LUCU stands in solidarity with comrades at Sheffield Hallam University! - No to dividing staff members into fabricated categories - No to moving staff members to a subsidiary company - No to changes to pensions This is an unprecedented attack on staff terms and conditions, and it will be challenged!

At the General Meeting held on Wednesday 18 February, 93.2% of members voted in favour of a re-ballot regarding our ongoing dispute. Maintaining our collective leverage is vital to moving management to a definitive, binding commitment to “no compulsory redundancies”, at least until July 2027.

We proposed to LU senior management that a joint pensions working group is established. However, we have been told that it is “unlikely” that a formal pensions joint-working group will be set up, even though there are successful models elsewhere. We will be updating members over the next few weeks.

Lancaster University will go to @togetheralliance on 28 March to demonstrate our unity against the far right! If you are LUCU member and want to join the demo and/or help organising it, get in touch with your branch to provide you name and phone number, and we will liaise with Together Alliance.

We have called for a finance strategy reset: prioritising staff and core teaching and research at Bailrigg, improving transparency in financial governance, pausing capital spending except essential maintenance, and ensuring that resources are not diverted away from the University’s core mission.

We celebrate a successful ballot at Heriot-Watt against a 'right-sizing' exercise that would see at least 51 jobs axed. And the university is refusing to commit to preserving the valuable research time of staff. Lancaster UCU members stand with you in your dispute. @hwucu.bsky.social

Comrades at Strathclyde UCU have overwhelmingly voted for strike action and ASOS recently. The rationale for firing staff sounds familiar - the uni claims they need to make cuts of £35 million over two years, and the Institute of Education is the most affected department. Ironic, isn't it?

Remember to vote on the National Executive Committee UCU elections. Ballot closes on 2nd of March!

Stirling UCU are balloting now as the university refuses to rule out compulsory redundancies. Sounds familiar? Comrades at Stirling, we wish your ballot is highly successful ✊ @ucuscotland.bsky.social

Lancaster UCU sends huge solidarity to comrades at Northumbria University in their dispute. Shame on Northumbria University management for forcing you out the Teacher’s Pension Scheme; and even more shame for freezing the pay of staff members trying to stay in it! Lancaster UCU stands with you ✊

So. Much. NOOOOOOIIIIIISSSSSEEEEEE! (Because so much anger and solidarity.)

Wishing we could host a fundraising gig every Friday! 🤩 We are incredibly grateful to Persimmon, Bopgun, and Rice for your excellent tunes, and to Jake Lange for the pics (more coming soon) ✊ If you wish to donate to our hardship fund, follow this link www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/lan...

Many congratulations to our comrades at Morecambe College! The threat of strike action has been enough to secure a 4% pay rise, reduction of teaching hours, protected time for planning and marking, safety protections regarding workloads, and more! You are inspiring!!!

@sheffielducu.bsky.social, remain steadfast and resolute in your fight for a better tomorrow. Lancaster UCU members stand with you in your dispute.

New guide launched to help you challenge the far-right Reform UK party. 🛡️ Stand up for equality 🔍 Spot misinformation 📖 Learn more ⬇️ unsn.uk/49UkrZe

Solidarity with everyone out this week - FE deserves better. UCU - Staff at 17 English college employers on strike from today for better pay and working conditions www.ucu.org.uk/article/1431...

We love to see it! Solidarity to all our colleagues striking today ✊

Sheffield UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social has been taking strike action in defence of jobs this term. But in an alarming escalation, Sheffield management has threatened to "lock out", ie. deduct pay at 100% for each day, if members refuse to reschedule marking, beginning with the start of 2026. 🧵1/7

LUCU sends huge solidarity to comrades at St Helen’s and Knowsley and City of Liverpool college in their dispute for a New Deal for FE. This is an absolutely crucial fight in the battle for a FE system in crisis. Remain steadfast and resolute in your fight for a better tomorrow. #ANewDealForFE

One of the other lessons should be that a lot of these moves by universities are a lot more optional than they claim. Which is bad management. Redundancies are well known in the literature to cause ongoing organisation issues which last for a loooong time.

There's still *so much* to do and uncertainty remains in the long-term. BUT...very grateful to my local union exec @lancasterucu.bsky.social and my LUCU colleagues for getting my employers to remove CR in the very near future Onwards and Solidarity

📢📢📢Reminder to members: Emergency General Meeting today at 1pm to discuss next steps following last week's announcements

Absolutely! This U-turn is 100% a trade union victory. As we explain in our post ⬇️ important concerns remain, but the message still holds organised pressure and solidarity works bsky.app/profile/ucu....

You know your union branch is in good shape if the mere *threat* of strike is sufficient to achieve your goals. If you have to actually go on strike, you've probably already lost. (congrats @lancasterucu.bsky.social!)

Lancaster University UCU members have beaten back compulsory redundancies. After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026. This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📢📢📢We made it to the national news! This time with an important win for our branch! Management has decided to withdraw compulsory redundancies for academic staff at least until July 2026. ASOS and next week's strikes are therefore called off. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

RALLY TOMORROW! Join the fightback against job cuts! Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the Scottish parliament.

📢REMINDER THIS IS HAPPENING TODAY📢

📢 EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING📢 Lancaster UCU members, don't forget the Extraordinary General Meeting tomorrow at 2:00pm. Check emails for meeting link

We have made it clear to management that we will not take their unjust and unethical proposals lying down and we have completely demolished their credibility.

@ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @lancasterucu.bsky.social Solidarity with all striking branches this month!

Strike Day 2: Pickets at Owen building & HoTC, 8-11am every strike day Dispute info here: ucuhallam.org The fight is against compulsory redundancies & poor governance #SaveSheffieldHallam

Please consider donating to the Lancaster UCU Hardship Fund as we prepare to go on strike next week against the threat of compulsory redundancies at Lancaster University. #ukhe www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/lan...

🚨 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

#Lancaster colleages, today is the last safe day to post your ballot. A strong mandate is our best option. At many institutions, CRs were withdrawn after ballots for industrial action with high participation and strong results. #nocompulsoryredundancies

Imperial staff have had enough. A 2% below-inflation offer from one of the wealthiest universities in the UK is an insult to every worker who keeps it running. Today we strike for fair pay, decent conditions, and respect ✊🔥

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

Teaching Term Week 1 - the @lancasterucu.bsky.social ballot to determine strike action against redundancies closes on Friday 🗳☑️

Wednesday is the last day to safely mail your ballot for it to arrive on time before closing on Friday 10th. Vote YES & YES. Post your BALLOT. Use this chance to take CRs off the table! 📨 📨 📨 #WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts #nocompulsoryredundancies

What will it be like to work or study at Lancaster University, if the current plans to fire 1 out of 4 staff members are implemented? How will these impact local communities and businesses? And who will be held accountable? Sign our petition to stop unnecessary cuts to education! chng.it/xJpLzrsVvs

Earlier this week #Lancaster UCU joined 46 other UCU branches across the country demanding Jo Grady to treat our Unite colleagues with the same respect we demand from our employers. End this cynism and hypochresy, @drjogrady.bsky.social It's not a good look. #WeAreTheUniversity

#Lancaster, we have a choice: we can give our everything to stop CRs and the collapse of @lancasteruni.bsky.social, or we can submit to Senior Management's plans and see LU crumble before our eyes. There is no second chance. VOTE IN THE BALLOT. RECLAIM YOUR CHANCE! #nocompulsoryredundancies

Hello all on bsky 👋 As with so many of our @ucu.org.uk sister branches, here @brunelucu.bsky.social we are again this year fighting compulsory redundancies. Please circulate and sign: Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London 👇 speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/stop-brunel-...

Strike continues! We will be holding another rally today, meeting in the Trent Courtyard at 12:40 before walking over to the Portland building. We are also holding a members meeting at 3:00 today. Members- check your emails for joining info!

What will it be like to work or study at Lancaster University, if the current plans to fire 1 out of 4 staff members are implemented? How will these impact local communities and businesses? And who will be held accountable? Sign our petition to stop unnecessary cuts to education! chng.it/xJpLzrsVvs

Wonderful to meet our new students during this week's Welcome Week ! 😊 And then I remember 👇

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

UCU members are standing strong on the picket lines this week as we fight back against devastating job cuts. Show your support to colleagues at Leicester UCU!

BREAKING: Our members at the University of Sheffield have voted overwhelmingly for strike action against the University Executive Board’s ongoing campaign of job cuts, and the threat to staff workload and wellbeing that they represent.