Reminder: Branch meeting & MAB forum TODAY 1-2pm 📢 Following last week’s strategy meeting, we’re planning next steps for effective industrial action. Zoom link in email!

1/6 Goldsmiths management has announced devastating cuts and redundancies affecting both Professional Services and Academic staff under 'Future Goldsmiths'. We're holding an All-Staff meeting to talk about it — organised by staff, for staff. 🧵

1/On Monday 13 April, our branch voted by an overwhelming majority to initiate a Marking and Assessment Boycott, to begin before the start of the summer term. This is what led us here. 🔗 goldsmithsucu.org/2026/04/15/m...

Thanks to @timeshighered.bsky.social for covering our ballot. Read why we've had enough, straight from our members' mouths: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/goldsmi...

@artsprofessional.co.uk covers the crisis at Goldsmiths: another round of cuts, no explanation of where previous "savings" have gone... www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/goldsmi...

@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social staff have spoken! Our ballot returns a strong mandate for industrial action against cuts that amount to "academic vandalism." Read the coverage in @theartnewspaper.bsky.social : www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/04/14/s...

@artforum.com on our fight against yet another round of disastrous cuts at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social www.artforum.com/news/goldsmi...

RESULTS ARE IN! Thank you for voting in the ballot, and a huge thank you to all our departmental reps and everyone who threw themselves into the Get the Vote Out effort. See you all next Monday (13/04) at our branch meeting, 1-2PM!

HAVE YOU FORGOT TO POST YOUR BALLOT? Hurry out and get to the nearest post box! Ballots have to be in N81 before the 10th at noon to count. It's gotten late, but it's still worth a try!

Have you voted yet? The LAST SAFE DATE* to post your ballot is today (07/04). *For your vote to count, ballots need to be in at Civica (N80NW) by 10/04 at noon!

CORRECTION: the window to request a replacement ballot closes tomorrow (31) at noon! DONT MISS IT! yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/Goldsmith...

🚨 EMERGENCY BRANCH MEETING TODAY • 1–2PM • zoom link in email. David Oswell just announced another wave of redundancies: Professional Services first (Spring 26), academics to follow (Autumn 26). We won’t be sitting ducks. More info on the restructure in your inbox. See you soon!

Come around to campus connect today to ask David Oswell what “agile staffing base” means to him — and stay for the in-person debrief at 3.30pm. ALL STAFF WELCOME! Links and room deets in our latest 📧!

1/5 Yesterday Council met to vote on plans for cuts (=redundancies) for this academic year. Today, Thursday 26 March at 2.30-3.30pm in PSH LG02, there will be another Campus Connect event where, we are told, an announcement will be made - though it is def not past our “leadership” to lie about it.

A powerful message from three of our amazing SU officers on the damage being done to Goldsmiths by its management and why it matters. We’re forever grateful for our students’ support, an in awe of the incredible political work they do! www.goldsmithssu.org/news/article...

POSTPONED! sadly, due to some tech issues, today’s screening won’t be going ahead. Hopefully we will catch this beautiful film sometimes in April though!

📮NO BALLOT PAPER YET? If you haven’t received your ballot, please be aware that you can ask for a replacement from Monday 23rd until the 30th March (12PM) via the link below: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/Goldsmith... ⏳Don't leave it too late!

Takes only a few minutes but could make a world of difference to you, your colleagues and your students! Get yours in early📮 Solidarity ✊♥️

Happening today!

Join us for the next GUCU Solidarity Screening 📽️ MAJOR! (2015) 📅 Date: Monday 23 March 🕕 Time: 6:20pm 📍 Location: RHB Cinema, Goldsmiths

BALLOT FAQs 🗳️❓ Our ballot is open until 10 April. The LAST SAFE DATE to post is April 8. You'll have questions. Here are some answers. 🧵

‼️REMINDER that this is happening on Thursday! All staff and students welcome 💗

Ballots are in the post. 🗳️ Management just announced another Voluntary Severance Scheme. They're decimating our teaching offer, knowingly undermining recruitment when so much depends on it. They still refuse to rule out compulsory redundancies We're not waiting to find out what's next. Vote YES x2.

Here we go again… Top-down, brutal cuts are threatening our teaching and learning conditions. It’s time to talk about what’s happening and what we can do about it. Student–Staff Open Meeting 🗓 Thursday 19 March 2026 ⏰ 1–2pm 📍 RHB Cinema All students/staff welcome!

🚨 On 2 March 2026, our branch voted with 95% support to move to ballot for industrial action. On 9 March, the UCU Higher Education Committee authorised our ballot request, and notice was served to our employer. 🗳️ The ballot will run 16 Mar – 10 Apr 2026. Here's why we are doing it:

A moment of pause. UCL UCU and other trade union banners. Goldsmiths' distinctive gold (yellow) banner on the left, CWU banner in background. National demonstration for Palestine, 31 January 2026. The Strand, Central London. @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social @uclucu.bsky.social @cwunews.bsky.social

Dear Members, as senior management moves towards big cuts - with redundancies a very real possibility - GUCU will host a series of school-wide meetings over the first week of March. Please check the dates & come along if you can! As ever, Zoom links are in your email 😉

Dear Members, please note that our next equalities drop-in has been moved: 📅Fri 13 March ⏲️ 1-3PM 📌Online (link in email) Hosted by our equalities co-officers Akanksha and Maria.

Next Friday, our comrades in @kclucu.bsky.social are hosting a solidarity fundraiser for the KCL UNISON branch, which is planning to go on strike this term! Come along if you can! 📍 From 6pm, Friday March 6th at Pelican House. RSVP: luma.com/6nw9rqd7

🚨 FIFTH consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨 🔥 Two week ballot window 🔥 75% turnout 🔥 73% YES to strike action 🔥 81% YES to ASOS Our members will not tolerate victimisation and won’t be intimidated. UCU staff are not the enemy. It’s beyond time for the GS to talk to us. #HandsOffMarie

📩 Dear members, there’s an indicative poll in your inbox today (Mon 16 Feb). You should have received an individual email (from our gmail account) with the link + your membership number. Please check your inbox (and spam/junk if needed).

📣 Hands off Marie! Tell @drjogrady.bsky.social and @ucu.org.uk to stop victimising Unite UCU's safety rep. ✍️ [email protected] #HandsOffMarie #UniteTheUnion @unitetheunion.bsky.social

On 28 January 2026, our branch passed this motion moving us into dispute with our employer and setting out our red-line demands. On 29 January 2026, our UCU Regional Official, Barry Jones, formally notified the college. Full text here: goldsmithsucu.org/2026/01/29/m...

🎨✊ GUCU Members are warmly invited to join this student-led banner-making session ahead of the next national march for Palestine on 31/01. 🗓 Tue 27 Jan | 🕔 5pm | 📍 SU Lounge, Goldsmiths Free & all staff welcome.

Our branch has just passed a motion in support of @sheffielducu.bsky.social ’s struggle against compulsory redundancies & union busting. Donate to their fighting fund if you can! Full text here: goldsmithsucu.org/2026/01/21/s...

📢 On Wed 14/01, join us 3–4pm in RHB143, after the Campus Connect event (2–3pm), to debrief together. Management has announced an 11.7 mln deficit. How can we protect staff and students from further cuts and lay-offs? Come and meet your colleagues to strategise for a more just & sustainable uni!

GUCU members have passed a motion to create an archive of GUCU campaigns, industrial action, and wider student and worker activism at Goldsmiths, to preserve this history and support future organising. goldsmithsucu.org/2025/12/10/m...

On 01/12/25, our branch passed a motion in support of political prisoner Amanda Echanis, an activist, writer and poet detained since December 2020 in the Philippines on spurious charges, and donated £500 towards her legal costs. Full motion: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/12/10/m...

TODAY IS THE LAST SAFE DAY TO POST YOUR BALLOT!

TOMORROW (26/11) — The second equalities drop-in of the term will happen online from 10-12 (link in 📧). All GUCU members facing equalities-related issues at work (and particularly those with protected characteristics) are welcome to come by and chat in confidence with our wonderful Equalities team.

‼️📮This is your reminder that tomorrow (Wed 26 Nov) is the last day to safely return your postal ballot in the national dispute. 🧵Here’s why this dispute matters for us at Goldsmiths:

Support @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social fight to save their TPS pensions! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...

⌛️🗳️REMINDER that the deadline for requesting a replacement ballot is this Sunday 23 NOVEMBER 2025! yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...

Solidarity Screening today! 🎥✨ Featuring An Orange from Jaffa & ضو – Light, followed by a Q&A with director Ahmad Abu Monshar + GOLD SU’s Shada Abdalqader. 📍 RHB Cinema 🕕 Fri 21 Nov, from 6PM 💸 Pay-what-you-can (all funds to Palestinian Student Fundraiser) Snacks welcome! ♥️🍉 luma.com/5ymk9hud

⌛️🗳️REMINDER that the deadline for requesting a replacement ballot is this Sunday 23 NOVEMBER 2025! yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...

NEXT THURSDAY: After last week’s £11m+ deficit announcement, we are coming together again in in-person, all-staff meeting. We should not be where we are, and we must be clear about who is responsible for this mess — and that more cuts are not the way out. 🕐 1–2pm 📍 RHB 300

Happening tomorrow (Wed 19/11)! Join our Health & Safety team for an Invisible Work workshop. How can we make invisible/unrecognised/unpaid work visible and accounted for? How do we protect ourselves from it? 🕒 3–4:30pm, in person — room details in your 📧.

REMINDER! WHY WE VOTE YES/YES:

Have you voted yet? There are 10 days left before the ballot closes (28/11) — and the last safe day to post your ballot is 26/11! As we look ahead to possible local action, it’s important to show our strength and win this ballot! #WeAreTheUniversity #UCU