Our Certification Officer hearing (Blake & McGaughey v UCU) resumes tomorrow (Tue 3 March 2026) online As before, it is open to the public if you have requested a link from the CO’s office (info [at] certoffice [dot] org) @ewanmg.bsky.social and I continue to represent our own case in this process

📣 Hands off Marie! Tell @drjogrady.bsky.social and @ucu.org.uk to stop victimising Unite UCU's safety rep. ✍️ [email protected] #HandsOffMarie #UniteTheUnion @unitetheunion.bsky.social

Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Absolute shocking to hear about the lockout at @sheffielducu.bsky.social in detail from @rorfitelli.bsky.social at London Region. Important that FE members talk to those in HE about how hard it is to fight back college by college - we need national strategies to these collective problems.

Sending much solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social. These punitive deductions are immoral and any conscionable employer should steer away from them. There are cases going through courts trying to clear up the legal grey area: qmucu.org/working-grou...

Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially. Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut. But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now. Short 🧵

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

📣 UWS HAS RULED OUT COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES After 8 days of strike action from EIS, and a further 12 days planned from Monday which UCU were due to join, management has today announced that CR has been taken off the table 🎉

Sheffield is the university with the third biggest increase in student recruitment, by the way. In case anyone was still under any impression that there was anything genuine about declarations that staff just has to recruit more undergraduates to salvage their job. thetab.com/2025/08/18/t...

Ballot papers drop today for local industrial action to defend jobs at the University of Sheffield against redundancy and further workload pressures. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1415...

MAYBE DON’T EMAIL ME AT THE WEEKEND, THEN.

Deeply ashamed of my union behaving like the bosses we fight. Imposition, victimisation and union-busting needs to stop right now @ucu.org.uk. Solidarity with UCU Unite staff ✊

Our day of strike was powerful & positive. Back at work today for 2 days, & we have asked SMT to meet with us. We are willing to meaningfully negotiate. If they aren’t willing to do the same we will be back out for the next 2 weeks - knocking out the end of the teaching term & crucial admin work.

This explains why I will not be attending NEC on Friday. This dispute has to be resolved if we are to stand a chance of addressing the multiple crises in post 16 education. And a union management should practice what it preaches reclaimucu.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/s...

This is so grim and hits especially hard in a week that we’re also on strike. Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social

Huge rally of staff and students today rejecting cuts at Sheffield 💥

I don't work on a Wednesday but if I was I would be on strike with @sheffielducu.bsky.social - for no compulsory redundancies in the morale-destroying restructures that are currently underway. Solidarity with everyone picketing

Our members out in force today! 👊

Tomorrow our members are taking strike action to say no to job cuts! 💪 Join our picket lines from 8:30am, as well as various teach outs from 10am, and a Demo on the SU Concourse from Midday. 📣

📣📣 We have notified our employer of 10 days of escalating & hard hitting strike action to hit the last three weeks of teaching (30th April - 16th May).

A very thorough critique of UCU senior mgmt's planned restructure from the recognised union of UCU staff. It will also be of signfiicant concern to members. As UCU staff+Unite member, I've also read some of the employer's perspective. It's much vaguer & includes no salient points not addressed here.

In a well attended General Meeting yesterday, Sheffield UCU members unanimously voted to lodge a Collective Grievance with the University in relation to the risk of compulsory redundancies across the institution.

While we were striking we were keeping the posties busy with our reballot. We will keep fighting for a safe & professional workplace. #BackTheBallot #ReclaimUCU 🚀

Solidarity to all @uniteucu.bsky.social members on strike today ✊ #PowerToYourElbow

See you on the picket line 🪧 #ReclaimUCU #JobsPayConditions

Last week, 944 University of Sheffield staff and postgraduate researchers took part in a vote in which 93.3% had “no confidence” in the university’s executive board. A no confidence vote, courses in the firing line, and “gaming” the rankings www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/p/a-no-confi...

Various activities on Uni of Sheff campus next week leading up to International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (Friday 29th). On the 29th there will be a vigil for Palestinian students and staff who have been killed in the ongoing Israeli genocide. From midday on SU Concourse 🍉

Pretty galling to have to continuously read about these redundancies in the publications that helped create the conditions for this situation through their continuous promotion of bullshit rankings. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

Thank you @julietterowsell.bsky.social for addressing the elephant in the #UKHE room! The instability and shorttermism that’s been so destructive won’t stop until we’ve got dom number controls in place again.

We made a starter pack! It’s got all the formal branch and commitee presences we could find so far for #UCU - please let us know if your branch / regional committee / other formal elected committee is missing and we’ll do our best to keep it up to date! (No individuals on here) go.bsky.app/H8xiSXj

On Thursday, in an all-staff meeting with over 1000 attendees online and in person, 944 attendees participated in a vote with 93.3% saying they have “no confidence” in the VC and University Executive Board.