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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · Jun 30
Breaking news – Redundancy notice (Section 188) removed

The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened.

This is our victory! 1/3
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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) is on ASOS @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · Jul 1
Beyond busy with amazing @bcu-ucu.bsky.social as we fight a 340+ attack on jobs & ongoing dispute over performance management against a backdrop of suddenly imposed workload-increasing policy changes at same time as shrinking teams with over 200 "silent redundancies" through MARS.
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · Jul 1
Our ballot results are in!

-63% of members voted
-84% of voting members said YES to action short of strike
-72% of voting members said YES to strike action

Which means our call for industrial action has passed and we have a mandate to fight back!
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jun 16
39 lecturers at Liverpool Hope face redundancy.

“This will devastate our community, the university’s reputation, and the local economy.” Roberto Catello, branch secretary.

#StopTheCuts #UCU

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Liverpool Hope University cuts 'devastating' for its reputation - BBC News
Liverpool Hope University says it is planning cuts "to ensure financial and academic stability".
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UCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · Jun 18
Edinburgh branch officers explain why UCU members are going on strike at Edinburgh University this coming Friday #StopTheCuts #solidarity
ucuedinburgh.bsky.social UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · Jun 18
UCU Edinburgh President Sophia Woodman and Branch Secretary Elaine Newton-Bruzza talk about the Open Day strike on 20 June. #stopthecuts #ucu #ucuedinburgh
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jun 20
UCU members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are striking today over University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs

We're fighting against these reckless proposals

Share to show your support ✊
UCU members on Edinburgh picket line No More Cuts written in chalk UCU members on Edinburgh picket line
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Mar 18
"Over 10,000 jobs are set to go from campuses across the UK if Labour sits on its hands and allows the sector to go to the wall."

UCU president Maxine Looby speaking at our rally for higher education.

We demand immediate government action to #STOPtheCUTS ✊
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Mar 26
Our response to Labour’s cruel and self-defeating austerity statement:
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UEA UCU says join a union @uea-ucu.bsky.social · Mar 27
How many solidari-dogs did you spot at the UEA UCU day of action?! Tag us with any we've missed! #SaveUEA #PupsOnPickets
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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · Mar 10
🗣 The Moss Side "joint enterprise" case and miscarriage of justice concerns in the criminal trial system - @david_conn

📆3-4pm, Weds 19 Mar 2025, Uni of Manchester

All welcome. Pls share🙏🏾
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Nicola Pratt 🇵🇸✌️ @nicolapratt.bsky.social · Feb 23
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umucu.bsky.social Univ of Manchester UCU @umucu.bsky.social · Feb 22
On Wed 29 Jan 2025, the Univ of Manchester’s UCU branch passed a BDS motion, calling on the institution to support BDS & academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. To read the motion in full, follow link or scan QR-code in visual.

#Palestine 🇵🇸
UMUCU branch motion in detail, 7 points of resolve connected to BDS.
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Unis Resist Border Controls (URBC) @urbc.bsky.social · Feb 25
Bizarre statement @ucu.org.uk.

For 6️⃣ years you refused to work with us to end #HostileEnvironment policy in UK HE. As this policy extend to other areas, instead, you capitulate to the very neoliberal, marketised dynamics that harms migrant students & all staff alike.

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ucu.org.uk University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Feb 25
Our response to reports that the government’s immigration white paper will propose tighter restrictions for international students 👇

Read more 👉 www.ucu.org.uk/article/1392...
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Univ of Manchester UCU @umucu.bsky.social · Feb 22
On Wed 29 Jan 2025, the Univ of Manchester’s UCU branch passed a BDS motion, calling on the institution to support BDS & academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. To read the motion in full, follow link or scan QR-code in visual.

#Palestine 🇵🇸
UMUCU branch motion in detail, 7 points of resolve connected to BDS.
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Dr Sadia Habib @sadiahabib.bsky.social · Jan 31
Kicking off @official-uom.bsky.social Manchester Institute of Education Anti Racist Educ Network seminar series 2025, Gary Younge talks about Dispatches from the Diaspora 👊🏽👊🏽💚
Keep 👀 out for more seminars!
Funded thru' @uomseed.bsky.social EDI. Collab with @ethnicityuk.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social
Prof Gary Younge holding his book. Three University of Manchester staff seated in front of a large photo and brief bio about Ellen Wilkinson. An audience for Gary Younge in a lecture theatre in the Ellen Wilkinson Building.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jan 22
Prison educators are severely underfunded and unsupported.

We are demanding change.

Find out more about our #UnlockingFutures campaign 👉 www.ucu.org.uk/UnlockingFut...
UCU Member Brian on Prison Education Crisis
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jan 23
Join the @PSCupdates Trade Union Solidarity Webinar 🚨

⏰ 29 Jan, 6pm
🔗Register: palestinecampaign.org/events/psc-webinar-trade-unions-taking-action-for-palestine-in-2025/

Hear from trade unionists and find out how you can support Palestine at work.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jan 24
Our General Secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social went on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social last night to tell the nation about the shockingly low pay of further education college lecturers 👇
Jo Grady on BBC Newsnight | 23 Jan 2025
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Steve Jones @profstevenjones.bsky.social · Jan 23
New book series, UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED, edited by @sadiahabib.bsky.social and me, with thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social, & esp. commissioning editor @lauramswift.bsky.social. BOOK PROPOSALS NOW WELCOME - please get in touch if you have an idea. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...
University Reimagined - Manchester University Press
The University Reimagined series offers a home for fresh ideas about higher education and innovative solutions to the challenges it faces, both within the UK and internationally.
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Dr Sadia Habib @sadiahabib.bsky.social · Jan 25
A big thank you to Dr Parise Carmichael-Murphy for an incredible and important presentation at our final Manchester Institute of Education Anti Racist Education Network seminar of 2024! Well attended by staff and students keen to learn about inclusive curriculum/histories projects and resources 👏🏽👊🏽
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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Nov 28
Also an excuse to re-share @pmdfoster.bsky.social’s brilliant piece which takes Essex as a case through which to discuss the transformation of #UKHE: built in the 1960s to transform the region and society, and now transformed beyond recognition through marketisation and governmental neglect.
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Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Nov 28
On workplace day of action, Manchester students, staff, and community members unite to call for an end to the scholasticide in Gaza. @umucu.bsky.social @manmetucu.bsky.social
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Nick Thoburn 🇵🇸 @nickthoburn.bsky.social · Nov 26
This Thursday at 12 - Manchester, join us!
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UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University @unisonmmu.bsky.social · Nov 26
Our branch is also supporting the week of action organised by @umucu.bsky.social focussing on scholasticide in Palestine with events running all the way up to Friday.
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Univ of Manchester UCU @umucu.bsky.social · Nov 21
University Week of Action for #Palestine. United against #scholasticide. See below for some of what's happening in Manchester 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾Including open meeting, discussion, creative spaces, teach-ins, film screening.

(Look out for what's happening in other cities and campuses via
@ucu.org.uk)
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Steve Jones @profstevenjones.bsky.social · Nov 20
Looking forward to speaking at this #highered governance event next week for @umucu.bsky.social members. #academicsky #academicchatter
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