💪 #WeAreTheUniversity

Such a great point from Suzi! Don’t assume colleagues have voted! Every conversation counts.

The national ballot from @ucu.org.uk should be in your hands now. Be like @rullsenberg.bsky.social and make your voice heard! Let the union know how YOU want to push back on pay cuts and unnecessary redundancies. #StopTheCuts #SaveHE

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

🚨 Ballots arrive today for UCU FE members! 🚨 VOTE YES ✅ For better pay, conditions and national bargaining to ensure no colleges are left behind 💪

Huge win for staff today at Warrington and Vale Royal College! 💪 6.5% pay increase backdated to August 💪 Guaranteed pay increases of up to £1,000 a year 💪 Starting salary for all teachers £29,227 Read more 👇 www.ucu.org.uk/article/1421...

🗳 From 13 Oct, members in around 100 FE branches will be balloted for industrial action. The AoC’s 4% offer fails to fix low pay, unmanageable workloads or broken bargaining. VOTE YES for a #NewDealForFE 💪 ✅ Fair pay ✅ Manageable workloads ✅ Binding national bargaining

Ballot papers are landing! Ballots open on the 13th! Vote YES for fair pay, safe workloads and binding national agreements. This is our chance to win. #VoteYes #NewDealForFE

“50% of FE lecturers leave within three years. In HE, 15,000 redundancies are looming. If Labour are serious, we need commitments: close the pay gap, stop the cuts, and invest in education. Otherwise today’s speech is hollow.” @drjogrady.bsky.social on sophyridge.bsky.social tonight.

Disastrous. Our @ucu.org.uk members in prison education do amazing work. What even is this government doing.

VCs don’t run universities. We do. After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot. Ballot opens October. Vote YES. #WeAreTheUniversity

Today, UCU’s Estelle Hart paid tribute to our member Will Nelson, who tragically lost his life last week in Lisbon. “Will fought to protect arts education and access to it, and we will continue to fight for that in his memory”. Our thoughts remain with his family and friends.

UCU member Will Nelson and his partner Kayleigh were among those who tragically lost their lives in Lisbon this week. Will was popular and much loved by all who knew him. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this awful time.

UCU President Elect (HE) @dyfrigjones.bsky.social warns that Labour’s response to Home Office threats against international students is “a political stunt with little substance.” 👉 “Aping Reform’s policies is a dead end, it drives core Labour supporters away.”

Prison education overhaul? Or more of the same? The government’s £1.5bn ‘overhaul’ hands contracts back to the same failing providers. This isn’t reform. It’s repeat failure. #PrisonEducation #UCU feweek.co.uk/existing-pro...

£1.5bn ‘overhaul’ of prison education with the same failing providers. Prison education should sit with the Department for Education, not the MoJ. insidetime.org/newsround/ne...

Solidarity to all the UCU branches dealing with further cuts and 'reorganisations' while also trying to do some actual work during this month! Extra solidarity to those UCU case workers and negotiators who are all doing their damnedest to keep jobs and support our colleagues. #AcademicSky

Why are venture capitalists being allowed to profit from prison education? The govt urgently needs to confirm these profiteers will not be allowed to line their pockets by slashing our members’ pensions. Thank you @brianleishmanmp.bsky.social for raising this in parliament.

"I myself cannot work without PIP and access to work" buff.ly/i1iggvL After 20 years of fighting, I still cannot get proper support and assistance, which is similar for all casualised workers @mybool.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @marisharay.bsky.social @disabilityld.bsky.social @cajardinemp.bsky.social

🚨 Lobby the BCU governors! 🚨 On Wed 16th BCU governors are meeting for an update on the current review, which has put 342 staff at risk of redundancy & cuts student support in multiple ways. Join our lobby: 1pm outside Parkside Building Bring your solidarity and your sun cream! #SaveBCU

📢 Bangor University’s £15m cuts plan is a shambles. Staff have already suffered 200 job losses, and now another 78 are under threat. Our members have had enough. We’re ready to fight compulsory redundancies. @bangorucu.bsky.social www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

📢 Birmingham City University is planning cuts that put 342 staff at risk, slashing student support despite admitting there’s no financial need. This is a threat to student success and staff wellbeing. ✊ Sign the petition to stop the cuts @bcu-ucu.bsky.social

🚨 A damning report from Parliament’s spending watchdog slams the govt’s incoherent teacher recruitment plan. With up to 12,400 more FE teachers needed by 2028, vague pledges & poor pay just won’t cut it. 📣 We need action, not empty numbers. feweek.co.uk/college-teac...

📢 An incredible 94% of staff (75% turnout) back strike at Warrington & Vale Royal. Pay frozen for a year. No talks. £2.3m surplus. Staff are ready to act. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1410...

🚨 97% strike vote at INTO Manchester INTO makes £20m+ in profits, pays £15m in dividends yet offers staff a paltry 2% pay rise? Management needs to come back to the table with a serious offer. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1410...

Education is a vital part of the prison rehabilitation system but poor pay, outsourcing of contracts and unsafe working environments has left the sector in crisis. Ask your MP to sign EDM1542 and help change this: www.ucu.org.uk/prison-educa...

Staff, students and local residents out in force today fighting to defend jobs, courses & community education. Our message to Redbridge management and the Labour Council: STOP THE CUTS

DrJoGrady on what’s at stake at Redbridge Institute ⬇️ Today we rally to defend jobs, courses & community education. Up to 12 staff face the sack in a sham consultation. ✊ We said NO to fire & rehire before. We say NO now. 🕧 12.30pm 📍RIAE, IG2 6TD #ucu #SaveAdultEducation

"I was so angry that they thought they could get away without implementing any adjustments and then throwing me out like the piece of rubbish they made me feel like" buff.ly/MyCtW2H @mybool.bsky.social @disabilityld.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @ehrc-rhiec.bsky.social #ReasonableAdjustments

@drjogrady.bsky.social has written to the Social security and disability minister Stephen Timms to raise serious concerns about proposed changes to disability benefits. We’ve requested a meeting to demand action. Disabled people deserve better.

Day 3 of strike action at Bournemouth University. Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊ Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!

On this, the 77th anniversary of the arrival of HMP Empire Windrush, we commemorate and recognise the contribution of the Windrush generation. Learn more about the Windrush generation and how #WindrushDay is celebrated across the country www.gov.uk/guidance/the...

Solidarity with Havant and South Downs College members striking today in defence of jobs Share and show your support!

A huge loss to Scotland, Prof. Palmer was an intellectual powerhouse and exceptional advocate on anti-racism and the need for honest recognition of Scotland’s role in slavery. www.scotsman.com/education/si...

We need to hear from Black, Asian & minority ethnic prison educators. 📢 Your stories matter and they can help drive change. 🗓 Interviews in June 🎁 £30 voucher 📧 [email protected] Funded by us and led by @mybool.bsky.social Please share

"Life is getting materially worse, but migrants aren’t to blame. We’re letting the political class off the hook. We’ve been failed by our politicians." @drjogrady.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social tonight, calling out the real cause of the current crisis in the UK.

Our General Secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social opened #UCU2025 with a powerful reminder of what our union stands for: strength, solidarity and action. We’ve won ballots, defended jobs, and stood up for education at every turn. Together, we will shape the future of post-16 education. #UCU2025

Liverpool, you were incredible. Motions passed, solidarity strengthened, action planned. But for now, that’s a wrap! Thank you to all our amazing members who took part, both online and in person. #UCU2025

Show your support to Dundee on the picket line this morning. Solidarity ✊

"FE is coming together because we want better pay and better conditions. Together, we are stronger." Our member, Tanya Manyuira from Sandwell College. Vote YES in the e-ballot by 20 June and help shape the future of further education. #NewDealForFE #UCU

Without question, you have been an amazing, inspirational leader of our UCU and I’m so sad to see you leave the role. Especially as you are also great at the nuts and bolts which as you can imagine is dear to my heart!

You've been a phenomenal President, and I am so pleased I have got to know you since your VP election. Hope your Immediate Past President role allows you to ensure embedded projects move positively for all our better futures 🥰

Only a third of recommendations to tackle endemic racism in UK implemented www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... @marisharay.bsky.social @cajardinemp.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @hinabokharild.bsky.social @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social @standuptoracismuk.bsky.social @mybool.bsky.social

Keynote speaker Arley Gill, Chair of the Grenada Reparations Commission, joined us at #UCU2025 to talk about reparative justice. “Reparations means a sustainable development plan, not just compensation, but transformation. It’s about healing, rebuilding, and justice for future generations.”

UCU General Secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social reflects on a year of powerful union action, hard-won victories, and collective strength. Watch, share, and stay proud. #UCU2025 youtu.be/LfbP0taw7CA #UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow

"We’re in tough times, but it’s our wins and successes that give us the grit to continue when employers double down on us" UCU President Maxine Looby @mybool.bsky.social‬ opening Congress 2025. From local victories to national breakthroughs this union keeps showing up and fighting back. #UCU2025

🎓'When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?' 🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis 🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...

UCU - Celebrating the Malcolm X centenary www.ucu.org.uk/article/1402...

UCU - Celebrating the Malcolm X centenary www.ucu.org.uk/article/1402...