Thursday university of Essex staff will be taking to the picket lines to say no to cuts, no to job losses and no to the closure of the Southend campus. @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social stands with staff, students and @unison.org.uk as we fight together.

UCU - Seven days of strikes over Essex Uni job cuts begin Thursday www.ucu.org.uk/article/1440...

Solidarity with London Met UCU

College staff ‘directed students towards essay mills and AI’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/college...

We are here and we are ready! Get yourself down and show your support. ✊ The forum, Southend on Sea

After Davos, European research must adapt to the new world order www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/afte...

UWL fined £150,000 by Ofqual over ‘serious rule breaches’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uwl-fin...

UCU - Annual adult and community education conference www.ucu.org.uk/ace_annual

Greenwich University & Kent University to merge in August www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Kent and Greenwich hail ‘key milestone’ as merger terms inked www.timeshighereducation.com/news/kent-an...

Fix negative views of universities to ease inequities, says v-c www.timeshighereducation.com/news/fix-neg...

Universities commissioner needed ‘to oversee mergers and cuts’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

Universities face an existential crisis. We need a funding model that recognises HE's vital social, cultural, and economic value. Join @unison.org.uk and @ucu.org.uk members tomorrow, with Andrea Egan and Jo Grady, to rally against the cuts. #fundourfuture eastern.unison.org.uk/events/stop-...

Your Ballot papers for the @ucu.org.uk NEC and VP elections are arriving now. This is your union. Make your vote count. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOPM...

Are UK universities still engines of social mobility? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/are-uk...

Former General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers David Triesman has died at the age of 82. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UCU - Southampton Solent strike begins next week in fight over fire & rehire pension attack www.ucu.org.uk/article/1439...

📢 Staff on casualised contracts: have your say UCU’s annual meeting takes place Sat 28 Feb (hybrid) at UCU HQ & on Zoom. Share your voice and shape how we fight insecurity at work Register by 17 Feb ucu.wufoo.com/forms/annual...

“Closing Southend means losing homegrown social workers people who understand this community.” Join us this Thursday as we rally to stop the cuts and save Southend’s campus. 🕛 12:00–13:00 | 📍 The Forum, Elmer Square, Southend

Universities try to woo Reform as party gains ground www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

Lifelong Learning - Just 12% of public aware of LLE a year off launch. “For the LLE to meet its promise, there must be more awareness, more transparency and increased incentives…for both students and institutions.” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/just-12...

📺Catch up and share our fourth session of the #tradeunion and working-class #history series 2025-2026, featuring Cathy Hunt and Belinda Scarlett. youtu.be/O_KvbEfPM50?... This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library & @wcmlibrary.bsky.social. #TUed #TradeUnionEducation

Three UK research councils suspend funding opportunities www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-u...

UCU - UCU calls for an end to budget cuts as government response to Justice Select Committee report reveals 25% slash in education in prisons www.ucu.org.uk/article/1439...

I was asked on Question Time last night for my view on Reform morphing into the Tory Party. I don’t want to swap one group of privatisation hungry suits for another. These people offer nothing for working people and never will do.

Cutting 400 jobs at the University of Essex would hit students, teaching, research and the wider community. Closing the Southend campus would be devastating for the town. Staff strike 12–19 Feb. Join the rallies: 5 Feb Southend an 12 Feb Colchester (12–1pm). Info ⬇️

Edinburgh. Aberdeen. Dundee. Strathclyde. Different campuses same reality. Staff are stretched, students lose out. #SaveOurUniversities #UCU #Scotland #HigherEducation

Staff cuts. Students in debt yet Vice-chancellor pay keeps soaring. The mystery of Higher Education in the UK that no one seems to have the answer to. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...

Ex-offenders offered scholarships as new data shows impact of HE www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ex-offe...

Universities are becoming the future of British independent film www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/univ...

‘Devastating’ cuts to UK physics and astronomy budgets condemned www.timeshighereducation.com/news/devasta...

Why are grievances on the rise in UK universities? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/why-ar...

A metadata-only version of the British Library’s sorely missed PhD thesis repository will be a pale imitation of the service that disappeared more than two years ago after a cyberattack, experts have warned. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports #academicsky ow.ly/H01r50Y4VAb

“Slashing the staff body like this is nothing short of academic vandalism.” @drjogrady.bsky.social Stand with London Met staff and students at the rallies as they fight cuts to 120 jobs: Tue 3 Feb (Holloway) 9–10 & 1–2 Wed 4 Feb (City) 9–10 & 1–2 Mon 9 Feb (Holloway) 1pm

UCU - Union condemns London Met job cut plans and calls on supporters to attend rallies www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

TOGETHER We march. For love. For hope. For unity. March 28. Be there. #together

Today we remember the millions murdered under the Nazi regime during the Holocaust, and in the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. This year’s theme, Bridging Generations, is a call to action to listen, learn and carry those lessons forward. Join us at 1pm today for a UCU webinar.

UCU - Union condemns treatment of education leaders on Palestine visit www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close. This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it. 📍 Southend rally | 5 February

MPs will be asking Pat McFadden and his team of ministers questions on youth hubs and job centres in the House of Commons shortly. Tune into our live blog covering the session. feweek.co.uk/dwp-question...

Blocking an international education delegation from entering Palestine, including our general secretary Jo Grady, is an attack on education and international solidarity. UCU stands with Palestinian educators, students and their unions and with the Palestinian people.

Freezing pay to force staff out of their pension is unacceptable. Northumbria must rethink its plans before lasting damage is done. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

📅 Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 Join our webinar on Tue 27 Jan, 13:00- 14:00 (Zoom) with Prof Eve Rosenhaft from the University of Liverpool. We will outline what we know about the genocide of Europe’s Roma, the gaps that remain, and its lessons and legacies today. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

UCU is deeply concerned by the length of time people connected to alleged actions involving Palestine Action are being held on remand. Read the full statement 👇

UCU - Union condemns continued docking of staff pay following strike action at University of Sheffield www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

Tuition fee freezes force English universities to cut back on spend per student, as overall funding for education in England reaches historic lows. Juliette Rowsell reports https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/spend-university-teaching-falls-fifth-2012

💷 Funding for 16 to 18 education will need to rise by a further £150m by 2028-29 simply to maintain spending per student in real terms, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies feweek.co.uk/ifs-16-18-fu...

UCU - UCU statement on hunger strikers and prolonged remand www.ucu.org.uk/article/1434...

UCU - University of Essex staff vote for strike action in fight against job cuts www.ucu.org.uk/article/1432...

UCU strongly condemns the brutal armed repression of civilians and peaceful protesters in Iran. Amid a renewed crackdown on education trade unionists, we join Iranian teachers and workers in their call for international solidarity. www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3195...