Solidarity with colleagues at Hertfordshire

Today! Meet at the Sign for Art sculpture between Ziff and Great Hall to walk down to together. Look for pink hats.

Shocking. Solidarity with you

Would you like to join our branch committee? Details below.

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.

Our Fair deal Flamingo, Worker BEE, and Complusory Chicken might be full of hot air but they are not as inflated as the SSR figures HWU put out this week to justify keeping CR to get rid of a tiny number of staff. No compulsory redundancy No need for compulsory redundancy #Heriot-Watt #ucu

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(1/2) Huge Win on #USS Pension Valuations: @ucu.org.uk have successfully negotiated a change to the methodology to be used for future USS Pension Scheme valuations which will benefit all members... #LboroUCU #UCU

✊✊✊THIS IS THE ONE! Today's @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket line and rally banger! 👉👉👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbyrOBVDtR4. See you there.

📢Nominations open for the UCU branch committee for 2026-2027! More details in our email sent 24/03 and here: www.leedsucu.org.uk/about-us/sta... - deadline for nominations 20/05. Please get involved! Current committee members are happy to answer questions - just email ucu at leeds.ac.uk.🔊

From today, staff at Durham University begin working to rule. No more covering for the hundreds of jobs that have been cut. Staff will work strictly to contracted hours and withdraw goodwill. Universities cannot operate on unpaid labour. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1441...

🚨 FIFTH consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨 🔥 Two week ballot window 🔥 75% turnout 🔥 73% YES to strike action 🔥 81% YES to ASOS Our members will not tolerate victimisation and won’t be intimidated. UCU staff are not the enemy. It’s beyond time for the GS to talk to us. #HandsOffMarie

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Four years ago, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian workers continue to defend their communities and their democratic rights under relentless attack. We are proud to stand in solidarity with Ukraine and its people. ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2026/02/23/u...

8 years! And a year since our podcast on the pensions win www.leedsucu.org.uk/leedsucu-pod...

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.

This is great! Thanks @lboroucu.bsky.social Join today! www.ucu.org.uk/join%E2%9C%8A

We also emailed about the PSC March Sat 13 December, Leeds (assemble 12.30pm Merrion St Gardens) demanding justice for political prisoners and sharing this toolkit: shorturl.at/kBwT8

Leeds members, please see our email today for hardship fund link to support striking colleagues at Sheffield. Sending solidarity to @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Essex students found out their campus was closing from a link in a WhatsApp chat. 800 students uprooted. 400 jobs cut. One university in crisis. Students and staff deserve better. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You have until 5pm to vote safely. Get it in. We can build a better future for HE and only you can decide it.

Tomorrow (Wednesday 26th November) is the last safe day to post your ballot. Have your say today! #WeAreTheUniversity

University of Sheffield Firth Court picket today! In solidarity with students and colleagues! @ucu.org.uk @ucuhallam.bsky.social #UCUstrike #saveHigherEducation #notoculturalvandalism #Sheffield @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Solidarity @imperialucu.bsky.social out for four days. Demand better!

Huge turnout today at Parliament Square, College staff and learners joined from across the country. We’re calling for real investment in adult learning and for a Government that takes lifelong education seriously.

We’re coming into the FINAL WEEK. 💥 WE’VE GOT THIS! Join us LIVE on X and YouTube this Thursday at 7pm. Every reminder, every vote matters, get your YES in. #WeAreTheUniversity

📢🪧Leeds members of UCU, Unite and Unison -especially those who haven't posted your ballot yet! 📮✉️TODAY at 4pm - meet us at the postbox down the road from Laidlaw library. People who haven't yet posted can send off their ballot, then we can all go to the Fenton for a social. #WeAreTheUniversity

One day left to join us and have your say!

Pickets, pickets, and more pickets! Join us and show your support #StopStaffCutatUoE

This isn’t “efficiency” it’s an ideological shift towards a Little England university system. Nottingham is set to become the only Russell Group university with no modern languages or music degrees. 48 courses on the line. We’re fighting it. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Two days to join UCU (by November 20th 1700) if you want to have a say in the current ballot for industrial action: www.ucu.org.uk/join #WeAreTheUniversity

Another morning, another picket✊ Come and support striking workers outside the Main Library and get some baked goods! All the proceeds go towards our Hardship Fund to support UCU staff going on strikes

Cilla is ballot ready! Are you? It may be cold, it may be dark but members are donning their best UCU hats and bracing the cold. Let's the vote out! #wearetheuniversity

📢🪧Leeds members of UCU, Unite and Unison -especially those who haven't posted your ballot yet! 📮✉️Tomorrow at 4pm - meet us at the postbox down the road from Laidlaw library. People who haven't yet posted can send off their ballot, then we can all go to the Fenton for a social. #WeAreTheUniversity

@sheffielducu.bsky.social & @ucuhallam.bsky.social joint rally today. Please, keep supporting the pickets! Protect the dignity of #highereducation! @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social @nowthenmag.bsky.social

A week today (November 19th) at 4pm we will join our sister union members Unite and Unison for the second of our 'posting parties' at the mailbox below Laidlaw. Come along whether you need to post or not, as we will also gather for a social in The Fenton shortly afterwards. #WeAreTheUniversity

IN JUST UNDER FOUR HOURS! WE WILL BE LIVE www.youtube.com/live/1BoY5L8...

🚨 GETTING THE VOTE OUT ACROSS THE UK! 🚨 This Thursday, join us LIVE as branches from every corner of the country share how they’re driving the YES vote home. 💪📮 🗓 Thursday 13 November, 7PM 📺 Watch on UCU X and YouTube VOTE NOW. VOTE YES. #WeAreTheUniversity #UCULive

Today is #DisabilityPayGap day. The day when Disabled workers stop getting paid for the rest of the year.

Two weeks until the last safe day to post your ballot. Have you posted yours yet? Send us your pics #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk Vote now and report you've voted or request replacement ballot using this form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...

🪧GM tomorrow 1245-1400 - see email sent 5/11 for details and Zoom link. Important motions to be voted on and space to discuss the VRS. Please come along and encourage other members!🪧

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Join us for a ballot posting party! Meet at post box below Laidlaw Library maps.app.goo.gl/xuWR68YwSYPj.... UCU pink hat wearing and mask wearing encouraged. • Mon 10 Nov 12pm ballot posting then coffee at Parkinson Court • Wed 19 Nov 4pm ballot posting then The Fenton #WeAreTheUniversity

Get it in the post box #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk

Would be lovely to see pictures of ballots being posted or UCU hats and cute pets etc. for Get The Vote Out Day, or any day until the 26th November really! #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk

Have you voted yet? #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk Tell your local rep or report using this form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu... No ballot? Use the same form before Sunday 23 November 2025 (23:59). Post vote by November 26th. Not a member?Join by Thursday 20 November 2025 (17:00) to vote.

One week to go for the national demonstration called by UCU (@ucu.org.uk) against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester. Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November. All welcome!

Busy activity in the Leeds UCU office today - reps welcome to pop down before 2.30pm for your pack and (optional) a photo! #WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYesYes

📣 National Get The Vote Out LIVE! Join us next Thursday 6 November at 7PM as we go live from campuses across the UK 💪 Hear from members, branches and organisers as we make the final push to get every ballot posted 🗳️ Watch LIVE on UCU X and YouTube #WeAreTheUniversity

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