If anyone has any experience with USS medical retirement, I'd appreciate advice. My DMs are open. Might not be available to me but I'm really struggling now and without exaggeration unless something changes soon I worry I won't last, have CKD & HTN as well as MS, in addition to other stuff. Thanks.

I am looking for renters and landlords to chat to me about the new rights starting next week! Do you have a question or a comment. Or maybe a story about eviction, rights, relationships with a landlord or a tenant? Get in touch [email protected] (Shares gratefully received!)

You can actually see the moment Ed Miliband thinks, what's the point burning through whatever political credibility I've got left energetically defending a man who's going to be gone in a matter of weeks.

'SWIMS' upside down is still 'SWIMS.'

#JoinAUnion.

Big changes have begun in UK employment law, with a new wave in April 2026, marking the most significant shift in workplace rights in over a decade. These changes are good news for employees. Here’s an overview of what has already changed: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/big-changes-... #EmploymentRightsAct2025

These two Mourning Doves at my feeder cam look like they just rang my doorbell because Tony Soprano sent them to collect a debt I owe.

I’m sorry you did what now?

Having shown my children Robot Wars, we’re now watching Scrapheap Challenge. Where are the modern day STEM TV show equivalents?

Eg

This. Totally this. Pay our doctors and nurses (and academics, academic related, technicians etc) fairly.

Times are tough so I've put a load more of my children up for sale. Mixed media original drawings in pencil, biro, marker, pastel and ink on heavy craft paper. www.ebay.co.uk/usr/happytoast

Hey warhammer folkx, I'm looking to raise some extra money for LVLUP and have some stuff to sell, if you'd be interested in any of these please DM to discuss (sorry but UK only)

As with complex numbers, the agreement between the US and Iran can be divided into its real and imaginary parts.

Ok I'm bored and want to procrastinate work so let's do a thread instead. Wanna hear a story? Alright then, story it is. So gather around, children, because now we're going to talk about the most important science book you've probably never heard of. Ready? Off we go, then.

Two of my friends are running a half marathon at the weekend to raise money for Epilepsy Action. It would be wonderful if they could hit their fundraising target. If you can spare a couple of quid I think it's an excellent place to spend it. Thank you! www.justgiving.com/page/joanna-...

What in living hell is this?

I have signed this open letter in my NEC rep capacity. I strongly urge other UCU members to sign and share, and talk about this initiative with their branches.

My short film CLOSEDOWN is now available on my Patreon page. tinyurl.com/yc5mjx4n

"I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few." - William Morris, born 191 years ago today.

Two of my friends, Jo and Ben, are running a half marathon to raise money for Epilepsy Action because their youngest has epilepsy. If you can, chuck a few quid their way please, they're both bonkers in my opinion but it's an excellent cause. www.justgiving.com/page/joanna-...

Good day to you. I'm looking for short or very short stories or poems about justice or injustice. Any recommendations? The Lottery, Barn Burning, The Ones Who Walk Away, Still I Rise, lots of Langston Hughes. What else?

The Strait of Hormuz is perfectly safe...

New percentages system dropped? The module consists of three sections including videos with subtitles and short presentations with voiceover and transcripts. After each section you’ll be asked to complete a three-question quiz and achieve an 80% pass rate before you can move on to the next section.

The humans in charge of our university might not know how to fix the mess they made, but these dogs know what to do: post your ballot today!

Great thread 🧵👏🏼

And people say English is hard. Pfft!

I was nine years old when I learned that lesson. Donald Trump is about to learn it at fucking eighty. And I am here for it. Because here is what is happening right now, today, in real time, and I need you to understand the full picture of just how

Well, happy anniversary to one of the finest of festive exchanges

Larry the cat on the fiver, Geronimo on the tenner, Cecil the lion* on the twenty and Paddington the Grim Reaper on the fifty. *yes, I know Cecil was a lion and therefore not British, but *bangs table* CECIL THE LION.

🕯️ Remembering Bob 13 June 1961 – 11 March 2014

With a broken Blue Bomber heart, I am no longer the voice of Mega Man. I was asked to return for Mega Man: Dual Override, but only on the condition I work without the protections of a union contract.

See our website for new articles on: - The Employment Rights Act 2025: What It Means for You - War in Western Asia: Support for Members - Have your say on LU’s REF Code of Practice - Loughborough’s Rights Retention Policy: A Win for Academic Staff. ucu.lboro.ac.uk/news/ #LboroUCU #LboroFamily

The Government should drastically cut tax on alcohol in pubs and restaurants and pay for it by hiking taxes on alcohol for off sales. Social drinking is more of a social good than private drinking.

TIL Loughborough Town Hall has an Orchestra Pit!

Reminder to everyone in #TeamHayfever (in the UK) that you can get anti-Hs much cheaper online than in stores - I just picked up 180 cetirizine for <£5. stock up now, it's starting!

Some good news! March 20th www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEu3...

PLEASE SHARE! @ucu.org.uk As it says @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social are always happy to talk - our door is open to management @northumbriauni.bsky.social . But members will never, ever accept pay and pension injustice! www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

“When I began teaching, I joined UCU because the people in the union seemed cool – and because I quickly realised I needed to organise with my peers. If you’re feeling isolated or precarious at UoB, BUCU is where you’ll find your people.” Betsy Porritt - BUCU Anti-casualisation officer ​

In an unprecedented move, one reflective of the deeply unprecedented times at our university, UoN branches of three different unions (@UCU.org.uk, @unisonorg.uk, and Unite) have all successfully passed motions of no confidence in the Vice Chancellor and the entire executive board.

Roses are red, Lobsters have pincers

This is kinda how I've felt too. The students are saying they didn't get what they paid for which is 100% true without in any way being a critique of staff efforts or a suggestion we shld have ignored law + importantly, it's DRIVEN BY A PREDATORY LAW FIRM who are the actual villans, not the students

Across the UK, UCU branches are fighting job cuts and compulsory redundancies at Stirling, Aberdeen, Heriot-Watt, Essex, Solent, Leicester, Nottingham and London Met. Same story: cuts, overwork, and attacks on education. We stand with every branch in dispute. ​

This lawsuit seems appalling to me, honestly. I feel for people whose student experience was lousy due to Covid but that's not the fault of universities. "I wanted in-person study." I'm sure you did. Nobody gets what they want in a global pandemic

This clip is all over the other place and has made its way onto GB News and Talk TV so I’ll do a bit of an explainer here too! The clip doing the rounds is of a fantastic police officer telling a group of Muslim men that a Christian preacher nearby is entitled to freedom of expression. 🧵 1/19

Please use alt text in images. 1> It increases accessibility for visually impaired users. 2> It improves search functionality. 3> It enables people to mute image-related content. 4> It reduces the frequency of scolding in replies.

I see the University of York is offering a fixed-term post in public history for the same salary (£37k) I earned for a fixed-term post in public history, also in Yorkshire, in 2012. Had the rate risen with inflation it would now be £53k.

The good old days when shops didn't have doors, windows had flags mounted in them, the local bakers sold baguettes and we used decimal currency?