Up to half of FE lecturers walk away within three years. Not because they stopped caring but because the workload broke them. Chronic overwork. Escalating stress. No support. This is a workforce crisis.

New section of the UCU website dedicated to the Workload's not working campaign. Keep up to date with the campaign as it progresses and is rolled out more widely. This week, members in the first cohort of training are taking place in a week of action at their branches www.ucu.org.uk/article/1453...

How much of your week is spent actually teaching? Turns out it’s the smallest part of the job for our further education members. The rest? Admin. Paperwork. Chasing. Reporting and everything in between. Teaching is what they trained for. It’s what students need. Workload’s not working.

📢 Teaching staff at Windsor Forest Colleges Group will walk out tomorrow for the third time this year over a 'derisory' low pay rise offer of 1.7 per cent https://feweek.co.uk/windsor-college-staff-storm-out-over-pay-again/

Further education is a class issue. FE colleges are lifelines for working-class communities, driving opportunity, skills and local growth. But staff are doing more for less. Workloads rising. Pay falling behind. If the government is serious about growth they need to properly fund FE.

in higher education, warning that failure to act risks “irreparable damage” to the sector. Universities up and down the country are looking to downgrade staff pension benefits. Read @drjogrady.bsky.social's letter to the Education Secretary and Skills Minister 👇

Another day out and proud on the picket lines today at Northumbria University. Staff are fighting to defend the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and stop management’s attempt to force them out through pay freezes. This is about dignity, security and refusing to let pensions be stripped away.

Show your support for staff out on the pickets again today at the University of Essex. Over 400 jobs. Southend Campus on the chopping block. This is a wrecking plan for education, for jobs and the city. Rally to save Southend Campus: Sunday 8 March, 1pm, Pier Hill → Broadway. Join us.

Reform mayor of Lincolnshire has voted to slash ESOL. A clear signal of the damage Reform intends to inflict on our communities. Demanding migrants speak English then cutting the very provision that makes that possible. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1441...

From today, staff at Durham University begin working to rule. No more covering for the hundreds of jobs that have been cut. Staff will work strictly to contracted hours and withdraw goodwill. Universities cannot operate on unpaid labour. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1441...

Hustings recordings for the VP (FE) and VP (HE) elections are up and can be viewed here www.ucu.org.uk/article/1419... If you haven't posted your ballot yet give these a watch (grab a brew, they're 15mins each) and hopefully it helps you back a candidate.

Check out these vids from Mark laying out why he deserves your vote for VP from the HE sector.

Take a moment to listen to the realities of teaching in Prison Ed from the wonderful Pauline Rattery. I heard many stories yesterday at the Prison Ed AGM. These amazing educators do an incredible job under the most challenging circumstances. youtu.be/t2WsiZCUhqM?...

Proud to chair the UCU Prison Education AGM today. They have faced 25% funding cuts, mass redundancies, broken profiling systems and shocking failures of workplace health & safety- yet the determination in the room to rebuild, organise and fight for members was absolutely inspiring ✊ #UCU #PrisonEd

Reposting this as people probs have their ballot papers now!!

Last night I caught up with UCU’s prison educators, exceptional members doing amazing work to change lives. They deserve safety on the job, job security, decent pay and respect. I’m proud to have their support, and all of us should back their campaign for change: www.ucu.org.uk/UnlockingFut...

Join the University and Colleges Union branch at the University of Dundee today. Our strike action and lobbying was a major factor in securing additional funding for the University. We consistently protect our members and ask for redundancies to be ruled out. Join now - www.ucu.org.uk/join

Please show your support to colleagues at Aberdeen facing job losses. We will fight this ✊

Staff at Truro and Penwith College will strike on Monday 23 February. Management imposed a 2% pay award, half the level recommended by the AoC - thats a real-terms pay cut. Fair pay. Manageable workloads. Proper time for students.

Show your support to our amazing colleagues taking action at Northumbria today!

Solidarity with London Met UCU

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.

Staff ,supporters and students gathered outside Firth Court today in solidarity with colleagues locked out and facing withheld pay after lawful strike action at @sheffielducu Punishment is not negotiation. ✊

📢 Staff on casualised contracts: have your say UCU’s annual meeting takes place Sat 28 Feb (hybrid) at UCU HQ & on Zoom. Share your voice and shape how we fight insecurity at work Register by 17 Feb ucu.wufoo.com/forms/annual...

Forcing staff out of their pension scheme and threatening dismissal if they object is shameful. It’s fire & rehire by another name. Show your support for staff at Southampton Solent University striking on 9 & 17 February to protect retirement security. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1439...

We are supporting this conference on Charles Ignatius Sancho, the late-18thC Black British polymath. A recent upsurge in scholarly discoveries makes it timely to bring together international scholars and practitioners for the first time in over 25 years! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...

St Helens, Knowsley and Liverpool are out on the picket lines this morning. FE staff have faced a 40% real-terms pay cut and are paid around £9,000 less for doing the same job. That’s not fair and it’s not sustainable. Show your support ✊

FE transforms lives. From FE student at Burnley College to Shadow Chancellor. John McDonnell MP: “We will be with you at every rally, every dispute and every picket.” Thank you for your ongoing solidarity.

Rationing Tesco Value coffee is not a lifestyle choice it’s the result of poverty pay. This cannot be the reality for the people educating the next generation. “Our demands are not only fair they are essential for this country.” @drjogrady.bsky.social

This morning at Working Men’s College, FE staff are standing together. FE teachers are demanding more, fair pay, fair workloads, and respect for the vital work they do. ✊ Stand with FE staff

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

🚩 We’re out in force and it’s working. College staff are on strike across England today, and college leaders can and are coming to the table. 🔁 Repost. Get down there. Show your support. Let’s show them the strength of solidarity. ✊ #FEstrikes #NewDealForFE

We love to see it! We got this!

Students are being penalised for getting an education.” @drjogrady.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning, on the mis-selling scandal in student loans.

More pay for FE. Less work for FE. 📣 Bournemouth & Poole College staff out in force today. Further education keeps communities going but staff are stretched, underpaid and undervalued. This is what solidarity looks like. ✊ College leaders, come to the table.

Why are FE teachers on strike? As Ian Dale pointed out on LBC, FE lecturers’ starting pay is barely above minimum wage. Minimum wage ≈ £26,400. FE starting pay in England? Not £30k. That’s why staff are striking across England today.

🚨 FE strike action 🚨 Staff at 25 colleges strike 14-16 Jan over pay and conditions. 📍 National rally: Emmanual Centre, Westminster, Fri 16 Jan, 12pm UCU is demanding a New Deal for FE , pay parity and national bargaining. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1430...

Please show your support and solidarity to all FE teachers strking this week. FE Teachers deserve better.

Myerscough College staff have won, proof that employers can settle when they engage. Now 25 colleges remain in dispute, and staff will strike this week (14–16 Jan) for fair pay and conditions. College leaders must come back to the table. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1430...

🚨NEW: England wide strike action to hit 33 colleges Our members will down tools for 3 days in January in a fight for pay unless we get decent offers. Time for management to start negotiating! www.ucu.org.uk/article/1427... #NewDealForFE

✊ Yesterday UCU members stood at Southampton Solent as the Board discussed a fire-and-rehire proposal that would weaken pensions. UCU is clear: no to fire and rehire. #SouthamptonSolent #UCU

265 more redundancies on the table. 40 already gone. Over 300 people facing chaos caused by management’s decisions. Show your support, send solidarity, share their stories, and back the strike. ✊

🚨IT'S A WIN: 7% pay award at Runshaw College‼️ Well done to every member who voted to strike & forced management to make a decent offer✊ Time for other colleges to follow suit & pay up. If they refuse, strikes are set for the New Year❗️ #NewDealForFE www.ucu.org.uk/article/1428...

💪 #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...