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Abuse of Power and Position

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I came across and read this  article in the Guardian newspaper on Facebook, with the caption:  'Digital tools can free staff from mundane and repetitive tasks, providing them with more time and the tools for better teaching, research and student support' Really? πŸ€” It should be the case that simple processes are only a click away from being smoothly done through technology but clearly isn't, when a very young professor doesn't mind wasting time on her KCL work emails organising some nonsensical KCL visitor pass for those who are not "members of King's" (whatever that means) apparently to "access the building" for a London Spinoza Circle event.  For the past 8 years the London Spinoza Circle has existed, and I've been attending in-person throughout these academic years, whenever it was held at both Birkbeck College, London University as well as Senate House, and it has always been organised under the mottos: "All welcome and no registrati