Seems to me “Which Side Are You On?” is an appropriate song here. Friendly reminder to all those being coerced into harming your colleagues, harming yourselves, & ultimately harming future students: YOU CAN STILL JOIN UCU! @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social #UCU

“But he doesn’t take a salary. So generous, right?” www.instagram.com/reel/DZnLlwY...

Watching the news. Donald Trump would SO fail the marshmallow test.

No one can “earn” a billion, much less a trillion, dollars. Stop normalizing the exploitation, media.

This boy! You give him a lap to sit on, and he’s there. 3 months into joining the clan and he has found his place. Here I am putting on my shoes….hence, the opportunity for him to claim my lap.

As a blanket policy across disciplines, this is cruel. Having been subject to such a policy at Uni, one of my engineering exam scores in the mid-90s garnered me a B because others had higher scores and A’s were capped. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/o...

Workload, and how workload is allocated, is a problem in HE. @ducu.bsky.social has a mandate for ASOS right now — you know, legal protection to do your job and be allowed to refuse working for free. PalTV did a piece on our current action. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuPD...

Really good summary of why I beg my students to handwrite their notes instead of typing them. www.instagram.com/reel/DWZnKnI...

Reading the news today & came across this. To be CRYSTAL CLEAR, @ducu.bsky.social has REPEATEDLY raised workload problems to management and offered potential solutions for negotiation. In EVERY instance, management has refused to negotiate. “No” is not negotiation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is why I limit my use of PPT, share research on lower learning outcomes when using computers to take notes, and resisted being forced to incorporate AI into my assessments. Technology impairs cognition; it doesn’t enhance learning. www.instagram.com/reel/DUZGHf0...

Oh my stars, have I won the cat distribution lottery, or what?! He is slow-blinking me here ❤️. This is 1 week in my home & 9 weeks since I saw him get hit by a car and saved him.

US, UK—it’s the same story. www.chronicle.com/article/high...

Flip Texas. Flip. Texas!!!! youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

Only 30% of my students showed up for class today. 35% have never shown up this term (Week 4). This is the first time since 2022 (when I first taught this module here) that I’ve not had 90-100% attendance at every session. Trying to wrap my head around what’s going on!

No, Melania, not sending money your way. Watching Becoming … again. I’ve think I’ll re-read her book, too.

Voted in our local ballot. Working conditions will never improve unless we fight for them. @ducu.bsky.social

The same can be said for @ducu.bsky.social !

“It’s also in the company’s best interest to allocate appropriate workload.” Why, yes. Yes, it is!

Oh good, it’s gone up 0.4C since I got to the office. Guess I’m full of hot air 🤷🏼‍♀️😂. GSAs say it’s calibrated hotter than it really is (when it was 25C in summer). So does this mean it’s actually colder? 🥶

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

Prescient, indeed. 💔

They stood over him and fired even more shots into his motionless body. #ICEOUT

I earned tenure at TAMU and I am shocked at what is going on there. Stand up; speak up.

All the freedoms you enjoy today are because someone before you fought for them. It’s your turn. Vote. @ducu.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/7icZh...

Do it, y'all! No matter how things go over the next six months, we're stronger with a mandate!

We moved in to our £104m Waterside White Elephant building 16 months ago. The roof is already leaking.

Here is a gift link to the Times’ new analysis of the Good shooting. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

Damn indeed...

And it begins! Post your ballots ASAP, #ducu members! Our workloads are rising & our jobs security isn’t. We deserve better from management than just “no” to our reasonable requests and suggestions. @ducu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

My trusty teaching trolley has bit the dust after 20 years. I will need to find a suitable replacement by Monday’s class for my markers, card stock, visual imagery cards, activity materials, and so forth. Sigh. A good run for a hard-used item.

Video. Video. Video everything. Heres how! www.instagram.com/reel/DTRh_w_...

Never in danger. www.instagram.com/reel/DTPraD7...

Solidarity to @northumbriauni.bsky.social staff, told they must move to a pension scheme widely considered worse or face a pay freeze (against UK-wide bargaining). United as unions, they can beat it (& deter other employers from trying similar). Post those ballots, & join if you’re not a member!

Plato....PLATO....banned at #TAMU. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Cold. Blooded. Murder. www.instagram.com/reel/DTOcwx3...

Here's the latest finance news from @northumbriauni.bsky.social - staff are doing so great management want to freeze their pay unless they move to a different pension. Well done us! @ucu.org.uk @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social

My department has all but required our assessments to either incorporate or allow the use of #AI. Odd for an institution that’s all about #sustainability. There are unintended consequences, though. www.instagram.com/reel/DS3KRjM...

Also tracking wages in higher education…. 🤔 www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-ImyE...

No good deed goes unpunished. Here I am sat in A&E after I rescued a tiny black cat I saw knocked down by a van; she tried to run but couldn’t use her back legs. Terrified, she bit the $@&! out of my hand. Here’s hoping it will only be the 2 hour wait they anticipate.

So glad I brought an extra layering shirt and a small blanket with me to the office today!

Join your trade union. @ducu.bsky.social

Can you say Charlie Foxtrot day? Bus didn’t show; next one made me late for my appointment; had to wait 90 minutes to get seen; ran to catch bus after—got on the wrong one. Now walking 1.5mi home from the closest stop I could get—no busses stop between so walk it is. FML

This is what my employer is trying to do to us at Northumbria University.

If you could sign a petition supporting Northumbria University staff being forced out of their pensions by management, I'd really appreciate it.

Meanwhile, my department has set a policy that makes in-person assignments all but impossible.

Hope is here. Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️

👉👉👉Hey! Please sign and share! Let's get to 500+ today! www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...

With a killer #GTVO campaign and a flurry of SO many last minute voters, BOOM! Our records show that we sailed past that 50% anti-union threshold locally at @ducu.bsky.social. #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk