London Met Research Assistant Alison MacKinnon joins the committee to talk about layoffs at the university. Grok gets cancelled, UTAW wins big, and we decide whether speaking Bri'ish is a protected characteristic.

• Times Higher Education - “Union brands London Met cuts an ‘act of institutional vandalism’”: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/union-brands-london-met-cuts-act-institutional-vandalism or "archived" link: https://archive.is/hikiu
• People Make Games - "Rockstar vs. Union: We Went to Court and Saw the Evidence": https://youtu.be/dnuipPQDd_w?si=BqdEG2JF3SFMAjTq
• CWU.ie - Covalen: https://www.cwu.ie/2026/01/14/cwu-press-release-covalen/ 
• My Co-Worker Pretended to be British for 3 Years: https://www.reddit.com/r/coworkerstories/comments/1l3idhy/my_coworker_pretended_to_be_british_for_3_years/
• What you need to know about lying on your CV: https://bsquarelaw.co.uk/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-complexities-of-lying-on-your-cv/
• Geordie stroke victim now 'speaks like Jamaican': https://youtu.be/JF56cDpB0r0?si=L7w-agNGRJqIxS5E, https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/04/health.healthandwellbeing
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