Just upsetting to see the same record being played over and over by senior managers that value buildings over people and education. #enough

If universities would prioritize smaller classes and fewer bells and whistles like third-party technology contracts, a significantly bigger number of PhDs would find a position in higher education.

Delia Derbyshire (1937- 2001) UK musician/composer, pioneer of electronic music, working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1960s, she created the arrangement of the theme music for UK science-fiction TV series #DoctorWho #WomensArt

🚨 STRIKE ACTION ON THE 27 & 28 NOVEMBER 🚨 We’ve now served formal notice of strike action on 27 & 28 November. Management must withdraw the plan to make 400+ of us redundant or risk escalating and sustained industrial action. @ucu.org.uk

Been a while since the pink beanie came out. Sheffield pickets here we come. Our message to management is simple: No redundancies. Stop the incessant restructures. Listen to your staff. There is no University of Sheffield without us.

Nothing makes me stop paying attention quicker than hearing or reading 'I asked ChatGPT...'

Or “adapt to new ways of working”

MANILA — An important piece of Filipino history missing for almost 90 years and thought to be lost forever was just found in Belgium. “Diwata ng Karagatan” is now the oldest surviving Filipino film! 🎞️🎞️ www.abs-cbn.com/entertainmen...

The US has a long history of military intervention in Latin America -- but the US campaign against Venezuela goes beyond all precedents, according to a scholar who recaps the history: buff.ly/95slpmI

After a very interesting conversation last night, I'm wondering about films that have organizing as their main narrative topic. Do people have recommendations?

1908 in cinema

I'm taking the opportunity of this circulating to reshare my Media+Environment essay on the history of the beef industry's depictions of ots own effects on the land: mediaenviron.org/article/1236...

EMERGENCY The Global Sumud Flotilla has been intercepted and illegally boarded by the IDF, October 1st approximately 7:30pm BST. The UK Foreign Office have CLOSED THE PHONELINES with an automated message stating it will not act nor comment on the flotilla.

What will it be like to work or study at LancasterUni , if the current plans to fire 1 out of 4 staff members are implemented? What about the impact on communities and businesses? And who will be held accountable? Sign our petition to stop this nonsense! chng.it/xJpLzrsVvs

With her sister, Adriana Ehlers (b. Sept. 28, 1894) worked in film labs, sold projection equipment, shot documentaries and more.

Morning #Lancaster colleagues! Have you been affected by the FASS move? If so, participate in our survey about it. All your insights will feed into our complaint to the HSE forms.office.com/e/SwLSXTn81X

Join me for a workshop on archival research in the Environmental Humanities at The National Archives! We're seeking early career participants - apply to attend to hear from speakers, view original documents, and help test our research guidance. #envhum #envhist www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-r...

Very much enjoying the culture of trust and respect implicit in the installation of room usage monitoring devices on academics' office doors today. Imagine my shock on discovering that managers' doors remain unsullied…

Arrested for projecting images of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein on Windsor Castle. There is a mounting authoritarian assault in this country. The attack on opposition to Israel’s genocide was only the beginning.

Our branch secretary, @stuartwhigham.bsky.social, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Stuart outlines the impact that wider cuts to workload tariffs will have on our Associate Lecturer colleagues.

💈 Il Partito Laburista di Starmer sta regalando il Regno Unito all’estrema destra | @mattiamarasti.bsky.social www.valigiablu.it/partito-labu...

Staff at @uniofleicester.bsky.social to strike for three weeks over plans to slash hundreds of jobs www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicest...

Please can anyone suggest more instrumental music that can help here? Struggling big time

I voted YES and YES to ASOS and strike action to stop the 400+ redundancies at #LancasterUniversity @lancasterucu.bsky.social

'"You can’t have hobbyist research that’s unfunded going on in institutions. We can’t afford it.”' Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.

Today I left the campus office I'd been in for the past 18 years to inhabit a shared workspace with only a small fraction of my teaching and research materials allowed Bye County Main B209

Our local ballot is open ✉️ Vote Yes and Yes! A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate. LUCU reps are organising departmental meetings with officers. Join in to ask questions and raise concerns. #WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts

#OtD 10 Sep 1931 anti-fascist midfielder Bruno Neri was the only Fiorentina player who refused to perform a fascist salute at the beginning of a match against Admira Vienna. Neri later became a partisan. Learn more about the resistance in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e77-...

Just moved to an open plan workspace, with my flimsy concentration span. Good headphones from soulmate B. and instrumental post rock legends @mogwai.scot are saving my life.

BREAKING 🚨 @drjogrady.bsky.social on Greenwich/Kent “merger”: “This isn’t a merger, it’s a takeover. Severe financial pressure is driving this & staff & students are left overlooked, overworked & ignored. Govt must intervene before the crisis in HE worsens.” www.ucu.org.uk/article/1417...

On behalf of all of us, Sunil Banga told BBC last week that "compulsory redundancy is something that is completely unacceptable to our members", and that Lancaster UCU still thinks there is an opportunity for @lancasteruni.bsky.social to sit down and negotiate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Disappointed not get the job at Salford Uni I was interviewed for back in July but even more disappointed they're still refusing to reimburse my travel expenses to attend interview, and now appear to be ghosting me, forcing me to go public with my dissatisfaction to try to elicit a response...

📢 Staff at the University of Edinburgh are on strike against £140m cuts. Show your support to colleagues at Edinburgh university ✊

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Obviously not the most important thing here, but the fascist right's misreading of American cinema continues apace.

#OtD 6 Sep 1966 Mozambican-Greek revolutionary Dimitri Tsafendas assassinated the architect of apartheid, South African PM Hendrik Verwoerd, stabbing him in parliament. Sent to a psychiatric hospital, he lived to see apartheid fall but wasn't released stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1067...

Not quite sure how demo reels/educational films about how to use a #16mm projector were not on my radar until today but anyway...here’s one from Victor Animatograph circa 1940! youtube.com/watch?v=BIvO6Z1sP8k

Reminder that folks can follow the branch's Instagram account for updates and messages as well: www.instagram.com/lancasterucu...

Happy New Academic Year to everyone who has yet to be made redundant ! The institution will never love you. The RÉF/your huge grant will not save you. Join a union.

#OtD 1 Sep 1920 a mass occupation movement started in which almost all the metalworking factories in Italy were occupied by their workers. It was a high point of the Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years) of near-revolutionary upheaval stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8156...

"Management say Lancaster University’s finances are sound overall. So why is there pressure for compulsory redundancy decisions so quickly?" Read more here: lancasterguardian.co.uk/education/ne... @ucu.org.uk @lancasteruni.bsky.social

It's Saturday Folk from @lancasterucu.bsky.social will be in the city centre to inform our community about the redundancies' impact on the local economy 👇 Thank you @lancasterucu.bsky.social for your vital work

Yuliya Solntseva in THE CIGARETTE GIRL OF MOSSELPROM (1924). She was married to Aleksandr Dovzhenko and co-directed with him, going solo after his death. She won Best Director at Cannes for CHRONICLE OF FLAMING YEARS (1961), the first (and, for decades, only) woman to do so.

More details on the threat of redundancies at Lancaster University and concerns about the institution's approach: www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/education/la...

lancasterucu.home.blog/2025/08/18/c... University management keep citing a report from KPMG to justify the cuts to staff. Lancaster UCU branch have responded with some critical analysis of the framework of the report.

The havoc that external consultancies wreck on #UKHE: they're inherently lacking in transparency (for "commercial sensitivity" reasons...) and have priorities that are alien to the sector. Sure, some specific projects need some external input. But a manager needs to be sufficiently wise to steer...

lancasterucu.home.blog/2025/08/18/l... Local Political Parties Stand with Lancaster University Staff ✊

my former institution made it into private eye, but i guess this was published too late to include the news that the vice chancellor (in post for less than two years) has already got a job at another university before the redundancy process she was appointed to oversee has even been completed

Interested in film and archives? Want to make a collective film about the past, present and future or #Morecambe? Read here and sign up for a free workshop part of an exciting research project www.beyond.radio/news/local-n...

More on the threat of redundancies at Lancaster University: www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/education/la...