Lecturer in Criminal Law & Criminal Justice University of Aberdeen | British-Chilean | Criminal law theory and practice, philosophy + other fun stuff! Views my own.
JP Fassnidge
I didn’t have “refuse to stop using my own cognitive skills as an academic” in my life bingo card, but here we are… Seems like a nice club 🤓
The deadline for these posts is tomorrow, so if you were thinking of applying, now is the time! Any questions, let me know and I'll be happy to chat.
Looking forward to hosting the VCLG hybrid at Aberdeen next week. You can contact me if you're intending to come in person, and if not I look forward to seeing you online!
I wouldn’t put it past our political class to draw the conclusion that, in the absence of an economy that creates graduate jobs, we will just have to cut back on graduates.
I'd like to thank the creators of GenAI for making me so paranoid about students using it in their essays, that I am now forced into the "is it AI or just shitty writing" game every time I'm marking... What progress! What a great tool!
Next Wednesday 13 May, we will be hosting Professor Ekow Yankah (University of Michigan) to discuss his paper "Taking Victims Seriously: Abolitionism, Minimalism and Punishment as Equality Affirming", at 3pm UK time. The draft paper has been circulated to our mailing list - we hope to see you then!
Our CfA for the Autumn seminar series is open! If you’re interested, please email an abstract (maximum 500 words) to [email protected] by Friday 8 May. We welcome submissions across topics related to criminal law theory and practice, criminal procedure, and criminal justice, broadly construed.
🔊 “adversaries have recognised the cheapest way to destabilise democracies is now not to breach our borders with tanks... the cheapest way is... through these wedge issues"
Dr Kate Ferguson at this week's event on the perceptions, drivers & consequences of the UK's culture wars
🧵⬇️ Full video below
This Wednesday 27 May is our final Spring meeting, where we will discuss Chloë Kennedy's paper "Procuring ‘Gross Indecency’: Labouchère’s Overlooked Offence". Join us at 3pm UK time, hope to see you then!
This is excellent from @samfr.bsky.social
Why saving universities is far more than academic observer.co.uk/news/columni...
