A red weather warning has been issued for some parts of the country. We need the rules to keep us all safe at work. Please sign the petition for a maximum working temperature. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...

Breaking news: the university's heatwave resilience plan has been revealed. Step 1: Walk to a café. Step 2: Ask for some free tap water. We can all relax now.

A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.

A red weather warning has been issued for some parts of the country. We need the rules to keep us all safe at work. Please sign the petition for a maximum working temperature. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...

Reflecting on CU's drop in world rankings our VC's email to staff: "We need everyone to redouble their efforts to improve our reputation." Well VC, perhaps a university's reputation is linked to how it treats the staff whose expertise create it in the first place? Just a thought

When 93.5% of UK vice-chancellors are white and 68% are men, is it reasonable to ask whether the people making decisions about EDI genuinely reflect the communities affected by those decisions?

It CAN be done! Massive well done @ucuhallam.bsky.social

In case you had any doubt that government's anti-immigration stance is anything but shooting itself in the foot: they're currently shutting out UK students holding UK degrees. Let's keep challenging the broader anti-immigration policy, and in the short-term this injustice #UKHE

Meanwhile....

These are @qmul.bsky.social students who are taking their degree on our Malta campus. They started the programme with the assurance that this was a UK degree; now their futures are in jeopardy. Staff has been doing everything to find placements. Co-sign this petition: #UKHE #NHS

Any parent and applicant planning to attend the Sussex University Open Day today, we can save you the trouble: these are the non-answers staff is told to give you. To send your staff out with this nonsense and treat visitors to this ChatGPT approach is disrespectful to all.

Tum tee tum....

Today staff in the School of Creative Arts, including the Humanities department, were called to a redundancy consultation meeting. We were informed that 23 posts were to go by August this year, with further redundancies as the Humanities programmes are taught out over 2 years.

Tens of thousands at risk of redundancy Student debt out of control Dozens of Universities on the brink The government is standing by as the Higher Education Sector is suffering death by a thousand cuts Organising is our only option - join UCU today join.ucu.org.uk

Labour say further education is central to their growth mission. But they're cutting adult education budgets. Staff are haemorrhaging from the sector and FE workers in England are paid less than anywhere else in the UK.

Staff fear that plans to merge Cranfield University with King’s College London will have an adverse effect on jobs and salaries, claiming they were “blindsided” by the announcement https://ow.ly/IbOn50Z1Czl

Academic departments deserve to be saved, supported, resourced, allowed to grow even if they're not "best in the country," "first in the REF," "top-ranked," "at a Russell Group uni," or whatever other austerity-brained nonsense senior managers have been using to flimflam you out of solidarity

😮😮😮Bosses @northumbriauni.bsky.social want people to move from @teacherspensions.bsky.social to USS (a private pension scheme). But you are only allowed to do this if you agree to a set of statements including 'I have not been placed under pressure to change pension scheme'...🤯🧵👇 @ucu.org.uk

Good piece, brief and to the point from @drjogrady.bsky.social Gen Sec of UCU: “We are calling for direct government intervention before the crisis spirals further.” Intervention is cheaper than most think, and pound for pound excellent investment in our future economic prosperity.

Coventry University Leadership: Times are hard. Staff must accept delayed pay, pension losses and worse contracts. Also Coventry University: Good news! We’re finally paying people money they were already owed from 2023! Austerity for workers. Bonuses & excuses for management

News Talks podcast: The human cost of UK university job cuts We discuss the fallout from tens of thousands of layoffs across UK higher education after a Times Higher Education survey exposed the anger, fear and stress that pervade the sector #podcast #jobcuts #edusky https://ow.ly/TxuP50YZGWX

Yesterday Kier Starmer announced Labour will nationalise British Steel, and save 2700 jobs. Today, the Uni of Nottingham put 2700 staff at risk of redundancy. This is just one university. Across the UK 15,000 higher education jobs need saving. Where is the rescue package for our universities?

Management are proposing targeted cuts to Professional Services, most roles will be safe, but some face uncertainty. Now is the time for #solidarity, unions are collective action. Over the next 30 days, let’s support each other and share alternatives to protect jobs. ucu.lboro.ac.uk/a-time-for-c...

What's being done to the humanities in Hertfordshire is unconscionable and short-sighted. Please co-sign to stand up for a critical and creative world accessible to all. #UKHE

Support staff at Cambridge University start three more days of strike action tomorrow

Birmingham City is trying to shut down its MA in Black Studies and Global Justice, calling the staff into a meeting with just 24 hours notice. Co-sign this petition and make it clear that this kind of expertise cannot be wiped out without scrutiny. #UKHE

Hey Bluesky folks. If you’re in education or just follow for my thirst traps, would you please sign this if you can, and share far and wide? c.org/dCKk9vjqxY It’s much appreciated. My university is cancelling all UG humanities degrees. We need support and love right now x

The second part of Times Higher Education’s UK University Redundancy Survey examines the impact that the waves of layoffs have had on those left behind #redundancy #edusky https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/he-has-given-me-good-career-my-word-its-terrible-situation-now

More strike dates for May at Cambridge University

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...