Thursday university of Essex staff will be taking to the picket lines to say no to cuts, no to job losses and no to the closure of the Southend campus. @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social stands with staff, students and @unison.org.uk as we fight together.

The current situation at the University of Dundee is that we are not getting our annual pay increase and that promotion processes are paused. At the same time the uni is refusing to rule out compulsory redundancies, it is advertising over 20 new senior management jobs for academic staff.

Post by Tuesday at the latest!!

Defend Solent Pension! #ucu

@georgeclarke.bsky.social UCU - 10 strike days begin this week at Northumbria University over pension "robbery" www.ucu.org.uk/article/14401

In response to the HSE finding UoB in breach of the law, management say they will: Focus on strengthening how they identify, manage, and support staff to manage work‑related stress, across the University working closely with employees and trade unions. Let's hold them to account #HSEStressBreach

Calling on Research Colleagues - especially in Particle Physics, Astronomy and Nuclear physics (PPAN) community: Please add your name to this Open Letter to Lord Patrick Vallance, Liz Kendall, Chi Onwurah and Prof Sir Ian Chapman about the UKRI cuts. ecr-openletter-stfc.github.io

💪💪💪Stand up, show up, be counted - and never, EVER cross a picket line. We fight together, we win together. @ucu.org.uk @georgeclarke.bsky.social @andylong6.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social

This student loan system is shackling those without rich parents who can just pay off the fees with a lifetime of debt-that-doesn't-go-down. And the #UKHE sector is built on that system which isn't just unequal but aggravates the inequality. Time for a reset.

Morley College UCU Waterloo campus this week! FE teachers are demanding more, fair pay, fair workloads, and respect for the vital work they do. ✊ Stand with FE staff @ucu.org.uk

Merci à Maria @chondrogianni.bsky.social Présidente de l’University College Union (UCU) pour son intervention au congrès de la FNEC FP-FO. Son syndicat est en première ligne pour les revendications des professeurs d'université, pour le soutien aux étudiants, contre les économies de guerre.

⌛️🗳️REMINDER that the deadline for requesting a replacement ballot is this Sunday 23 NOVEMBER 2025! yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...

Day 2! People out in force on the picket lines 🙌 Nice to see a relatively active #DigitalPicket too @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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

Mischaracterised by university leaders as financial ‘saving’, austerity is in truth vandalism. It ravages decades of training, accrued and accredited knowledge, and publicly funded research.

"China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show"

At least 36,000 Sudanese have fled since fall of El Fasher to RSF, says UN agency

Much solidarity with professor Laura Murphy. Can we now have an overhaul of the funding system so we don’t expose our research infrastructure to interference by foreign powers please? Thanks.

Posting my YES vote for strike action as part of UNISON in Higher Education’s national pay campaign - this year’s dismal 1.4% pay ‘rise’ is the latest in a long line of real terms pay cuts. We deserve so much better. Fund our future! Fund our pay! @unisonmmu.bsky.social @unisoninhe.bsky.social

Shocking story! We need to intensify our collective defence of academic freedom @ucu.org.uk Huge solidarity to Prof. Laura Murphy and to Sheffield Hallam UCU Post your ballot, support FE and HE! #WeAreTheUniversity #NewDealForFe

Bought some ice cream from the cornershop & posted my @ucu.org.uk ballot. As my dept rep said this week, pensions took 5 years to win, we've got to be dogged & stubborn even when we're tired. There's no way (higher) education will get better without education workers fighting for it #WeAreTheUni

Because even this giant spider isn't as horrifying as working conditions, job insecurity and pay erosion in Higher Education Vote and vote "Yes" #wearetheUniversity

A "Voluntary Enhanced Retirement" scheme was announced by the VC at University of Leeds earlier today. We encourage all members to attend our 13 Nov branch General Meeting (12:45-2pm, online) and to keep watch on your emails for more info/advice and further meetings (incl. email sent today ~13:30)

UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester. Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November. All welcome!

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social hosting a speaker from @leicesterucu.bsky.social next week, and voting to donate to their hardship fund. Solidarity.

🗳️🗳️🗳️ hi comrades! A reminder to vote soon and #voteyes in BOTH the national @ucu.org.uk AND the local KCL UCU ballot! #wearetheuniversity #wearekcl

@leicesterucu.bsky.social begin a further two weeks of strikes from 10 November in their fight against redundancies. Share solidarity, make donations to their strike fund and join demonstrations 12/13 November!

Members on strike to save jobs at UHI Executive Office today #StopTheCuts #SaveHE @uhiucu.bsky.social

Not just a Halloween costume @ulsteruni.bsky.social 👇 - Always being asked to "do more with less" - hyper surveillance culture - increased workload intensity - policy that puts students against staff Time to stand up to it... Vote 'yes' in the @ucu.org.uk #wearetheuniversity industrial ballot

GUCU events this term 💥 Info session for members + quiz night (12/11), workload (19/11) & equalities drop-in (26/11), and a solidarity film screening (21/11)! 📧 Check your emails for room details & Zoom links. #GoldsmithsUCU

Ten Reasons to Vote Yes in the @ucu.org.uk ballot 1⃣ 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀 A YES vote strengthens the hand of your elected negotiators and your union in the face of a set of employers making massive cuts in pay and jobs.

More @ucu.org.uk #WeAreTheUniversity ballots flying in today Our members are fed up with declining student learning conditions and staff working conditions!

The trajectory of redundancies is vast and long. Let’s say enough is enough - vote yes to the national strike!

Leicester management want to cut 150 jobs and wipe out entire departments. Staff and students are standing together to stop this destruction. Members are striking from the week of 10 Nov and taking to the streets on 12 Nov. Join us in Leicester. Together we can fight this. #WeAreTheUniversity

No one takes strike action lightly, but staff at Sheffield’s universities have been pushed too far. ⚠️ 28 days of strikes announced at University of Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam over job cuts. Education workers deserve better. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...

Yesterday our interim Principal, gave evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee. He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies. Judge for yourself.

I am at the #DurhamMinersGala @ucu for Palestine, for disability proper support, for trans rights, for migrants and refugees, for post-16 education, for union #solidarity, ready to support the #FE ballot and the #HE consultative ballot.

We @ucu are at the #DurhamMinersGala to honour the @DurhamMiners and the TU movement across the four nations. I am representing every post-16 education member today, every branch defending jobs and demanding better pay and conditions.

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/employi... @zoefranklinld.bsky.social ld.bsky.social @theguardian.com @theipaper.com @drjogrady.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @timeshighered.bsky.social @chondrogianni.bsky.social

The results are in: we have a clear mandate to strike. More than 90% of you who voted in our ballot, voted YES. You’ve made it clear: enough is enough. Our fight for full #PayRestoration for resident doctors in England continues. www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...

Join Liverpool Hope UCU Branch Rally tomorrow in support of those 39 staff whose jobs are at risk from redundancy. Location Eden Car Park, Taggart Avenue L16 9JD. 10am. All welcome. liverpoolhopeucu.github.io/home/#Events The event location has changed, but the team will be there to assist. #ucu

Shane O’Neill, Jim McGeorge and Iain Gillespie knew of a £40m projected deficit and the need for £40m savings on 2 July 2024 at Dundee University Page 50 of the Gillies report, states that Jim and Shane wrote to Schools and Directorates that day. Their evidence at Scot Parliament does not match

The University of Dundee has a women problem “In our view this culture of sexism runs deeper than the sidelining of women speaking up and out and persists beyond the ignominious end of Iain Gillespie’s tenure as Principal of the university.” www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/c...

Education is a vital part of the prison rehabilitation system @ucuprisoned But poor pay, outsourcing & unsafe working environments has left the sector in crisis Ask your MP to sign this parliamentary motion & call for more government support👇 www.ucu.org.uk/prison-educa...

BCU Fightback: Daily at-risk advice briefings: 8am and 5pm - check your inbox for details on how to join. Support at risk colleagues: volunteer to be a UCU buddy, link to send your availability in branch mailout. Remember to contribute to our collective formal consultation, links in your email.

A MASSIVE WIN AT NEWCASTLE UNI ICU

Please sign to halt outsourcing plans 👇 University of Surrey proposes to employ all new Professional Services staff through a subsidiary company on lesser T&Cs. This is an existential threat to our university & sector. speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/operate-surr... @ucu.org.uk

UCU have called on BCU leadership to take redundancies off the table, as part of our ongoing dispute demands to protect jobs & negotiate on performance targets. With 340 jobs at risk & a live strike ballot, join our branch meeting on Monday to set a position to empower our negotiators.