Breaking news – Redundancy notice (Section 188) removed The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened. This is our victory! 1/3

Beyond busy with amazing @bcu-ucu.bsky.social as we fight a 340+ attack on jobs & ongoing dispute over performance management against a backdrop of suddenly imposed workload-increasing policy changes at same time as shrinking teams with over 200 "silent redundancies" through MARS.

Our ballot results are in! -63% of members voted -84% of voting members said YES to action short of strike -72% of voting members said YES to strike action Which means our call for industrial action has passed and we have a mandate to fight back!

39 lecturers at Liverpool Hope face redundancy. “This will devastate our community, the university’s reputation, and the local economy.” Roberto Catello, branch secretary. #StopTheCuts #UCU www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Edinburgh branch officers explain why UCU members are going on strike at Edinburgh University this coming Friday #StopTheCuts #solidarity

UCU members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are striking today over University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs We're fighting against these reckless proposals Share to show your support ✊

"Over 10,000 jobs are set to go from campuses across the UK if Labour sits on its hands and allows the sector to go to the wall." UCU president Maxine Looby speaking at our rally for higher education. We demand immediate government action to #STOPtheCUTS ✊

Our response to Labour’s cruel and self-defeating austerity statement:

How many solidari-dogs did you spot at the UEA UCU day of action?! Tag us with any we've missed! #SaveUEA #PupsOnPickets

🗣 The Moss Side "joint enterprise" case and miscarriage of justice concerns in the criminal trial system - @david_conn 📆3-4pm, Weds 19 Mar 2025, Uni of Manchester All welcome. Pls share🙏🏾 events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

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Bizarre statement @ucu.org.uk. For 6️⃣ years you refused to work with us to end #HostileEnvironment policy in UK HE. As this policy extend to other areas, instead, you capitulate to the very neoliberal, marketised dynamics that harms migrant students & all staff alike. 🧵

On Wed 29 Jan 2025, the Univ of Manchester’s UCU branch passed a BDS motion, calling on the institution to support BDS & academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. To read the motion in full, follow link or scan QR-code in visual. #Palestine 🇵🇸

Kicking off @official-uom.bsky.social Manchester Institute of Education Anti Racist Educ Network seminar series 2025, Gary Younge talks about Dispatches from the Diaspora 👊🏽👊🏽💚 Keep 👀 out for more seminars! Funded thru' @uomseed.bsky.social EDI. Collab with @ethnicityuk.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social

Prison educators are severely underfunded and unsupported. We are demanding change. Find out more about our #UnlockingFutures campaign 👉 www.ucu.org.uk/UnlockingFut...

Join the @PSCupdates Trade Union Solidarity Webinar 🚨 ⏰ 29 Jan, 6pm 🔗Register: palestinecampaign.org/events/psc-webinar-trade-unions-taking-action-for-palestine-in-2025/ Hear from trade unionists and find out how you can support Palestine at work.

Our General Secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social went on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social last night to tell the nation about the shockingly low pay of further education college lecturers 👇

New book series, UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED, edited by @sadiahabib.bsky.social and me, with thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social, & esp. commissioning editor @lauramswift.bsky.social. BOOK PROPOSALS NOW WELCOME - please get in touch if you have an idea. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...

A big thank you to Dr Parise Carmichael-Murphy for an incredible and important presentation at our final Manchester Institute of Education Anti Racist Education Network seminar of 2024! Well attended by staff and students keen to learn about inclusive curriculum/histories projects and resources 👏🏽👊🏽

Also an excuse to re-share @pmdfoster.bsky.social’s brilliant piece which takes Essex as a case through which to discuss the transformation of #UKHE: built in the 1960s to transform the region and society, and now transformed beyond recognition through marketisation and governmental neglect.

On workplace day of action, Manchester students, staff, and community members unite to call for an end to the scholasticide in Gaza. @umucu.bsky.social @manmetucu.bsky.social

This Thursday at 12 - Manchester, join us!

Our branch is also supporting the week of action organised by @umucu.bsky.social focussing on scholasticide in Palestine with events running all the way up to Friday.

University Week of Action for #Palestine. United against #scholasticide. See below for some of what's happening in Manchester 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾Including open meeting, discussion, creative spaces, teach-ins, film screening. (Look out for what's happening in other cities and campuses via @ucu.org.uk)

Looking forward to speaking at this #highered governance event next week for @umucu.bsky.social members. #academicsky #academicchatter

In our Members' Meeting next week, we look forward to hearing from our guest speaker Professor Steve Jones. We will be discussing governance and university democracy. Check your emails for the Zoom link! #HigherEd #universities

The sticker is made with the courage, integrity and resilience of our members! 😍