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.

Today Liverpool Hope UCU held a rally on Open Day. Our fight is for not only our colleagues and jobs, but for our current & future students. They all deserve the best. #UCU

Lancaster ballot is open!!! Vote early, and vote Yes and Yes! Upload your pics posting your ballot and tag us ✉️ A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate. #WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts

Liverpool this morning: our GS @drjogrady.bsky.social joined PCS members on the #MegaPicket. PCS members are in their 13th week of strike action ✊ Solidarity with all workers fighting back.

Pickets in full force on the first day of strike - see you all tomorrow!

#Lancaster Don’t forget to Vote Ballot closes Fri 10 Oct 2025 (noon) If you have not received your ballot papers, please request a replacement ballot paper using this link: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/Lancaster... The deadline for requesting replacement papers is Friday 3 Oct 2025, noon.

Sure, and great. But can we get @unitesharon.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social to say something about the terrible union-busting tactics that @ucu.org.uk Senior Management is now implementing against @uniteucu.bsky.social members? qmucu.org/2025/09/24/b... #Lab25 #Labour2025 #LabourConference

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

Remember to vote on our Lancaster ballot ✉️ And vote Yes and Yes! Upload your pics posting your ballot and tag us. A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate. #WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts

Remember to vote on our Lancaster ballot ✉️ And vote Yes and Yes! Upload your pics posting your ballot and tag us. A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate. #WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts

So good to see members voting on our local ballot!

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

Posted my ballot paper today 👇

Sign the University of the Highlands and Islands UCU branch petition to save jobs and oppose cuts at the university. No to job cuts and no to compulsory redundancies at UHI #SaveUHI #StopTheCuts #SaveHE 🖊️https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/save-uhi-stop-the-cuts

A MASSIVE thank you to the multiple members of @leicesterucu.bsky.social for showing up and showing solidarity on the first day! Not to mention the snacks! ✊ ✊ ✊

An inspiring first day of picketing to kick off our 4 weeks of strike action! Faculty, students, AND a dog or two made an appearance.

Day two of picketing today! We will once again be at the north, west, and south entrances of UP and the Derby rd entrance of Jubilee campus from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Come show your support, stand in solidarity, and learn all about what and why we are fighting! #StopTheCuts

And so much gratitude - of course - to my local unions for helping us make collective noise against proposed redundancies @lancasterucu.bsky.social @unison.org.uk Unite

Posted my ballot a few days ago. ✊

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