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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 26m

Sadly, yes. Not sure that they realise just what they’re setting in motion by destroying this vital public good…

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 51m

Ack! What all that psychoanalysing…

Check if your university’s career service can book you in for a conversation. Many universities do continue to support alumni (in a very self-serving way, as it’s good for stats, but worth using to demystify on some of those weird questionnaires!)

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks so much for amplifying!

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 1h

I saw myself write it and starting to hope someone with the skills would actually make them…

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UK HE News @ukhenews.bsky.social · 2h

Supporting universities was never going to score populist points.

But the reputation of the sector did not have to be as politically toxic as it is.

Maybe HE staff and students need to regain control over sector leadership from the VC cabal at UUK?

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 2d

*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 2d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

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Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 2h

Please share and donate if you can afford it

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 3h

Please consider donating to support one of the @gaza40.bsky.social in their studies @qmul.bsky.social. They’ve won a prestigious studentship but cost in London and high.

Donate here: chuffed.org/project/1522...

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 2h

Did @QMUL.bsky.social just get petty with the petty cash?

Or is there a cashflow problem – waiting for student fees to come in perhaps?

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 2h

Where is the money? @qmul.bsky.social haven't paid many cleaners their overtime since August; unions haven’t had their Facilities Time paid since August; many Teaching Associates & Teaching Fellows have not had any pay in September. All since the new financial year.

Where is the money? Cleaners, teaching associates, and trade unions haven’t had any of the money that isn’t part of the regular payroll since the beginning of the new financial year

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 3h

Many thanks!

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Michael Forshaw @michael4shaw.bsky.social · 3h

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 3h

This is actually a very good point. We’ve got about four unfinished building sites on our Mile End campus alone.

We can make it in the shape of one of those caps 👨‍🎓 if needs be.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 3h

Please consider donating to support one of the @gaza40.bsky.social in their studies @qmul.bsky.social. They’ve won a prestigious studentship but cost in London and high.

Donate here: chuffed.org/project/1522...

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 3h

thanks so much for persisting! We're getting rather good at pleading emails here by now...

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 3h

listen, we can make the hi-viz tweed-patterned if needs be. We're willing to compromise on that front.

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Richard Carr @richardcarr.bsky.social · 2d

Tweed jacket photo-op like Osborne’s use of high-vis to signify “I like building”

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 2d

*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 2d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 3h

Maybe we should do hi-viz with elbowpatches to lean into the stereotype?

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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 2d

Uni professors should start wearing hi-viz vests so the PM can pose with them as he bails them out.

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 2d

*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 2d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 3h

ah, are you also getting the 'but just send you cv there unprovoked, they might have a job for you' advice? Solidarity, it's grim at the moment.

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deedeeobserves.bsky.social @deedeeobserves.bsky.social · 1d

Shameful!

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 2d

*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 2d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

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Chris Downs @chris-downs.bsky.social · 15h

Oh good grief!
What is the matter with these VCs? He can't be the least bad option.

QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 1d

The VC of Leicester has been announced as the new Chair of UCEA.

He's been VC of Leicester since 2019. He's the one responsible for forcing out scholars in ways that employment tribunals showed was not permitted.

The the kind of guy UCEA values.
www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/o... #UKHE

book cover of 'shaping for mediocrity': The cancellation of critical thinking at our universities.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 3h

To use this horrific attack as an excuse to police the peaceful protests on campuses is disrespectful and dangerous. The suspect had no connection to universities. VCs should be pushing back against Phillipson's rank opportunism.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

UK universities told to crack down on antisemitism after synagogue attack reut.rs/4nWmvEP

UK universities told to crack down on antisemitism after synagogue attack

British universities must take stronger action to protect Jewish students, the government said on Saturday, after a deadly attack on a synagogue in northern England and amid concerns over antisemitism on campuses in Britain and the United States.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 1d

The VC of Leicester has been announced as the new Chair of UCEA.

He's been VC of Leicester since 2019. He's the one responsible for forcing out scholars in ways that employment tribunals showed was not permitted.

The the kind of guy UCEA values.
www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/o... #UKHE

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 1d

We are relieved one of the @gaza40.bsky.social made it to @qmul.bsky.social. They arrived with very little. Please consider contributing to the support fund so they can complete their studies in London.

Contribute: chuffed.org/project/1522...

Every university in Gaza has been destroyed.

Every single one.

Thankfully, one young and steadfast Palestinian doctor from Gaza has survived the genocide and managed to escape.

We are delighted that he has joined us at Queen Mary, University of London, where he is studying for a Master’s in AI and Data Science.

However, escaping genocide has meant leaving his home with very little, and the stipend he receives is insufficient.

This fundraiser is to ensure that he can have a decent quality of life while he studies here, and to ease—however slightly—the horrors his family, friends, and compatriots continue to endure.

We are refraining from naming the student to ensure his safety. This fundraiser is supported by Queen Mary UCU. Please donate generously.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 2d

*FIFTEEN THOUSAND JOBS LOST*.
If this were in a sector in which the PM could go and do a photoshoot looking like One Of The People, we’d have had a government intervention by now.

LopaLeach @lopa.bsky.social · 2d

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...

Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU

Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 2d

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

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