
'Still a student': Infantilising Labour
I have had over a dozen jobs in the nine years I've been registered at one or other university. The word 'student' tends to be used in an unfairly derogative manner, particularly when the British government is trying to find some social group other than themselves to blame for virus transmission spikes. In case it's not clear, students are adults. Like, legally. Unless you're a child genius who started uni at age 15. When I had my first COVID test in November 2020 at the Earl