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The union for academic and academic-related staff at the University of Edinburgh
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*AT A UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFF*??? How is that legal? He makes decisions that impact the resources (financial or otherwise) that that spin-off benefits from.
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www.heraldscotland.com/news/2586589...
âThis is just disrespectfulâ says UCUC Edinburgh president Sophia Woodman
#StopTheCuts
#SaveHE
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Edinburgh University purchased ÂŁ40k Lexus for use of senior managers
A spokesperson said that a university car is available for the use of "key external visitors and guests, as well as senior staff".
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25865892.edinburgh-university-purchased-40k-lexis-use-senior-managers/
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Ah, surprise, surprise. Our VC's second job at a UoE spin-off *is* paid after all. We'd like to know since when, and why his SFC declaration of interests has only recently been updated.
www.theferret.scot/edinburgh-jo...
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Edinburgh Uni staff are losing their jobs. Their boss has two
Sir Peter Mathieson appears to have confirmed he is being paid for a board role at a university spin-off at the same time as many staff face uncertainty about their futures.
https://www.theferret.scot/edinburgh-job-loss-mathieson/
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www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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#StopTheCuts
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Stirling becomes third university to face threat of strikes amid cuts row
UCU members at Heriot-Watt and Aberdeen universities have also voted in favour of walkouts in separate disputes over job cuts.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/aberdeen-university-of-stirling-lecturers-b2922102.html
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EdinburghMinute.com
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đ€ïžÂ Good morning Edinburgh. Mondayâs headlines: 800 uni staff leave jobs, A&E 'under extreme pressure', Southside Community Council meeting tonight + ÂŁ15k fundraiser for cathedral bells â° Edinburghâs ad-free local news:
www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
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Damage is being done to our University by management, with the livelihoods of precarious workers most at risk. This must stop.
#anticas
#UCU
#StopStaffCuts
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2582884...
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800 staff leave Edinburgh University amid ÂŁ140m cuts drive
Bosses at the institution want to cut ÂŁ90m from their annual salary bill, which unions say could result in as many as 1,400 jobs being lost.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25828844.800-staff-leave-edinburgh-university-amid-140m-cuts-drive/?ref=edinburghminute.com
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www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
UCUâs Melissa DâAscenzio tells MSPs of the impact of the Dundee Uni crisis on workers
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Fearful Dundee University staff âsuffering anxiety, sleepless nights, and heart palpitationsâ 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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James Mittra
4 months ago
Great work by
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on UoE's latest financial report. Depressing that a university doing pretty damn well financially (no deficit) compared to most of the sector choosing to destroy itself, and staff are all just sitting helplessly in the backseat of a slow motion car crash.
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Depreciating the University of Edinburgh into the Ground â UCU Edinburgh
There are four key takeaways from the University of Edinburghâs 2024-25 annual report, which this post explores: The University continues to make a sizeable surplus. What financial pressures exi...
https://www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreciating-the-university-of-edinburgh-into-the-ground
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If there's a financial crisis at the University of Edinburgh, it is of senior management's making. Staff and students deserve answers. Why should we trust a senior management team responsible for such mismanagement to 'fix' this?
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
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Depreciating the University of Edinburgh into the Ground â UCU Edinburgh
There are four key takeaways from the University of Edinburghâs 2024-25 annual report, which this post explores: The University continues to make a sizeable surplus. What financial pressures exi...
https://www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreciating-the-university-of-edinburgh-into-the-ground
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University and College Union (UCU)
4 months ago
âThese cuts are hitting the most vulnerable staff hardest.â Sophia Woodman,
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branch president explaining the reality of the crisis in HE to the Scottish Education Committee.
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Andy Aydın-Aitchison
4 months ago
New analysis from
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& fellow Unions. Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation Management metrics mislead Redundancies hit financial strength & Uniâs academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
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Depreciating the University of Edinburgh into the Ground â UCU Edinburgh
There are four key takeaways from the University of Edinburghâs 2024-25 annual report, which this post explores: The University continues to make a sizeable surplus. What financial pressures exi...
https://www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreciating-the-university-of-edinburgh-into-the-ground
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All
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members who work at UoE: there's an e-vote out on a management offer to settle our local dispute, calling for no compulsory redundancies until July 2026. Look out for your unique voting link. If you didn't get one, e-mail us. Voting closes 11 Dec. 5pm.
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Some of our most precarious members, tutors and demonstrators on 'guaranteed hours' contracts, have had their work hours cut or disappeared entirely in management's cost cutting spree. All the money paid to Nous could have gone to them.
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
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âNousferatuâ: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotlandâs largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
https://www.theferret.scot/consultancy-advising-edinburgh-huge-cuts/?ref=story-alerts-newsletter
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The Ferret
6 months ago
đŽ NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than ÂŁ750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role. Read more about 'Nousferatu' đ
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Dr Hayley Bennett
6 months ago
So, no funding to attend academic conferences, limited heating, no printers, canât pay tutors, no phd scholarships, not enough front line staff, pushing academics to take VR or drop paid hours, cutting academic staff who bring money in?!But thereâs money for this?!
www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
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âNousferatuâ: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotlandâs largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
https://www.theferret.scot/consultancy-advising-edinburgh-huge-cuts/
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Lorna Slater
7 months ago
I want to extend my full support to staff threatened with compulsory redundancy at the University of Edinburgh. I have today written to the Principal imploring him to change direction.
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Great turnout at the Edinburgh UCU rally at parliament to demand an end to the University of Edinburgh management reckless budget cuts and redundancies!
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
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7 months ago
An amazing turnout at our UCU Edinburgh strike rally at the Scottish Parliament
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#StopTheCuts
#WeAreTheUniversity
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Great placards from the rally at the parliament
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Sara Rich Dorman
7 months ago
More pictures from Holyrood rally
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Sara Rich Dorman
7 months ago
Great turn out at
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rally at the Scottish Parliament!
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David Farrier
7 months ago
Amazing turn out of Edinburgh University staff outside the parliament building right now to defend education against needless cuts
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Pickets, pickets, and more pickets! Join us and show your support
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Lively picket with great music outside Old College
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Morning! Here is our schedule todayâŹïž Join us at the rally in front of the Scottish parliament at 1pm today!
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RALLY TOMORROW! Join the fightback against job cuts! Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the Scottish parliament.
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RALLY TOMORROW! Join the fightback against job cuts! Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the Scottish parliament.
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Question from
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in the Scottish Parliament on cuts and job losses at Edinburgh University as
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take third day of strike action this week
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#StopTheCuts
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2563152...
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SNP minister told to intervene in Edinburgh University crisis to protect 1,800 jobs
SNP ministers have been warned they must intervene in the University of Edinburgh's dispute with staff amid fears 1,800 jobs could be lost.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25631523.snp-minister-warned-edinburgh-university-job-losses/?ref=li
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Intervention from
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on cuts and job losses at Edinburgh university as
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UCU take three days of strike action this week to save jobs. Strike rally at the Scottish Parliament tomorrow, Wed, at 1pm
#SaveHE
#StopTheCuts
#NoCompulsoryRedundancies
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UCU Edinburgh strike rally. 1pm, Wed 19 Nov, on the concourse outside the Scottish Parliament. Speakers from
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UCU, Unite and Unison branches at the university and students
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Andy Aydın-Aitchison
7 months ago
A soggy morning challenging damaging cuts with my
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colleagues at Old College. Read about the dispute here:
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
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Just a Wooloo
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Kirsten the Librarian
7 months ago
Solidarity to all at
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! I studied there in 2010-11 and staff were on strike then - I remember one of my tutors explaining that she felt it was part of her responsibility to us as her students to protect the future of academic pay and conditions.
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Strike schedule for today (18th) and tomorrow (19th)
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Join us tomorrow at the Parliament for a staff and student rally against the cuts!
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Peadar Ă Muircheartaigh
7 months ago
#Edinburgh
colleagues, remember to contact your MSPs and MP to make them aware of the vandalism senior management are threatening at UoE through compulsory redundancies!
#UKHE
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Don't cross the picket line! We are on strike because of UoE's budget cuts that have and will affect students and staff. We are striking for a better university, join us!
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Andy Aydın-Aitchison
7 months ago
Back on the
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picket line, standing with colleagues against senseless cu ts. Cover in The National by Lucy Garcia with quotation from
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pictured, and in The Herald,
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562598...
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Ms Marchmont
7 months ago
Edinburgh University UCU staff are on strike protesting compulsory redundancies and students are protesting the universityâs investments in Israel. Staff and students were in solidarity with each other this morning at Old College, which the students closed down.
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Another morning, another picketâ Come and support striking workers outside the Main Library and get some baked goods! All the proceeds go towards our Hardship Fund to support UCU staff going on strikes
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Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
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Andrea Paterlini (he/him)
7 months ago
Staff is currently striking here at the University of Edinburgh. Senior management is planning widespread compulsory redundancies (without a real need for the same). You can read more here
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/rd72kte...
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A message to our students about the upcoming strike, 17-19 November 2025 â UCU Edinburgh
Dear students, UCU Edinburgh will again be going on strike Monday 17th, Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th November as a result of University managementâs refusal to commit to no compulsory redundancie...
https://www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/rd72ktensa8garkwkwb3pw5frckf2n
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Staff-student solidarity for ever!!
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And here's a whole new shift of picketers later today at CMB! UCU staff saying No to compulsory redundancies.
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7 months ago
Warming up from the picket line by calling all my MSPs to ask them to support our struggle against devastating job cuts at the University of Edinburgh
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
Hope to hear back from you soon
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Lorna M. Campbell
7 months ago
I can't join the strikes today as I'm off work recovering from stage 2 cancer. That hasn't stopped me emailing all 8 of my MSPs, inc
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, asking them to show support & calling for an inquiry into the University of Edinburghâs finances & failure to avoid redundancies.
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Today we have called a "Lobby Day". UoE's ongoing cuts could lead to up to 1800 compulsory redundancies in addition to the damage already being done. Our political representatives should be addressing this crisis. Flood MSPs' offices with calls! More here:
ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp
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#StopTheCuts
and divest from genocide!
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