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Northumbria UCU Branch @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social · Dec 5
Unions make life better for everyone. If you're not in one, join one now: equalitytrust.org.uk/news/blog/un...
Unity is Strength: how trade unions reduce inequality - Equality Trust
Unions have been in the news recently, with the Trade Union Bill currently in Parliament, and the national ‘heartunions’ campaign this week. We  unions because they help prevent our divided nation fro...
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Northumbria UCU Branch @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social · 59m
Phew! That was close.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1h
Bank bonuses to high earners to be paid faster after UK regulators loosen rules, another post-2008 crash change watered down.

Will impede ability to withhold bonus for poor performance.

If the poor, disabled, sick, old could fund political parties, hand jobs to legislators, they too may be heard.
Banker bonuses to be paid faster after UK regulators loosen rules
Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority reduce deferral period from eight years to four
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 22h
We have signed a joint union statement standing against rising anti-migrant and racist rhetoric.

We stand in solidarity with our international workforce and migrant communities. Read the full statement: https://bit.ly/42BLbKk
A quote graphic from the Royal College of Nursing stating: "As leading bodies and professional associations within the UK, representing the health and social care sector, we reject all forms of discrimination and oppose any form of racism and xenophobia." The graphic has a blue border and the Royal College of Nursing logo at the bottom.
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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 22h
Today the Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social
has published this report by Howard Reed and me.

In it we make the case for reforming the UK’s approach to taxing wealth: shifting *away* from taxing income from work, and towards wealth taxes.

fairnessfoundation.com/win-win-win
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 22h
Award-winning novelist Elif Shafak will deliver the National Humanities Lecture 2026!

Book now for this prestigious lecture, which celebrates the vital role of the humanities in public life.

3 February 2026 | 6-8pm | Senate House & Online. Register here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The National Humanities Lecture 2026
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d
The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/
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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 1d
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Screenshot of a message from the story below. "If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr."
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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 1d
An interesting study of political violence in the United States. Two main findings. It is relatively low. It skewes right, that is right-wing groups/individuals have conducted more politically motivated killings since 1975.

www.alexnowrasteh.com/p/alex-respo...
Alex Responds to the Critics: Politically Motivated Terrorist Killings in the United States
The critics are mistaken
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 2d
We've got events happening during today's strike action!

10 AM- Teach out on "What is Chaos" @ Mrs. B's
12:40 PM- Rally for Jobs @ Trent Courtyard
6 PM- Teach out on "Exposing Empire" @ Coates Road Auditorium

See you all there!

#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 2d
Strike action is BACK ON this week and we have plenty of events to show solidarity and learn from each other:

RALLIES will be held on Tues and Thurs at 12:40, starting in the Trent Courtyard.

We also have 3 TEACH OUTS during the week: uonucu.org/teachouts/

See you there!
TEACHOUTS Lecturers are on strike. Come learn. Upcoming teachouts: What is Chaos: Martin Richter, 10am 14/10/25, Mrs B’s catering cafe Exposing Empire: War, Capital & Palestine: Victor Kattan & Andreas Bieler, 6pm 14/10/25, Coates Road Auditorium The social construction of mental illness: Ella Guerin, 12pm 20/10/25, Online
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Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · 1d
🤯 You won't believe what this agency manager tells workers emptying bins in Birmingham!
😡 Is a @teamlabouruk.bsky.social council really saying they won't employ anyone who joins a picket line? Isn't that called blacklisting? Shouldn't Labour-run @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social be against that?
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UCU Equality @ucuequality.bsky.social · 5d
Job insecurity, discrimination, unsafe working conditions, and unmanageable workloads are all barriers to good mental health. Take time out for yourself! Look after your mental health
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 5d
BBC Breakfast news covered our analysis of the shocking cuts at universities across the UK

It’s time to stand up and fight for our sector ✊

Vote YES in the ballot

#WeAreTheUniversity
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Ben Wilkinson @benwilko85.bsky.social · 5d
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, a poem that metaphorises one of the many guises in which depression might manifest itself.

‘The Bull’ features in my second collection of poems, 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (Seren Books, 2022).

#MentalHealthMatters
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 5d
Universities planning cuts to jobs and courses are not cash strapped

Jo Grady highlights hypocrisy of the University of Edinburgh as it plans to make £140 million in cuts when then have £2.7 billion in net assets

Enough is enough

#WeAreTheUniversity
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d
Patriots don't peddle for Putin.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6d
Polanski expertly dismantling the "rich people will move if we tax them" narrative, while Denham nimbly demonstrates how very patriotic such people are.
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 6d
Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt
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Academic Publishing News @acadpubnews.bsky.social · 5d
If you are a librarian, teacher, educator, parent, local politician, or activist who is aware of systemic efforts to ban books, censor curricula, defund libraries, or otherwise attack educational freedom, please let us know..." www.404media.co/help-us-inve...
Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America
404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 5d
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

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Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 5d
Heading to negotiations on day ten of our strike action.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 5d
"So were you lying or was Nigel Farage lying?"

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BBC Question Time: Zack Polanski grills Zia Yusuf over ex-Reform politician’s pro-Russia bribery charges
"So were you lying or was Nigel Farage lying?"
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 6d
BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

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He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 5d
With just over a week to go until the ballot opens, @dyfrigjones.bsky.social had a message to UCU higher education members at last night’s Live.

Speak to as many people as possible, speak to your branch, speak to colleagues, get the message out there.

Vote early. Vote YES

#WeAreTheUniversity
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 6d
Are the Tories coming after workers' rights?
TUC warns Tory plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers’ rights
The TUC has warned that the Tory plan to withdraw from the (ECHR) ‘isn’t about migration, it’s about dismantling the legal protections that ordinary people rely on every day’.
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 6d
We're gearing up for another two weeks of strike action starting on Monday and part of that involves organising teach outs!

More details will be announced as they come in, but you can find the growing list of learning opportunities here: uonucu.org/teachouts/
Teachouts
Striking lecturers do care about your learning experience and, in fact enjoy teaching. Teachouts are an opportunity for students and staff to engage with each other, but no material relevant to exams…
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 6d
Is Reform the new National Front?
EXCLUSIVE: TUC boss says Reform UK are pushing policies of the National Front of the 1970s
Nowak said that the best way for the government to tackle the rise of Reform UK was by delivering change.
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 6d
'The politics of Reform are a symptom of national decline, not an answer to it'

@chrishinchliff.bsky.social writes about patriotism and national decline in his latest column for Left Foot Forward

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/on-p...
On patriotism and national decline
Prioritisation of corporate wealth and privatisation have threatened our heritage and eroded our culture far more than immigration ever has
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