Worrying news about St Andrews staff member Antonis Vradis's detention when part of the humanitarian flotilla to Gaza. Please support his safe return and the @ucustandrews.bsky.social branch by contacting your MP & MSP on his behalf. News coverage in the National www.thenational.scot/news/2612009...

A terrifying situation for a UCU member in St. Andrews. Contact your MSPs and MPs now.

our St Andrews colleague Antonis Vradis who bravely joined the Global Sumud Flotilla has also been captured by the IOF in international waters - please share / write to your MP/MSP www.writetothem.com

URGENT - UCU St Andrews Member - Antonis Vradis is on the Qannir La Cirena boat in the Global Summid Flotilla which has been intercepted by Israel Contact your MP and MSP Contact the Principal Please share

On Friday afternoon before the Bank Holiday, colleagues in the Humanities department were called to a meeting on Tuesday. They were informed that the University Portfolio Review had decided that English Language, English Literature, Philosophy, History & Creative Writing UG degrees would close

Wow! @covuni.bsky.social Coventry Uni Senior Leaders have reached a new low. They’ve just told staff about to start the Bank Holiday weekend, at 4.30pm that they’ve not got a job.The same SLT @uklabour.bsky.social are so fond of @zarahsultana.bsky.social @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social #workersday

One of our members is seeking to get medical visa for his father, who is currently in Gaza. Please sign the petition here www.change.org/p/help-me-sa...? @ucu.org.uk

happening this Wednesday 5-7 events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/queer... @ucustandrews.bsky.social

delighted that the brilliant Omar Khatib will be joining us here in St Andrews for “Queer Lives in Palestine: Settler Colonialism and Resistance” (Wednesday 15 April, 5-7pm, in School III). All are welcome! @ucustandrews.bsky.social

This funding system doesn’t work for anyone, it is dependent on putting students in years of debt and on staff’s job insecurity. Information about moving towards a dispute with the Secretary of State: www.universityrankandfile.org.uk/campaigns

The weather did not stop today's pickets, teach-out on solidarity, and student march! Thanks to our speakers and everyone who joined us. See you all tomorrow at 11!

Ballots across Scotland from Heriot-Watt, Strathclyde, Stirling & Aberdeen are going in the post Vote now Save jobs Post your ballot (with or without a dog) (don't post the dog they're not covered by the prepaid stamp) @ucuscotland.bsky.social #UCU #Scholar #GTVO #Heriot-Watt #dogsPostingBallots 🐕

Read this thread for the lived experience of what it's like in almost all UK universities now - just an internal implosion. Organisationally, morally, in terms of capacity and morale.

Our university leadership published their expenses for most of 2025. Reviewing these is a traumatic experience. We note the following: Total ULB expenses since May 2022 are at £347,923.38 Expenses since August 2024 are at £118,985.24 (during which time they aggressively pursued redundancy...

We love to see it !

Have you voted in the #WeAreTheUniversity ballot yet? If not, vote now and vote YES! @ucu.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk

Add your signature to demand that the University of St Andrews sever its links with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem @ucustandrews.bsky.social www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...

There should be a joint statement from the five unions in the next day or so (which also mentions pay, jobs, and nationally agreed employment conditions). For now, here is some further detail on what our dispute is about and what we UCU members will be balloted on nationally: #WeAreTheUniversity

Thanks to all the @ucu.org.uk branches supporting us today and this week! Here's a link to our hardship fund -- solidarity donations appreciated! www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/hff-fundrais...

When institutions fail to guarantee international law and human rights, collective action becomes essential. I encourage all staff and students at the University of St Andrews to read—and consider signing—this letter

A fantastic away day for the branch committee today. Lots of planning for the year ahead. And plenty of ways for members to get more involved!

Staff and students at St Andrews - sign the open letter calling on the university to end links with Hebrew University www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...

"We value the work that all of the staff at UCU provide to our branches, and expect them to have access to the same fair work practices that we fight for as a union." Open letter for all @ucu.org.uk members to sign in support of @uniteucu.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

St Andrews people - sign the letter calling on the University to condemn the Supreme Court ruling forms.office.com/pages/respon...

📣 May Day Rally 📣 We remain on strike. With our employer continuing to refuse to meet for talks, join our strike rally on Thursday 1 May, 12-1pm outside UCU head office, Carlow Street, London. All welcome to show your support for making UCU a safe & professional workplace. #ThriveNotSurvive

Rally for trans rights in St Andrews on Thursday at noon outside college gate. See you there!

And there it is. A shocking, appalling, and deeply disappointing announcement of an entirely unnecessary move from the university. But this is exactly why we have already started organising .

Is there a connection between the sacking of rector Stella Maris and the refusal to disclose the name of a University of St Andrews donor? Article worth reading from the University's magazine: www.thesaint.scot/post/univers...

We are not just numbers on a spreadsheet. We are not just a cost to cut. We are not a quick way to save university managers from the consequences of their own decisions. We are people, looking to live our lives, trying to keep ourselves and our families secure. We deserve to be able to do that.

Solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social on their third of twenty escalating days strike action, in their ongoing disputes with @ucu.org.uk over an unsafe and racist workplace as well as pay. Support our comrades fighting toxic management by signing the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“Happy” anniversary to The List. A year of this webpage mapping, watching managers cut jobs & departments to meet local KPIs while transforming the shape of higher education & research across the country. And government enabling this.

Tuesday we’ll be out again. People keep telling us how angry and upset they are, how they don’t understand that there is ZERO movement, and wonder how much management even care. People are done, students are done, management need to stop these damaging cuts NOW.

Powerful testimony from @ducuuo.bsky.social #WeAreThe632 about the job cuts in Dundee and its impact on all our lives. Share widely @uculeft.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social @ucustandrews.bsky.social

Rule of thumb: don’t threaten your staff. For those who have difficulty understanding: don’t threaten your staff to stop them from shedding light on what is being done to public institutions.

Acting Chair of Court was “baffled” by the University of Dundee’s finances. And looks forward to the investigation helping to uncover what went wrong! They still don’t know what went wrong at the University of Dundee. www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/educ...

Every time university senior managers tell you they care, show them this little detail from Dundee.

Solidarity with our Newcastle University members on strike today ✊ The 6th day of strike action this month fighting against hundreds of job cuts 💪 The whole union is behind you 🪧 Read more: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1391...

Do our 'leaders' live on a different planet than their staff, we wonder? theferret.scot/edinburgh-un...

Another example of university managements weaponising dignity at work rules to silence critique of the rulers by the serfs. Something my colleagues and I have experienced here too.

Today is the final day of our 15 days of industrial action at the University of Dundee. Everyone is invited to join our FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY to show their support for university staff. 2-4pm - signmaking at Roseangle café 4-5pm - gather at the front of the Tower. Free pizza. #SaveHE

Amazing turnout of @unitescotland.bsky.social members at Strathclyde rallying to defend their pension this morning. Speeches including Scotland official, Mary Senior, offering solidarity from UCU

While senior management’s tactic continues to be (1) don’t inform & (2) fragment & oppose colleagues & Schools, it will be all the more vital to stick together and protect what we know to be valuable. So we made sure there was some actual info ready for colleagues ahead of the town hall.

Where 'crisis' can lead, please take note @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social No need for this, NO to compulsory redundancies and death by a thousand cuts! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you're being approached by SOAS to do marking, be aware that the SOAS tutors are on a marking boycott & you're being asked to scab mark (managers don't feel they should be transparent about it) hardship fund: gofund.me/71598ef7&sa=... template motion: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Solidarity with our colleagues in the Netherlands!

Here’s our schedule for this week. Monday 10 March Join us at the picket line – 9 am – 1 pm, outside Tower Building and Bonar Hall. Lobby of Court – 12 pm. Tuesday 11 March Join us at the picket line – 12-3 pm, Dalhousie Building, including streaming Principal’s Questions. Online picket, 3pm.

The crisis in #UKHE is dreadful and infuriating --government intervention so clearly needed and their non-action is destroying so much-- but if you needed any further evidence that critical and creative thought is vital, look no further than the excellent as comms @newcastleucu.bsky.social produces

We've updated our website. aberystwyth.web.ucu.org.uk/solidarity-t...

Come and have a chat with us on our friendly picket line today at the front of the Tower Building from 8-11am. Fresh pizza from around 10:45 courtesy of @dejanstjepanovic.bsky.social and his pizza oven. #SaveHE #NoJobCuts