"Labour’s debate has been so locked onto the who, when, how of changing leader, and far too little on the why or for what" Keir Starmer's former adviser @fletchersimon.bsky.social on why simply replacing leader won't be enough to solve the problem of how Labour lost the trust of the British people

#fuckai #aiisfascist

Sheffield Hallam management rebranding as the University of Steel City in the desperate hope of a bailout

And by pulling universities like @northumbriauni.bsky.social out of national collective bargaining, thereby fragmenting collective pay deals and destroying conditions, employers are turning HE into FE...

Fidesz is finally out of power in Hungary — but the system it built, with some of the worst wages and employment rights in the EU, remains intact.

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Join us live with @goldbergradio.bsky.social and @adambienkov.bsky.social now to talk about what the local election results mean for the UK open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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Amazing student-made video in support of striking @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members striking for pay and pension justice - sets out the impact of management plans to cut pay and staff on students @northumbriauni.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DX6wot1...

FYI @ucea.bsky.social @teacherspensions.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @financialtimes.com @theguardian.com @julietterowsell.bsky.social @georgeclarke.bsky.social @danhollandnews.bsky.social @chionwurah.bsky.social @alancampbellmp.bsky.social @chroniclelive.co.uk @qatar.bsky.social

Please share @ucu.org.uk @nasuwt-official.bsky.social @neunion.bsky.social @ntyneside-nasuwt.bsky.social @nasuwtnewcastle.bsky.social @tucneyh.bsky.social @ucucommons.org @moneyontheleft.bsky.social @21group.bsky.social @northumbriaiww.bsky.social @strikemap.org @uculeft.bsky.social

Amazing student-made video in support of striking @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members striking for pay and pension justice - sets out the impact of management plans to cut pay and staff on students @northumbriauni.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DX6wot1...

"How UK universities ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students"

What Are Words Worth 2U2? is an interdisciplinary festival that asks what language does,who it belongs to, & what it costs.We explore the translingual; reclaimed,unstable vocabularies; vernacular&informal speech; legal languages;& poetic,invented forms.  erratic-front-a98.notion.site/349111eaa4bd...

Imagine your boss emailing you to demand you immediately move to a worse pension scheme and contract or you’re out of the door. That’s what happened to our members at Southampton Solent. They are fighting back. Sign this petition to support them. www.change.org/p/students-s...

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social @newcastleucu.bsky.social @ducu.bsky.social @drodurham.bsky.social

Oh great news Im sure this will prompt Northumbria to rethink its current war on staff as the cost of TPS is supposed to be THE reason for freezing our pay, eh @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

"eligibility for Total Incapacity ill-health retirement benefits may be affected if retirement occurs within five years of joining USS due to a known condition". What choice do they have? How is that not discriminatory? @disrightsuk.bsky.social @ndrnadvocates.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members with existing health conditions considering moving from @teacherspensions.bsky.social to USS (or have their pay cut) are being told...

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members with existing health conditions considering moving from @teacherspensions.bsky.social to USS (or have their pay cut) are being told...

There is no NYC without unions. A people united and organized cannot be defeated. Together, we're showing the world what solidarity means.

Workers deserve better. Higher pay. Strong rights. Collective power. This is what the Green Party Workers’ Charter is about - building an economy that works for people, not the wealthy few.

Glad to see this from UCU. Threats, violence & any form of antisemitism, racism, or discrimination towards *any* minoritised community or faith group is always unacceptable, & has no place in our workplaces, on our streets, or in our places of education www.ucu.org.uk/article/1449...

The speech is based on a real event - so-called "Evil May Day" - in 1517 when an angry mob of Londoners, whipped up by a populist preacher, turned on Flemish immigrants and started to loot their homes. They'd "come over here to take our jobs and ...." novel isn't it

All Reform UK has to offer is grievance. No plan. No idea. Just anger and division. Farage is becoming increasingly irate under scrutiny.

NEW: Reform UK's leaflets in Hylton Castle spell their candidate's name wrong. That turns out to be the least of his problems. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/01/m...

Brilliant from @carolinelucas.bsky.social on Farage’s failed Brexit experiment 👏 bylinetimes.com/2026/05/01/n...

Happy International Workers' Day to all comrades! To celebrate, we're offering 50% off ALL BOOKS until the 14th. We publish books that defy capitalism and all the exploitation it brings. One day, we will be free. Until then, keep reading! www.plutobooks.com

The institutions that are supposed to protect our democracy need to wake up to the reality of 2026. Quite obviously, there is nothing to "consider" here. Quite obviously, this needs investigation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The money flowing into Reform isn't just about getting Farage into government, it's about changing UK culture @goodlawproject.org leftfootforward.org/2026/04/good...

Oh, and to add insult to injury, it looks like staff who have taken strike action are going to be docked pay for not replacing the teaching they didn't do (and have already been docked pay for not doing) AND like there will be compulsory redundancies. Happy times.

And so @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social's fight for pay and pension justice goes on... @nasuwt-official.bsky.social @neunion.bsky.social @nasuwtnewcastle.bsky.social @ntyneside-nasuwt.bsky.social @tucneyh.bsky.social @newcastleucu.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @chroniclelive.co.uk

And so @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social's fight for pay and pension justice goes on... @ucu.org.uk @ucea.bsky.social @hepi-news.bsky.social @wonkhe.bsky.social @moneyontheleft.bsky.social @21group.bsky.social @julietterowsell.bsky.social @unisoninhe.bsky.social @unison.org.uk

Looks like employer contributions for @teacherspensions.bsky.social will be going down next year. What does that mean for @northumbriauni.bsky.social bosses saying they need to save £11m by cutting staff pay unless people move from that scheme to USS? Nothing. Cuts still planned. Thanks a lot.

And so @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social's fight for pay and pension justice goes on... @nasuwt-official.bsky.social @neunion.bsky.social @nasuwtnewcastle.bsky.social @ntyneside-nasuwt.bsky.social @tucneyh.bsky.social @newcastleucu.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @chroniclelive.co.uk

And so @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social's fight for pay and pension justice goes on... @ucu.org.uk @ucea.bsky.social @hepi-news.bsky.social @wonkhe.bsky.social @moneyontheleft.bsky.social @21group.bsky.social @julietterowsell.bsky.social @unisoninhe.bsky.social @unison.org.uk

Looks like employer contributions for @teacherspensions.bsky.social will be going down next year. What does that mean for @northumbriauni.bsky.social bosses saying they need to save £11m by cutting staff pay unless people move from that scheme to USS? Nothing. Cuts still planned. Thanks a lot.

Thank you for the solidarity! We stand with our colleagues fighting against these callous cuts. ✊ Show your support for those in the pickets at Southampton Solent today.

"I’m convinced it is exactly the opposite. The less you tell stories of victory, the less people want to get involved and the more powerless they feel, and therefore the more the right just rolls over us." [email protected]

Nigel Farage has been accused by multiple people he grew up with of extreme antisemitic comments and behaviour. Yet he's allowed to present himself as a champion of Jewish people. Meanwhile, our only Jewish leader, Zack Polanski, is smeared - because he opposes genocide.

#Maldives: Police raided the offices of news outlet Adhadhu in Malé and placed its CEO and managing editor under a 3 month travel ban following the release of an investigative report on the country’s president. We strongly condemn the government’s attempt to criminalise journalists!

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🤔😡✊What do @northumbriauni.bsky.social academics say about the impact on them and their students of management’s plans to cut their pay unless they change to a private pension, and to take the university out of national collective bargaining to do so? www.ucu-unn.org.uk/news/332-sta...