Day 2 of our strike action.Heres some photos from yesterday’s action. Come and join us if you value jobs at the University of Dundee. #SaveDundeeUni #SaveHE

“We were absolutely gobsmacked.” 48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare. No consultation. No vision. This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities. #WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES @uonucu.bsky.social

Busy @ducuuo.bsky.social picket lines on day two of their week long strike to save jobs and oppose compulsory redundancies #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #NoCompulsoryRedundancies

Vote! #wearetheuniversity #bournemouthuni #getthevoteout #savethesector @ucu.org.uk

Not just teaching and research staff, but importantly those in libraries, digital services, support + wellbeing, finance + more @ucu.org.uk #WeAreTheUniversity

Very strong turnout this morning on the first of our five days strike. On Friday, in a meeting with the interim Principal, he confirmed his ideology is to cut as many jobs as possible. Support our action to save jobs and save the University! #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity

Solidarity with all @ucuimperial.bsky.social

Well said - it’s time to fight back and demand better. Vote YES! #WeAreTheUniversity

Imperial UCU members are on strike today and tomorrow. This action covers all parts of the College — academic, technical, administrative, and operational. It’s about fairness, dignity, and pay that keeps pace with the cost of living.

A must watch👇 #WeAreTheUniversity

@patrickneveling.bsky.social @bournemouthucu.bsky.social

Universities are taking in more than ever through student fees but staff pay has fallen year after year. It’s time to change that. Vote YES. #WeAreTheUniversity

Overcrowded lectures. Growing admin. Unpredictable numbers. On LBC last night, Jo Grady spoke about how higher education workloads are becoming inherently stressful. This ballot is our chance to say: enough. Vote YES for manageable workloads and fair pay. #WeAreTheUniversity #UCU

Get the vote out get together yesterday with our comrades at @aubucu.bsky.social #wearetheuniversity #ukhe #bournemouthuni #artsunibournemouth @ucu.org.uk @unison.org.uk #unilife #voteyes

Voted YES very first thing this morning! #WeAreTheUniversity @bournemouthucu.bsky.social

Our branch co-chair Dr Lyle Skains explains why #wearetheuniversity matters for students #bournemouthuni #bournemouth #ucu #ukhe #highered @ucu.org.uk youtu.be/QayUMOD9gF0?...

Who is the university? We are. Jo Grady joined striking members at Nottingham today as they fight management’s refusal to commit to no redundancies during a restructure. #WeAreTheUniversity

Cathartic. Vote now or you could be the next to lose your job. #WeAreTheUniversity

“They’ve doubled down on disaster. Our universities deserve proper public funding not another broken model.” @drjogrady.bsky.social discussing the white paper last night on UCU Live.

"I’m voting YES to stop the massive cut in staff pay and protect our sector." Today a member from UCL tells us why he’s voting YES. Why are you voting YES? Tell us below and tag a colleague. #WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES

“Job security has been chipped away for years. We’re losing the best and the brightest from our universities”. Dyfrig Jones sounded the alarm on Time Radio yesterday “it’s an emergency”. #UCU #VoteYES #WeAreTheUniversity

Universities would not function without support staff. A 1.4% pay offer is an insult to their hard work and dedication. All staff deserve better than a real-terms pay cut. The UNISON pay ballot for industrial action opens TODAY. VOTE YES for industrial action. #fundourfuture #fundourpay

6 DAYS UNTIL WE VOTE YES ✅ Ballot opens 20th October 2025 #WeAreTheUniversity

‼️EDDIE DEMPSEY WILL JOIN US TOMORROW‼️ 📺Make sure you tune in LIVE... 🗳️And hear why you need to vote YES #WeAreTheUniversity

With just over a week to go until the ballot opens, @dyfrigjones.bsky.social had a message to UCU higher education members at last night’s Live. Speak to as many people as possible, speak to your branch, speak to colleagues, get the message out there. Vote early. Vote YES #WeAreTheUniversity

At last night's UCU Live, colleagues outlined some reasons to vote YES in the HE ballot ✊ ❎It's now or never ❎We’ve passed the point of crisis ❎The only way to change it, is to be part of the change ❎If you want your voice to count, you have to shout #WeAreTheUniversity

BBC Breakfast news covered our analysis of the shocking cuts at universities across the UK It’s time to stand up and fight for our sector ✊ Vote YES in the ballot #WeAreTheUniversity

Everybody out! Solidarity across unions @imperialucu.bsky.social

Rewarding themselves while creating chaos for staff and students? Vice Chancellor pay in Higher Education is out of control and must be stopped Join us live tonight at 7pm as we expose the hypocrisy UCU Live: youtube.com/live/rZRbCP0... #WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYes

£2.5 billion in assets. £81 million surplus. Still cutting pay. Still ignoring equalities. Imperial staff have had enough. They’re on strike for fair pay, respect and real negotiations. ✊

Universities risk ‘creeping death’ from unsupervised mergers www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

Nice to have a personalised message from Dr Jo Grady (General Secretary of @ucu.org.uk about the #wearetheuniversity campaign! Balloting starts October 20. #fairpay #termsandconditions #jobsecurity #stopcoursecuts #ukhe #unilife #highered #academia #bournemouthuni youtu.be/gYOPsiOTe94?...

UCU, Unite, and Unison out together! Frustrating that it has to come to this, but buoying that all staff is sticking together in the fight for the soul of hte university. Sending much solidarity to all three there @imperialucu.bsky.social!

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

ICYMI on Tuesday, here's my *new* and *free* short-form summary of what's gone wrong in our universities. This is something of a last word really, because unless the Budget and White Paper do something really radical, the fate of much HE is already sealed. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/where-n...

Great to have Justin Madders MP standing with UCU members 💪 As we get ready to ballot, solidarity like this matters.

10,000 redundancies so far.

*bump* We need more thorough analysis like this: connecting the dots across the complex financial & governance structure in #UKHE.

Thanks to @pcsunion.bsky.social for backing UCU members as we prepare to ballot!

A MASSIVE thank you to the multiple members of @leicesterucu.bsky.social for showing up and showing solidarity on the first day! Not to mention the snacks! ✊ ✊ ✊

UK Universities desperately need support from our government. Education should be free for everyone. Education is not a business. Education is key for a strong economy. Education is important for everyone's life and well-being. #Solidarity with @uonucu.bsky.social

VCs don’t run universities. We do. After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot. Ballot opens October. Vote YES. #WeAreTheUniversity

NEW: Our members at the University of Bradford will begin 10 days of strike action on Monday in a fight to protect jobs. Time for management to listen to staff, rethink the cuts and rule out compulsory redundancies. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1418...

Want to know which consultancy has been pushing the 'too many things' (because Nous does that for programmes & modules, at least). Humans are complex. Societies are complex. You're taking the future hostage in denying reality and claiming we only need a couple of bits of profit-generating knowledge

Sheffield Hallam management: There's no money, we're going to have to axe hundreds of staff. Also, Sheffield Hallam management: We're spending £140m on a new campus. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Or, hear me out, we could just provide all institutions with guaranteed research funding without having to prove excellence. Just because research is a core function of universities. You know, like we did before the creation of RAE which later morphed into REF.

'"You can’t have hobbyist research that’s unfunded going on in institutions. We can’t afford it.”' Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.