Chanting, dancing, speeches, and pantomimes, both inside and out, with participants decked out in their best pink garb. What more could you ask for?

and in addition to that: OUR MINISTER SHOULD BE THE ONE ADVOCATING FOR THE SECTOR, navigating those 'competing priorities'. What on earth does she think her damn job is??

Dozens of professors face the axe at Teesside University with cuts possible as soon as next month. Management claims strong finances yet staff are being pushed out at speed. You don't strip decades of experience overnight without consequences. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1449...

Bank holiday weekends seem to be management’s preferred time for delivering bad news. Our staff know this pattern well. The erosion of humanities and creative subjects across UK HE should concern everyone. Universities are supposed to broaden society, not narrow it to whatever is “profitable”.

Wow! @covuni.bsky.social Coventry Uni Senior Leaders have reached a new low. They’ve just told staff about to start the Bank Holiday weekend, at 4.30pm that they’ve not got a job.The same SLT @uklabour.bsky.social are so fond of @zarahsultana.bsky.social @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social #workersday

Universities told to pay out £1.8 million in student compensation as students do not receive the service they expect amid high fees and mounting cost of living pressures, sector ombudsman warns. Patrick Jack reports #edusky #highered https://ow.ly/9ICH50YRajb

THES poll shows redundancies are sweeping UK universities. CU's workaround? Use TUPE to transfer staff, then treat those who refuse inferior ts & cs as resignations. No redundancy pay. No meaningful consultation. TUPE should protect staff; not strip them of rights #UCU #UKHE

The results of Times Higher Education’s UK University Redundancy Survey vividly illustrate the deep human impact of the redundancy crisis on those who have lost their jobs. Read Part 1 of our analysis here: https://ow.ly/eY2650YP8Nj #jobcuts #highered #edusky

The results of Times Higher Education’s UK University Redundancy Survey vividly illustrate the deep human impact of the redundancy crisis on those who have lost their jobs. Read Part 1 of our analysis here: https://ow.ly/qTun50YQp0x #jobcuts #highered #edusky

🎓📊 Sutton Trust polling shows schools are cutting support for Send pupils as staff numbers fall. UNISON says education reforms will fail without properly funded support staff. Ministers must match ambition with resources. unsn.uk/491MXr2

Good tying together of the many complex strands that make up the #UKHE clusterfuck. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Staff at Southampton Solent are taking 5 days of strike action because they’re being forced to fight for pensions they were already promised. This is what happens when management makes mistakes and workers are handed the bill. We stand with every member on the picket line.

Coventry University has refused ACAS in to mediate. That tells you everything. When an employer blocks independent scrutiny it’s because they don’t want anyone looking too closely. If you’re confident in your approach, you invite oversight. If you’re not, you shut it out. #UCU

Please sign and share this petition to stop redundancies @ulsteruni.bsky.social c.org/6S6mQNJDqs

@ulsteruni.bsky.social - Announces intention to make 450 colleagues redundant University decimated 🤬😡 @caoimhearchibald.bsky.social @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social

🚨 1 in 4 staff at Goldsmiths to be axed. All while senior management get eye-watering pay rises and £16m is spent on consultants and lawyers. This is the reality of Higher Education in the UK. Our members have voted for industrial action, support them. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1447...

At Coventry University, excessive borrowing to prioritise growth models and complex corporate structures pushes risks onto staff, students and begs questions about what a university is for, and who bears the cost when financial strategies go wrong. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Reduce Your UCU Subscription Cost by Claiming Tax Relief As we’ve entered a new tax year, it’s a great time to remind #UCU members that you may be able to reduce the cost of your union subscription by claiming tax relief from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Click the link for more details.

Coventry University is the canary in the coal mine for UK higher education. TUPE transfers into subsidiaries to worsen Ts and Cs. 12 intakes a year. Erosion of national agreements. Loss of Trade Union rights It’s a blueprint. If it happens here, it spreads. #UKHE #UCU #JoGrady

“At Coventry University, 42% of students are international; it spent almost £45m on agent commissions in 2023-24". www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

Australia is doing the soulsearching about their university sector they should have done ten years ago. May #UKHE join in this searching questioning before it's too late. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

89% of our eligible members voted YES on a 65% turnout. It’s time for action to address pay erosion, spiralling workloads and failed bargaining arrangements. The sector deserves better. Proud of our branch!

Early career academics are often under-represented in university decision-making bodies across Europe, particularly women, who are almost entirely absent from senior governance roles, a new study has found #academicsky https://ow.ly/efxk50YCbpj

✊✊✊The fight goes on. @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social will never accept management @northumbriauni.bsky.social ripping off pay and pensions, ripping up contracts, and ripping us out of national bargaining. Solidarity to all other branches fighting, too. www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/149...

Our concerns are grave. That doesn't mean our protest needs to be. The inflatable animals are *such* an upgrade to the whimsy on the picket line.

Under VC John Latham, Coventry University has seen: Staff moved into subsidiaries Restructures and redundancies Erosion of terms, conditions & pensions And all led by someone advising government on business. Please sign/share the Vote of no confidence 👇 speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/vote-of-no-c...

We have a serious question: Who is actually in charge of Coventry University? When the VC and leadership team are all employed by subsidiary companies, and not CU itself, who is accountable for decisions impacting staff, students, and academic standards? Are we even still a university???

🤩 Actual forty-seven minute documentary about the harm done to universities in Australia!! iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2603... FORTY-SEVEN MINUTE DEEP-DIVE! 🤩 Is the tide turning? Are people finally taking this seriously? Can we also have one about #UKHE, @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social? #SaveHE

Universities spend £££ to attract & retain what they allege are the best senior managers who then spend more on paying consultants. Those consultants sell the same solutions to multiple institutions. = cuts to staff who make universities work Spend the money on staff www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Coventry University is planning 12 UG intakes a year. At the same time, staff are TUPed into subsidiaries, forced into contracts where teaching loads rise to 750 hours and scholarly activity slashed. This isn’t just change — it’s a shift in what HE is.

in higher education, warning that failure to act risks “irreparable damage” to the sector. Universities up and down the country are looking to downgrade staff pension benefits. Read @drjogrady.bsky.social's letter to the Education Secretary and Skills Minister 👇

The dismal tide accelerates, sweeping from Coventry through Sheffield Hallam to London South Bank. 1/2

Management paid nearly a quarter million to the external consultancy NOUS, whose generic 'framework' is now used to turn QMUL into a Cookie Cutter University. These modules make QMUL. They bring students in contact with the cutting-edge research & widen the scope of academia. #UKHE

Academic staff at Coventry University are being TUPEd into subsidiary People’s Futures Ltd, listed on Companies House as an “employment agency”. This move onto inferior terms & conditions breaches the post-92 National Agreement and raises serious questions about the future of academics in HE.

Outcome meetings confirm: Our academic staff are being moved into subsidiaries on inferior terms, using TUPE to avoid redundancy while cutting jobs. Most academic staff will no longer be employed by the University. We are fighting back. #UCU #CoventryUniversity #TUPE

Join our bloc at the @UKTogetherAll march on 28 March! 🙌 Assemble 12pm, Block C. Find us on what3words: ///patrol.cone.pulse March with us against the far right ✊ Full route info: togetheralliance.org.uk

FOI requests submitted The branch has submitted several Freedom of Information requests seeking transparency around: • Legal claims involving the university • Employment tribunals and associated costs • Legal expenses • Senior leadership travel expenses We are waiting on responses....

Coventry UCU Branch Update: We’ve sent members a new update covering: Collective grievance on restructures in 3 colleges (CBL, CEES, CAS) FOI requests submitted to the university Union recognition issues Upcoming rallies The future of TPS pensions A call for members to join the committee

Gender pay gap growing across majority of UK universities www.timeshighereducation.com/news/gender-...

The outbreak of fighting across the Middle East could prompt universities to rethink expansion plans in the area, with attracting staff and students likely to become ever more difficult amid the increased instability, reports Juliette Rowsell #EduSky #MiddleEast https://ow.ly/Xhxw50YoGGJ

UCU Rally 6th March.

UCU March against the Far Right: 28th March. Book your free seat on the coach from Coventry.

Half of teaching-focused academics believe that there are too few opportunities to advance their careers, despite signs that these roles have become more valued within universities in recent years, reports Juliette Rowsell #EduSky #AcademicSky https://ow.ly/5kUf50Yn4tN