutorial: youtu.be/i0XSMbegBPc Then live seminars over teams, with iPad as whiteboard
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World’s first OEM electric refuse collection vehicles come to Nottingham
Two new electric refuse collection vehicles will soon be helping to empty household bins across Nottingham City. Nottingham City Council has purchased two of the world’s first Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Dennis Eagle eCollect fully...
More than 1,000 Covid-19 cases recorded in student neighbourhood
Cases appear to be increasing in areas where student populations are higher