Day: November 16, 2024

William Wragg gave phone numbers to an account on Grindr after sharing intimate images of himself

The former Tory MP William Wragg has told of the “enormous guilt” he felt after realising he had been catfished into sending explicit photos on the gay dating app Grindr.

Police launched an investigation in April after at least 12 men with links to Westminster received unsolicited messages from an account posing as aliases “Charlie” and ‘“Abi”. Continue reading…
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Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms

Oxford University has been accused of relying on academics on “Deliveroo-style” and precarious fixed-term contracts to give the majority of its tutorials, after new research revealed just a third of lessons are taught by full-time professors.

Data obtained through freedom of information requests by the University and College Union and shared exclusively with the Observer, reveals that about 61% of core tutorial teaching is done by academics on fixed-term contracts or in hourly-paid roles. The union says that pay is based mainly on contact hours with students, but once preparation, marking and supporting students is taken into account, this often falls below the minimum wage in real terms. Continue reading…
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