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Shy Bairns Get Nowt!
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
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Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal!
If Northumbria does this, other universities will too. These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.
https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/northumbria-pay-and-pension-petition-stop-the-steal?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=a450d126-bf0c-446f-849a-18cf778a0adc
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LilGemGem
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This amused me greatly š especially the fox painting š Thank yoooo
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The Labor Radio Podcast Network
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The Rich History of General Strikes in America w/ Organizer and Writer Fred Glass (G&R 462) On January 23, 2026, we saw the first general strike in 80 years in Minnesota after the murder of Renee Good by ICE (one day before their murder of Veteranās Administ
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Seth Abramson
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šŖšŖšŖStand up, show up, be counted - and never, EVER cross a picket line. We fight together, we win together.
@ucu.org.uk
@georgeclarke.bsky.social
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Do pls share widely!
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Social History Society
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š£Bookings now open! šCelebrating 50 years of the Social History Society with our 'Festival of Social History'
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Panels, zine-making stall, tours, lunch, a roundtable, & keynote by Naomi Tadmor š 24 Apr 2026 š· from Ā£10 for members All welcome!
socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...
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Festival of Social History
To celebrate 50 years of the Social History Society, weāve teamed up with the Institute of Historical Research to host a Social History Festival! The festival will feature two expert discussion panā¦
https://socialhistory.org.uk/events/festival-of-social-history/
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO š¬š§šŗš¦š¬š±
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Thereās literally past ministers and Tory MPs standing next to you.
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UNI Europa
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EU leaders meeting for a ācompetitiveness retreatā next week must refocus on peopleās real priorities after a massive survey of European citizens found economic insecurity is their top concern.
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Eurobarometer shows EU leaders must focus on peopleās priorities
The Eurobarometer found that tackling inflation, rising prices and the cost of living is peopleās top priority.
https://www.uni-europa.org/news/eurobarometer-shows-eu-leaders-must-refocus-on-peoples-priorities/
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But if you 'raise the floor', don't you bang your head?
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Inside Higher Ed
4 days ago
Career Advice | AI Can Raise the Floor for Higher Ed Policymaking Used carefully, AI tools can aid us in developing university policy based on evidence, not anecdote or intuition. https://bit.ly/4qZoiKK
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#HigherEd
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In the UK, exacerbated by a democratic and accountability deficit, racist policies, and a crumbling financial model.
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This is great! Thanks
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Join today!
www.ucu.org.uk/join%E2%9C%8A
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The Canary
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Peace campaigners protest arms fair at Birmingham NEC - the campaigners said hosting the arms fair goes against the NECās stated commitment to honest, ethical business
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...
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Peace campaigners protest arms fair at Birmingham NEC
The campaigners said hosting the arms fair goes against the NECās stated commitment to honest, ethical business.
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/02/05/peace-campaigners-protest-arms-fair-at-birmingham-nec/
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See the full story here (where management fail to mention the pay cuts):
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Northumbria University staff vote for strike action over pay and pensions row
This comes after 80% of participating University and College Union members backed the proposed industrial action
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumbria-university-staff-vote-strike-33296656
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@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
are on strike 12, 13, 17-19 Feb and 2-6 March to stop bosses
@northumbriauni.bsky.social
slashing pay and pensions forever. Please donate to the branch fighting fund here: Unity Trust Bank, UCU Northumbria Univ NE119, Hardship Fund, SC 608301, AN 20295578
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@timeshighered.bsky.social
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@ucu.org.uk
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Heeeeeeellll YES!!!!
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@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
are on strike 12, 13, 17-19 Feb and 2-6 March to stop bosses
@northumbriauni.bsky.social
slashing pay and pensions forever. Please donate to the branch fighting fund here: Unity Trust Bank, UCU Northumbria Univ NE119, Hardship Fund, SC 608301, AN 20295578
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Oliver
4 days ago
"So many journalists and politicians doing the rounds on TV news and radio to express their horror at Mandelson ..., were in fact best pals with him for years. Coincidentally many of them were full of visceral hatred and contempt for Jeremy Corbyn ..." via Bring back news to the UK
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Suzi Toole
5 days ago
Show solidarity and support, learn more about the dispute, and share ideas for the fightback: 6-7PM Tuesday 10 February, or 2-3PM Wednesday 11 February - contact the branch
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
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#ucu
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UNISON
5 days ago
UNISON general secretary
@andreaegangs.bsky.social
is in Southend on Thursday joining students, staff and local residents at the rally opposing closure of the university campus. Closure of the campus will hit students, staff, and the local economy hard.
bit.ly/3Zd6iAu
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āIf I think about what this means, I want to cryā: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex Universityās Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a āleft behindā UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
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Dr Heidi Colthup
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We're not having a great time in Higher Education in the South East of England.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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āIf I think about what this means, I want to cryā: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex Universityās Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a āleft behindā UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/04/essex-university-southend-campus-closure-seaside-deprivation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Glenn Is Being Obstreperous Again
5 days ago
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
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š„š„š„All
@ucu.org.uk
branches, reps and members should come to come one of two online briefings organised by
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
to help the fightback āagainst plans by
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management to slash pay and pensions š ...
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Regrettably, it seems these are not acceptable to university management, meaning sustained and significant industrial action is imminent, when it could have been, and could still be, avoided. You can also see UCU's response to managementās proposals here:
www.ucu-unn.org.uk/news/318-ucu...
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UCU RESPONSE TO PAY AND PENSION PROPOSAL
https://www.ucu-unn.org.uk/news/318-ucu-on-p-and-p
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has developed reasonable, comprehensive, and constructive counter-proposals to help resolve the dispute
@northumbriauni.bsky.social
regarding pay and pensions in good faith. You can see them here:
www.ucu-unn.org.uk/news/319-ucu...
. What do you think?
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UCU Counter-Proposals 2026
https://www.ucu-unn.org.uk/news/319-ucu-cp
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@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
has developed reasonable, comprehensive, and constructive counter-proposals to help resolve the dispute
@northumbriauni.bsky.social
regarding pay and pensions in good faith. You can see them here:
www.ucu-unn.org.uk/news/319-ucu...
. What do you think?
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UCU Counter-Proposals 2026
https://www.ucu-unn.org.uk/news/319-ucu-cp
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š„š„š„All
@ucu.org.uk
branches, reps and members should come to come one of two online briefings organised by
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
to help the fightback āagainst plans by
@northumbriauni.bsky.social
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UCU @ QUB
7 days ago
In response to the news that
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has cut ties with Senator George J. Mitchell, following new information that suggests he remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, we have released the following statement. 1/5
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It's Going Down
7 days ago
"The leaderless character of the resistance to ICE in Minnesota is precisely what has made it effective. The everyday anarchism of the Minneapolis revolution is its greatest strength." Amazing report from
@crimethinc.com
on the recent general strike in
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crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/c...
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šŖšŖšŖ
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members start indefinite Action Short of a Strike
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on 12 February. Strike Action is currently scheduled for...
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Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE!
10 days ago
This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
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Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal!
If Northumbria does this, other universities will too. These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.
https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/northumbria-pay-and-pension-petition-stop-the-steal?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=91734b3f-e5f9-4f45-b5cc-0df6bcae36b6
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Oliver
10 days ago
Good advice on talking to "a friend, a parent, an uncle" taken in by Reform "... Because most people caught in the Reform trap arenāt bad people. Theyāre people who feel left behind - and were offered an easy villain ..." via Dave Jones Anti-Reform
www.facebook.com/groups/19585...
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Anti-Reform | **You canāt fix stupid | Facebook
**You canāt fix stupid!** ā¦but you *can* reach people who arenāt stupid at all - just misled, anxious, or stuck in a very loud echo chamber. If itās a stranger online, donāt bother. Theyāre there...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1958583951263979/posts/2424404928015210/
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Charlotte Weatherill
10 days ago
I've written a new blog - Where do you start the story of climate change? This blog lays out the argument for why climate baselines should not be taken from the industrial revolution, and why the science needs to get past its fixation on attribution.
blog.geographydirections.com/2026/01/29/w...
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Where do you start the story of climate change?
By Charlotte Weatherill, University of Manchester Where you start any story matters. Especially when describing how a problem came to be, your starting point establishes what has caused it, and theā¦
https://blog.geographydirections.com/2026/01/29/where-do-you-start-the-story-of-climate-change/
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11 days ago
āDevastatingā cuts to UK physics and astronomy budgets condemned
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/devasta...
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āDevastatingā cuts to UK physics and astronomy budgets condemned
Reduction in funding by Science and Technology Facilities Council would be āmost drasticā cut to curiosity-driven science āin a generationā warn scientific leaders
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/devastating-cuts-uk-physics-and-astronomy-budgets-condemned
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Universities are becoming the future of British independent film
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/univ...
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Universities are becoming the future of British independent film
Universities can produce commercially viable projects while giving the industry the sustainability and freedom to take risks on new talent, says Chris Nunn
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/universities-are-becoming-future-british-independent-film
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Serge Broom
12 days ago
Art by Lar DeSouzaā¦
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Mark Pendleton
11 days ago
Management at the University of Sheffield has created a crisis. Staff want to work but are being denied that opportunity, causing great damage to staff, students and the wider community. Today
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
members are rallying to say
#StoptheLockout
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Adam Bienkov
12 days ago
No response yet from Reform pundit and activist Tim Montgomerie about his party's selection in Gorton and Denton
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Zack Polanski
11 days ago
My article in the Metro. Why the Green Party must beat the Reform extremists in Gorton & Denton.
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Reformās choice in Gorton and Denton tells you everything you need to know
Goodwin is a dangerous extremist with views on race that the vast majority of us find absolutely abhorrent.
https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/28/zack-polanski-greens-can-beat-reform-extremists-gorton-denton-26573484/
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Paul Myers
11 days ago
The movement now has its own āOhioā thanks to Bruce Springsteenās āStreets of Minneapolisā:
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=4LJR9Rk53CukHLSR
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UCU Scotland
11 days ago
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
UCUās Melissa DāAscenzio tells MSPs of the impact of the Dundee Uni crisis on workers
#StopTheCuts
#SaveHE
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Fearful Dundee University staff āsuffering anxiety, sleepless nights, and heart palpitationsā due to crisis
Trade union joint president Melissa D'Ascenzio took the complaints of workers to Holyrood as she laid bare the human cost.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/5421165/dundee-university-staff-anxiety-crisis/
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO š¬š§šŗš¦š¬š±
13 days ago
There's always a tweet.....or twenty š Isn't that right Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Zia Yusuf? Once again Reform UK demonstrating their principles by accepting Suella Braverman
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Zack Polanski
12 days ago
It's Greens Vs Reform Hope Vs Hate. We must make sure hope wins.
youtu.be/s5HdfCCaUgE?...
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Zack Polanski: Keir Starmer has Failed. The Green Party Will Replace Labour
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
https://youtu.be/s5HdfCCaUgE?si=mPUq1vkquJ32CrQ_
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