📌 SAVE THE DATE: GUCU strike fundraiser! 📌 Wednesday 22 July, 6 till 10pm, Pelican House E1. Music! Speakers! A raffle! Friends! Everything you could possibly need to get through (another) long hot summer of fighting the good fight. Full line-up coming soon 😉 Divided we beg, united we fight!

Politicians urge OfS to review London South Bank restructure www.timeshighereducation.com/news/politic...

Universities should teach students how to live, not just how to get a job www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/univ...

Empty lectures stem from students’ fractured relationship with effort www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/empt...

As history shows, universities must adapt to a changing world – or die www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/hist...

“London’s nursing provision could be severely degraded, potentially impacting the health of nine million Londoners.” @drjogrady.bsky.social London South Bank University trains 1 in 4 of London’s nurses and management wants to fire and rehire with worse contracts. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1457...

Politicians alert Office for Students over cuts at London South Bank University as staff vote no confidence in vice-chancellor. '... management's refusal to meaningfully engage with its workforce ... is turning the institution into a pariah' www.ucu.org.uk/article/1457...

@ucu.org.uk UEL reported to health and safety watchdog over workload concerns www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uel-rep...

Remote working academics more stressed than on-campus colleagues www.timeshighereducation.com/news/remote-...

“I won't roll out the red carpet for any employer who mistreats their staff. Drop the deductions, get back round the table." Thanks to Lewisham Mayor Liam Shrivastava for coming down to the pickets at Goldsmiths today.

Burnham ‘to end dominance of universities in education system’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/burnham...

Burnham will ‘push universities to help reshape system’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/burnham...

Minimum entry standards ‘blunt tool’ to tackle franchise abuse www.timeshighereducation.com/news/minimum...

Nobelist: cross-border science crucial for fixing climate crisis www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nobelis...

‘I thought we were safe’: shock at Exeter’s humanities ‘gamble’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/i-thoug...

What an excellent workshop, with a huge turnout! So many great ideas and examples of what we can do together to defend and protect casusalised workers right now, and also how we can end casusalisation and push for proper, stable and secure jobs for all! 💪💪💪

Solidarity with everyone out at LSBU today - fighting to save jobs and Higher Education @uculsbu.bsky.social

How UK higher education’s financial model broke in 2024-25 www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/how-uk...

Government publish regulations on electronic and workplace balloting. Regulations, accompanied by a code of practice, were laid before Parliament on Monday (22nd June) and will come into force in August. More details here: www.ier.org.uk/news/governm...

‘Inclusive innovation’: what Burnham will want from universities www.timeshighereducation.com/news/inclusi...

When jobs in schools pay more, of course colleges can’t recruit and retain. Laura Kyrke-Smith MP put that to ministers this week the reply leaned on “extra funding.” But 16-19 funding rose 0.5% against 2.8% inflation. That’s a real-terms cut. Last week we joined the AoC to warn the government.

The Met Office has issued an Extreme Heat Warning 🥵 Employers must carry out a risk assessment and enact control measures. More details here👇 www.ucu.org.uk/media/13584/...

Hertfordshire to cut 200 jobs in bid to save £20 million www.timeshighereducation.com/news/hertfor...

UCU - Staff at the University of Lincoln deliver a damning vote of no confidence in the institution's senior leadership team www.ucu.org.uk/article/1454...

Universities up and down the UK are quietly moving staff out of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme to cut costs. Christine Blower co-chair of our Parliamentary Group, put it straight to the government. Pensions aren’t a cost cutting exercise. They’re staff’s terms and conditions. Hands off.

UCU - LSBU staff to strike next week in fight against vicious assault on academics' terms and conditions www.ucu.org.uk/article/1454...

UCU - Your support is needed www.ucu.org.uk/your-support...

UCU - Union stops attack on pensions at Sheffield Hallam www.ucu.org.uk/article/1454...

We condemn the monstrous attack that took place on Monday evening on Stephen Ogilvy. Our thoughts are with him and his family. There can never be any justification for racism, vigilantism, or collective blame. Please read our full statement: ucu.org.uk/article/1454...

Solidarity with @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social Out today and indefinitely ✊

UCU - University of Essex strikes escalate over campus closure & job cuts www.ucu.org.uk/article/1442...

Lincoln Bishop pivot to law, business raises GUS ‘takeover’ fears www.timeshighereducation.com/news/lincoln...

UK university staff: have you feared for your job at any point during the past two years? How confident are you that redundancies are less likely this year than they were last year? This is your last chance to let us know in our UK Redundancy Survey. @timeshighered.bsky.social

A pedagogy of grief: dealing with loss in higher education "... we aren’t just mourning the absence of people or resources – we are grieving the futures they represented." www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/pedag...

UCL’s planned Dubai outpost sparks free speech concerns www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucls-pl...

Great turnout for the rally marking the end of our recent days of action with @unitetheunion.bsky.social and @unison.org.uk colleagues. If you are at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, did you know our median pay has been cut 9% in real terms since 2018? Details: ucu.imperial.ac.uk/archives/1125

‘Your bot of choice is not a filing cabinet’ www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/your-...

Question now about student loans and the cap. Does the UCU have any ideas on how to make the issue more widely known to the general public?

Punk attitude of art schools can help UK rise above tsunami of AI blandness www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/punk...

Generative AI is not just a tool for learning. It shapes how students think www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/gene...

‘Fundamentally wrong’: Greater Lincolnshire leaders approve ESOL cuts feweek.co.uk/fundamentall...

UCU - Reform cuts ESOL funding as it doesn't help "native Lincolnshire people" www.ucu.org.uk/article/1441...

Boost funding for joint HE-FE courses, ministers told www.timeshighereducation.com/news/boost-f...

@ucuimperial.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk All three recognised unions at Imperial College are out together on the long-running dispute over pay & conditions.

Number of academics working in the UK falls for first time www.timeshighereducation.com/news/number-...

🔍 A university has been forced to repay £1.385 million in apprenticeship funding after government investigators found widespread missing evidence of apprentices’ eligibility, off-the-job training, and employer co-investment contributions feweek.co.uk/university-h...

Very soon it will be almost impossible to study languages anywhere in England. How is this a good thing?

Covid compensation claims leave universities ‘very exposed’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/covid-c...

UCU - Staff at New City College vote to strike over trade union victimisation www.ucu.org.uk/article/1441...