(Ballots will start to arrive on the 20th of October, UCU members)

Of course management will always try to find ways around it, and of course we need to build member density to increase disruption. But even under current conditions, HE strikes can be effective.

This just isn’t true. Not only is refusing to teach a significant disruption, it also has a financial cost. When @newcastleucu.bsky.social took action this year, the university paid out £2.4m in compensation to students.

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

The Board of Deputies’ response to the Israeli government inviting Tommy Robinson to visit

Mae cylchlythyr @willhaycardiff.bsky.social wastad werth ei ddarllen, ond mae rhifyn heddiw yn arbennig o dda. Darn gwych am ragrith y Toriaid ynglŷn a rhaglen Cenedl Noddfa, a gwallgofrwydd Llafur wrth gymharu Plaid Cymru gyda Reform.

willhaywardwales.substack.com?utm_campaign...

Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...

Our local ballot is open ✉️ Vote Yes and Yes!
A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate.

LUCU reps are organising departmental meetings with officers. Join in to ask questions and raise concerns.

#WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts

This is really thoughtful and thought-provoking - so happy to have voted for Matt for this casual vacancy on UCU NEC/HEC. If you're a member of UCU + not yet voted, dig out those papers + vote @matthewbarnard.phd for UK-wide (and Adam Hansen for NE region) 🥰

Just had my first meeting as Chair of the Women member's standing committee, an amazing group of highly motivated and brilliant activists. We had a lovely and productive meeting sharing ideas for our sector of the Equalities conference. Honoured to work with such great people ❤️

Another amazing post by our candidate in the UCU casual vacancy elections, @matthewbarnard.phd on the anti-intellectual threat posed by 'gender critical' ideology. #ucu

I can't overstate how crucial these casual vacancy elections are. HEC is pretty much deadlocked atm, so please vote for @matthewbarnard.phd for UK wide rep and, if in the North East region (comprised of Northern and Yorkshire and Humberside) then vote for Adam Hansen too. #ucu

"Dydy'r brifysgol ddim yn gallu rhedeg heb ein aelodau ni, nac ydy?" - Cwestiwn teg gan ein cymrawd Unsain ar y rali ddoe

Fel y dywedodd ein his-lywydd @vthuppil.bsky.social, mae diswyddiadau gorfodol yn llinell goch lwyr i ni.

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“A kick in the teeth” - 13% pay rise for the VC while jobs are on the line is inexcusable.

Thank you to every student, staff member, and community ally who stood in solidarity with @bangorucu.bsky.social yesterday.

We will keep fighting. ✊

My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.

Link to the list here: campaignforucudemocracy.com

Welcome to those of you who’ve made the journey over to UCU Congress. The Campaign for UCU Democracy has published some voting recommendations for posts elected at Congress. Please support them.

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

100% this. Saw there was a blue Labour MP saying he "didn't care" if universities went bankrupt so long as immigration went down. He might want to look at some of the basic demographics of Labour support (and also look at who the largest employers are in large Labour seats).

UCU was proud to stand in solidarity at today’s emergency protest for trans rights in London. ✊

Today, and every day, UCU stands with the trans community.

We will never stop fighting for trans rights and equality. 🏳️‍⚧️

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #UCU #Solidarity

Facebook helpfully reminding me of the fan art when Prince Philip died 2 months after Captain Tom

This is nonsense, and if any reflection of elite groupthink deadly to the survival of large parts of English Higher Education. If there are no planning controls it doesn't matter who gets to call the shots: the collapse will be dynamic and unstoppable.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/reintro...

1. Stop assuming people announce all their activism on social media.

2. Stop demanding people announce all their activism on social media.

3. Stop deriding people for not announcing all their activism on social media.

4. Dunking on people on social media isn't activism and isn't praxis.