Our UCU Scotland president, vice president and officials had a first meeting since the election with the new Tertiary Education Minister Ben Macpherson today. We left him in no doubt of the challenges facing staff and students in the current HE crisis #SaveHE #StopTheCuts

Solid UCU pickets and great turnout at GCU to defend 100 jobs and say no to compulsory redundancies. Hearing from branch president Karen Lorimer that university has no deficit and cuts are a choice not a necessity #StopTheCuts #SaveHE #SaveTheGCU100

Our movement is growing. The latest ONS data shows that trade union membership in Scotland is up by 10%. Get angry. Get mobilised. Get involved. Join a union.

Devastating news from Aberdeen Uni - UCU will fight every job cut #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.ucu.org.uk/article/1453...

UCU President Maria Chondriagianni opened Congress 2026 with a rallying call to defend post-16 education: “Time is not on our side. We don’t have two or three years to wait.”

“Trans women are women” - our members.

Proud of our members representing @ucuscotland.bsky.social at the @scottishtuc.bsky.social LGBT+ Workers Conference! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ As our EHRC Working Group continues to prepare for the new guidance, it is more important than ever to build solidarity among our LGBT+ and trade union movements! #STUClgbt26

Equality is not conditional. Dignity at work is not negotiable. The EHRC Code of Practice has been published. UCU is examining it urgently. This is a significant and unsettling moment and we will not leave branches to navigate it alone. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1451...

We believe that trans people deserve equal rights and protection in the workplace and wider society. We will campaign for inclusive legislation to support this. (2/2)

Any guidance from the EHRC needs to be clear and effective in supporting organisations to prevent discrimination. Yet the updated code and selective media reporting will do nothing to reassure trans, non-binary and gender diverse people. (1/2)

If you are struggling, you are never alone. Please reach out to the following organisations: [5/5]

We at Trans Pride Scotland are immensely disappointed with the updated EHRC Code of Practice. We find ourselves completely unsurprised that there was no real change to the interim guidance from last year. This guidance promotes the exclusion of trans people from ordinary daily life. 🧵 [1/5]

92% vote for strike action to save jobs at Queen Margaret University #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.heraldscotland.com/news/2613013...

Worrying news about St Andrews staff member Antonis Vradis's detention when part of the humanitarian flotilla to Gaza. Please support his safe return and the @ucustandrews.bsky.social branch by contacting your MP & MSP on his behalf. News coverage in the National www.thenational.scot/news/2612009...

Herald interview with Tom Devine: '...preeminent Scottish historian has said that “inept decisions” by Edinburgh University bosses are to blame for the institution’s financial shortfall' #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.heraldscotland.com/news/2611944...

The Herald's @joshpizpom.bsky.social reporting from the @hwucu.bsky.social picket lines last week at Heriot-Watt: "...poor management, and cuts, and cuts again." #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.heraldscotland.com/news/educati...

Robin McAlpine in the National on the dispute and marking & assessment boycott at Edinburgh. Article includes quote from UCU member: "We are not just fighting for our jobs and the jobs of our colleagues but for the whole experience of being at an art school..." www.thenational.scot/news/2610839...

Solidarity with @nujscotland.bsky.social @nujofficial.bsky.social and @bectu.bsky.social members at STV striking for a fair, or indeed any, pay deal from management. We're sorely missing STV's coverage of the election results today #FairPay@STV

The sun is out in Aberdeen, as are the UCU Aberdeen pickets, ready to greet governors at today’s Court meeting and make the case to defend jobs and education #StopTheCuts #SaveHE ☀️✊💜🩷

Today we remember workers who have paid the ultimate price, those who left for work and never returned. There are events taking place across Scotland, to find your nearest event visit the link below: www.stuc.org.uk/about-iwmd #IWMD

Today’s Aberdeen UCU picket line ✊#StopTheCuts #SaveHE 🩷💜🩷

We’ve had all entrances to the University covered in today’s picket action at Aberdeen uni #SaveHE #StopTheCuts

Some lovely dogs on our Aberdeen UCU picket lines this morning - they know job cuts are bad! #DogsOnPicketlines #StopTheCuts

Strong picket lines once again at Aberdeen University as UCU members strike over the threat to jobs #SaveHE #StopTheCuts

Strike ballot opens at QMU #SaveHE #StopTheCuts www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/2604247...

Check out UCU’s manifesto for the Scottish Parliament elections along with the political parties responses: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

The @ucu.org.uk delegation at #STUC26 ✊🩷💜🩷

Scotland official for UCU Mary Senior supporting @nujscotland.bsky.social motion on protecting local journalism at #STUC26. UCU Scotland supporting the campaign to defend jobs and local coverage at STV in the north and north-east

Our UCU Scotland delegation at #STUC26 is pleased to support trans rights and Trans Pride Scotland! #TransEquality #solidarity 🏳️‍⚧️✊

UCU Scotland president Chris O'Donnell moving @ucu.org.uk motion on the Crisis in Post 16 Education. Calls on universities to be fully funded and for the framework review into funding to protect jobs, students and education #SaveHE #StopTheCuts

#STUC26 hearing @ucu.org.uk president Maria Chondrogianni move composite on university governance and the crisis in higher education. Details jobs crisis in universities and goverance failings at Dundee, where congress is meeting, and the need for goverance reform #SaveHE #StopTheCuts

The stage is set. Today, we bring the voices of Scotland’s workers to Dundee. Our Congress begins - for our movement, for our people, for our class. #STUC26

We’re at the 129th STUC Congress in Dundee this week. Our Scotland Official visited the Trans Pride Scotland stall ahead of the debates! #STUC26 #TransEquality 🏳️‍⚧️✊

Only one week left to register! Make your voice heard in the Scottish Parliament election. 🗳️ gov.uk/register-to-vote

If you missed yesterday’s UCU Scotland hustings check out the report in today’s Herald #SaveHE www.heraldscotland.com/news/2598939...

This week Heriot-Watt are on strike @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are on strike And colleagues at USIC are on strike. But we have the most northerly picket. Shout out to colleagues in ORKNEY 🤗 There is Strength in a Union! Save Lincs Save Scholar

We are still striking & VIKING, showing our inflated strength of FELINE. We could not BEE any more determined. We certainly won't CHICKEN out of telling our bosses unAMPHIBIOUSLY NO COMPULSORY REDUNDANCY #Heriot-Watt @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social #saveScholar

Congress was humbled to hear from Palestinian PhD student Bayan Alhasani this afternoon. Bayan gave a powerful and moving speech on his and his family’s experiences in Gaza and Scotland #palestine #solidarity 🇵🇸✊

Much solidarity between @ucu.org.uk and @nusscotland.bsky.social at today’s UCU Scotland Congress

Sai Shraddha Suresh Viswanathan speaking at UCU Scotland congress bringing message of solidarity from @nusscotland.bsky.social with staff in the fight against cuts and to defend jobs #StopTheCuts #SaveHE #UCUScongress26

UCU Scotland congress now hearing from @ucu.org.uk president Maria Chondrogianni, thanking members and branches for their work opposing cuts and defending jobs #StopTheCuts #SaveHE

UCU Scotland congress starting off with @ucuscotpresident.bsky.social Chris O'Donnell addressing congress with his president's address. Setting out the union's wins but also the challenges facing the union and the sector #StopTheCuts #SaveHE #UCUScongress26

Strikes at Edinburgh University next week www.heraldscotland.com/news/2596705...

Ballot for strike action opens at Glasgow Caledonian University www.heraldscotland.com/news/2596752...

Another EGG-cellent day on the Pickets. Student sign makers out in force. We could not BEE anymore pleased with our RAWRsome inflatables who have done more for staff morale in a few hours than Heriot-Watt has all year. #ucu #loveLINCS #savescholar Protect jobs

So, a dinosaur, a chicken, and a bee walked into a picket line.... Don't actually have a punchline but they were Bee-ing a good colleague Saving jobs from extinction Calling out foul play