“Prejudice thrives in ignorance, hope grows in knowledge, solidarity is built in shared struggle.” @drjogrady.bsky.social at the Labour conference trans rally. Labour must defend and champion inclusive education.

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Last night on @sophyridge.bsky.social , UCU GS @drjogrady.bsky.social: “British colonialism is to blame for this disaster. Palestinians cannot have a plan forced on them without their involvement and sanctioning.”

“50% of FE lecturers leave within three years. In HE, 15,000 redundancies are looming. If Labour are serious, we need commitments: close the pay gap, stop the cuts, and invest in education. Otherwise today’s speech is hollow.” @drjogrady.bsky.social on sophyridge.bsky.social tonight.

Labour’s Plan for Change is a non-starter unless it tackles low pay in FE. David Lammy welcomes the plan but without closing the £10k pay gap, staff will keep leaving the sector. Real investment means investing in the people who deliver it. Full statement ⬇️ www.ucu.org.uk/article/1420...

Today INTO Manchester staff took to the pickets again, joined by @drjogrady.bsky.social £20 Million in profits and 2% (a real terms pay cut) for staff is not on. Show your support and solidarity as they fight for justice. ✊

UCU members are standing strong on the picket lines this week as we fight back against devastating job cuts. Show your support to colleagues at Leicester UCU!

@drjogrady.bsky.social will be joining the trans Solidarity Rally at Labour Conference 2025 is today! Be sure not to miss it!

“Trump's so-called peace plan is nothing more than economic colonialism packaged up as peace. This won't deliver peace, it will deliver more subjugation of the Palestinian people." @drjogrady.bsky.social Solidarity with Palestine

@drjogrady.bsky.social Grady on LBC last night telling it like it is: “Migrants aren’t underpaying university staff. Migrants aren’t causing high rents. But if politicians keep scapegoating, people start to believe it.” We need real solutions not distraction.

“Working class people are being pushed away from Labour because of its policy choices. It’s time for clear, bold commitments to improve lives.” @drjogrady.bsky.social last night on Westminster hour.

Great to have support from parliamentary allies ✊ Adam Thompson, MP and a proud UCU member is standing with us as we prepare to ballot for fair pay and secure jobs. #WeAreTheUniversity #ucu

Liverpool this morning: our GS @drjogrady.bsky.social joined PCS members on the #MegaPicket. PCS members are in their 13th week of strike action ✊ Solidarity with all workers fighting back.

@gmb.org.uk president Barbara Plant side by side with our GS @drjogrady.bsky.social Great to have support from our sister unions as we get ready to ballot. ✊

We’re at Labour Conference all week ✊ Lucy Powell MP is backing UCU members in our fight for fair pay & secure contracts. #WeAreTheUniversity #ucu

🚨 LIVE BROADCAST 🚨 📢 We Are The University: Pay, Terms & Conditions – How We Can Win the Ballot ✊ 🗓 Thurs 2 Oct ⏰ 7pm UK time 📍 Join live: www.youtube.com/live/JkNLGNR... Hear from our General Secretary on what’s at stake and how we can win.

Our GS @drjogrady.bsky.social will be speaking at the @pcsunion MEGAPICKET in Liverpool on Monday 29 Sept ✊ Solidarity with PCS members as they begin their 13th week of strike action.

This week is make or break for Keir Starmer. Labour must start to deliver for working people. Hear from MPs & union leaders on what Labour needs to do: A Labour Programme for a Labour Government 🗓 Mon 29 Sept, 12:30–13:45 📍 Revolution, Albert Docks

This week is make or break for Keir Starmer. The crisis in education reflects the wider crisis facing Britain Unless it’s fixed, staff are ready to launch nationwide strike ballots✊. Our statement: tr.ee/FlgYJjPV_P

Staff get a 2% “rise”, a real-terms cut. Shareholders get £20m in profits. Where’s the justice? Show your support for staff at INTO Manchester on the pickets today. ✊

£140m cuts. 1,800 jobs at risk. Edinburgh staff are voting again. @drjogrady.bsky.social: “The quickest way to force their hand is a resounding YES vote. We stand with our members at Edinburgh as they ballot to defend jobs, students, and education. ✊

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

Between them, politicians and employers are destroying our great higher education sector. We won't sit back and let it happen. #WeAreTheUniversity

I know which side I am on in @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social's dispute with Edinburgh University bosses: @ucu.org.uk Which side is the Scottish Government on? fb.watch/Cd4eHs8sAW/

Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October. Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able. More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...

Bangor gets it.

UCU Bangor pass a motion of no confidence in the VC and CFO of @bangoruniversity.bsky.social over sweeping cuts Members are now balloting for industrial action with staff at "breaking point" over 200 potential job losses www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“To truly deliver a new deal for FE, the AoC needs to come forward with a package of measures. UCU members demanding fundamental change are prepared to take action to achieve our aims.” @DrJoGrady on the 4% pay recommendation feweek.co.uk/staff-pay-re...

UCU members: Sign up to our webinar on Asbestos risks in education. Friday 26 September from 1pm-2:30pm LINK: ucu.wufoo.com/forms/asbest...

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...

Great to see many members of @ucu.org.uk showing up at the #StandUpToRacism march in #London. 💪🙋‍♀️ #StopRacism . Stop #TommyRobinson

Disastrous. Our @ucu.org.uk members in prison education do amazing work. What even is this government doing.

Today - along with colleagues from Ulster University UCU and regional @ucu.org.uk representatives - we had a productive meeting with @caoimhearchibald.bsky.social, the Minister for the Economy in the Executive, about a sustainable and accountable Higher Education sector for Northern Ireland.

Five unions speaking up in unison because staff has been cast aside as an afterthought one too many times in the turbulent past two years in #UKHE. If 2 unis fail to mention to their staff that they're merging before their big press splah, you know you'll have to fight for a seat at the table.

Our reps along with comrades from @ucuatqub.bsky.social had a productive meeting today with Minister @caoimhearchibald.bsky.social around sustainable and fair funding for HE in the North Many thanks to the minister for taking the time to meet with @ucu.org.uk reps

Pay uplift - Protect terms and conditions - Stop the redundancies This crisis is far bigger than a single branch: vote YES join the fight to save higher education ✊✊ @ucuscotland.bsky.social

OUR BESTIE!* Staff has been treated as an afterthought by managers, and in the current attempts at shrinking #UKHE our voices are doubly important. Let's get heard. *honorary fellow @qmul.bsky.social, which is just which is just 'besties with gowns'.

For any post-graduate students walking around Welcome Fair, we’d suggest joining up with @ucu.org.uk. HR is once again toying with teaching contracts and pay, so let’s work together to challenge that rather than allow yourself to be isolated!

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...

Between them, politicians and employers are destroying our great higher education sector. We won't sit back and let it happen. #WeAreTheUniversity

Imperial must to look at again at its refusal to increase its pay offer or face disruption on campus at the start of the new term @imperialucu.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-i...

Brilliant to have @neunion.bsky.social comrades Paula and Debbie backing our members ✊ #WeAreTheUniversity

UCU is holding a webinar on Zoom entitled 'Visa holders and redundancies' on Thursday 2 October (13:00-14:00). To register use link below us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Immigration lawyers Bindmans LLP will deliver a webinar on the implications of redundancy for migrant members on a visa.

Our members at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social have voted for industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions Imperial can afford to pay its staff a fair wage and must do the right thing www.ucu.org.uk/article/1418...

"It is so important you stand behind your union and know that the whole movement is with you" UCU 🤝 @cwunews.bsky.social #WeAreTheUniversity

Universities are under attack. By defending ourselves, we are defending the whole sector. Vote YES. #WeAreTheUniversity

“Unfortunately, we have a Labour government seemingly determined to outflank Reform on immigration . . .These attacks are having a severe impact on the financial health of the sector” - @drjogrady.bsky.social in the @theipaper.com today inews.co.uk/news/flag-wa...

Staff at @uniofleicester.bsky.social to strike for three weeks over plans to slash hundreds of jobs www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicest...

"Every vote counts. Make sure you send a strong message you aren't having it" - @rmtunion.bsky.social GS Eddie Dempsey UCU stands with the RMT in their dispute on London Underground, and they stand with us 🤝 #WeAreTheUniversity