Just been at the Oxford Donor Centre. The bad news is my iron was too low and I couldn't donate. The good news is I got the Metallica @metallica.com T-shirt. #GiveBlood #KeepDonating #GivingType Get involved if you're able: blood.co.uk

Very pleased to be invited to join the steering committee of Strike Map @strikemap.org today. If you're not familiar with Strike Map, the site is a 'worker-powered' dynamic map of industrial action happening across Britain and the Island of Ireland. Support Strike Map today! strikemap.org #StrikeMap

I just signed up for the @schoolcuts.bsky.social Summer Day of Action on 11 July ☀️. Before schools break up for the holidays, we want to send a strong message to this Government: Restore school funding and give this generation of pupils the education they deserve. actionnetwork.org/forms/summer...

Ever wondered if there’s a solution to the school funding crisis? On 9 July, I’m joining this online session that will cover some of the answers. Can you join? Sign up here: actionnetwork.org/events/schoo...

Have you ever wondered what you can do about school funding in your community? Come along with me to this School Cuts training on leafleting in our communities - it’s the perfect way to get started! actionnetwork.org/events/schoo...

As my Y11s lined up for their last GCSE Business exam this afternoon the sound of a rendition Van Halen's Jump was audible from a music practice room

📢 NEXT WEEK: DON'T FORGET - NEU Oxfordshire ANNUAL General Meeting 🗓️ THURSDAY 21 MAY 🗺️ Holiday Inn Oxford, Oxford, OX2 8JD 🕕 1830 - 2000 (food served from 1730) When we organise, we win.

Today, on Firefighters Memorial Day, #WeRemember over 2,300 firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Their bravery and sacrifice will never be forgotten. Firefighters across the country will observe a minute’s silence at midday. Remember the dead, fight for the living.

#InternationalWorkersMemorialDay is not just about remembering, it's about pushing back against everything bad that affects our members; that includes Ofsted. 📽️Watch Daniel's #IWMD message about the importance of the union's Ofsted risk assessment. Access here 👉 https://bit.ly/4axm9NB

Our statement on yesterday’s news regarding the resolution of the @unitetheunion.bsky.social #BirminghamBinStrike. 🧵 #StrikeMap #Workers #Birmingham #Unite #Bins #Power

Economics A-level examiners bracing themselves this year for the appearance of 'profit-maxxing' in exam scripts

🚨 BREAKING: FBU WIN in Oxfordshire FBU members have been campaigning for months against dangerous proposals for cuts by Oxfordshire County Council. Firefighters' duty is to protect the public – and that is exactly what members have done. When FBU members fight back, we win.

Oxfordshire NEU stands with the Fire Brigades Union @fbunational.bsky.social. Well done to those who participated in the consultation to fight against Oxfordshire County Council's @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social proposed cuts to Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service! news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/councillors-...

BREAKING 🚨| They are up on our map, get ya @bma.org.uk pickets 7-13 April 2026. We stand 100% behind all taking action. 🪧#VisitAPicket- bit.ly/BMAPicketsAp... #StrikeMap #NHSstrike #ResidentDoctors #BMA

Oxfordshire NEU Joint Branch Secretary Lucy Coleman speaking at the @neunion.bsky.social National Conference against amendment 38.1 to the motion Welfare and wages, not weapons and warfare #NEU2026 @neunion.bsky.social

Oxfordshire NEU delegation at the NEU National Conference #NEU2026 @neunion.bsky.social

Oxfordshire NEU Joint Branch Secretary Lucy Coleman speaking at the NEU National Conference to second amendment 3 to the priority motion No to Trump and Netanyahu's wars #NEU2026 @neunion.bsky.social

Oxfordshire NEU Joint District Secretary and Executive member Leigh Seedhouse speaking at the NEU National Conference to propose motion 20 Combatting the rise of the far right (composite) #NEU2026 @neunion.bsky.social

#NEU2026, today we’re bringing you the rep leaders of some of the longest strikes this century. #StrikeMap presents: Workers Strike Back 5.45pm | Activist Zone| Main Jess Edwards, @neunion.bsky.social Caroline Hayhurst, @unison.org.uk Danny Taylor, @unitetheunion.bsky.social

Hearing from the 2026 Reps of the year: Arthur Terry Learning Partnership Reps Team, speaking at the How we saved 100 jobs: Lessons from the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership strike session at the #NEUactivistzone at the National Education Union National Conference #NEU2026 @neunion.bsky.social

Fantastic turnout at the #AbolishOfsted Activist Zone session as members come together to organise and resist Ofsted’s toxic pressure on educators. Got the call? Don’t panic! Download your risk assessment now 👉 neu.org.uk/campaigns/abolish-ofsted/ofsted-risk-assessment-guide

Oxfordshire NEU Joint District Secretary and Executive member Leigh Seedhouse speaking at the NEU National Conference to propose motion 13 Standing against welfare cuts - defending dignity, independence and education #NEU2026 @neunion.bsky.social

Oxfordshire NEU Joint District Secretary Leigh Seedhouse, and Woodeaten Manor Rep Hannah Stephenson speaking at the NEU National Conference respectively to propose and second amendment 11.3 to the motion Against the introduction of a statutory year 8 reading assessment #NEU2026 @neunion.bsky.social

Oxfordshire NEU Joint Branch Secretary Lucy Coleman, and Vice-President Monique Lambie speaking at the NEU National Conference respectively to propose and second amendment 9.1 to the motion Prioritising the pedagogy of play #NEU2026 @neunion.bsky.social

This morning, delegates in Brighton voted unanimously to pass a motion opposing the new Ofsted frame work. The framework was never going to work - it creates more stress, instability and more 'ways to fail'. Ofsted causes more harm than good and needs to go. #NEU26 #AbloishOfsted 📸 Kois Miah

It's that time of year again, and another lanyard with the National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social #NEU2026

Oxfordshire NEU at the Together Alliance march in London @togetheralliance.bsky.social

Shame on Coventry City Council @coventrycc.bsky.social! Shame on Birmingham City Council @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social! Victory to the Birmingham bin strikers! Victory to Unite the Union @unitetheunion.bsky.social! Unite For A Workers' Economy #BirminghamBinStrike

From Private Eye issue 1668 p39

It's another weekend, another lanyard with the National Education Union #NEUSuperConference @southeastneu.bsky.social @neunion.bsky.social

On Saturday our special conference took a clear and decisive step. Delegates voted to withdraw from an agreement we made via the TUC in 2017 which governs our relationship with school support staff. We want to work together with sister unions to ensure a voice for all education workers.

Let's go

AFFILIATE ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Welcome @equityuk.bsky.social to the #StrikeMap family. Joining over 125 other affiliates. Read what this affiliation means to #Equity👇

📢 THIS THURSDAY: DON'T FORGET - NEU Oxfordshire General Meeting 🗓️ 26 February 🗺️ Holiday Inn Oxford, Oxford, OX2 8JD 🕕 1830 - 2000 (food served from 1730) When we organise, we win.

Shame on Birmingham City Councillor Majid Mahmood! Victory to the Birmingham bin strikers! Victory to Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social! Unite for a Workers' Economy #BirminghamBinStrike

For folks in Oxford, the Cuban film The Last Supper is being screened at the Ultimate Picture Palace @uppcinema.bsky.social on 21 March as part of the 2026 Screen Cuba film festival uppcinema.com/show/screen-... #ScreenCuba @cubasolidarity.bsky.social

Victory to the Birmingham bin strikers! Their resolve is an example for all of us

"We’ve seen a year long strike with the Birmingham Bin workers with a labour led council. That’s not acceptable." - Steve Wright, @fbunational.bsky.social on today's @bbclaurak.bsky.social Keir Starmer, it is time to intervene and end the #BirminghamBinStrike #StrikeMap #BrumBinStrike

Shame on Birmingham City Council @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social! Stop the legal threats against workers. Victory to the Birmingham bin strikers! Victory to Unite the Union @unitetheunion.bsky.social! Well done to Strike Map @strikemap.org for organising megapickets in solidarity!

Bridget Phillipson specifically asked the STRB to examine the benefits and challenges of changing 1265 hours annual directed teacher time regulation If this goes, there will be no upper limit on how much time teachers can be directed for! Fight to protect 1265! #SaveEducation

STRIKE MAP PRESS RELEASE- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BREAKING NEWS 🚨| #Birmingham City Council seeks injunction to ban #Megapickets and #solidarity action Read in full here: bit.ly/CantbansolidarityPR #StrikeMap

The visit of Dr Lissette Rubio Medoros, Professor at the University of Pedagogical Sciences in Havana, to Cheney School is covered in CubaSí Winter 2025-2026 p30-31 @cubasolidarity.bsky.social

Dead pleased to be awarded the National Professional Qualification for Leading Teaching (NPQLT)

📢 Comrades, are you ballot ready? 🗳️ Make sure your details are up to date at my.neu.org.uk Preliminary ballot for teachers and support staff will run form 28 February - 17 April 📆 Let's save education ✊

🎬 “We can’t do it without funding.” These educators are trying to ensure that children with special educational needs have a fair chance at school, and at life. But without adequate funding, SEN support in schools is under threat. 👉 WATCH NOW: youtu.be/Og38Y_oq49s

⚠️ The future of our students with SEN needs 🎬 Full film coming next week Three educators on the frontlines speak out on government cuts and the impact on support provision for students with SEN.

My article 'Putting Strikes on the Map: Unions, the 2025 Birmingham Bin Strike and Beyond' is in Volume 32 Issue 3 of Economics Today this month. It discusses the ongoing industrial dispute between bin workers, represented by @unitetheunion.bsky.social, and Birmingham City Council. @strikemap.org

📢 THIS THURSDAY: DON'T FORGET - NEU Oxfordshire General Meeting 🗓️ 22 January 🗺️ Holiday Inn Oxford, Oxford, OX2 8JD 🕕 1830 - 2000 (food served from 1730) When we organise, we win.