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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thank you for joining us as our guest speaker!

Fiona Johnstone @drfijohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 13

An appropriately gothic setting for the “Blood, Myth and Media” symposium today at Liverpool John Moores, convened by @beehughes.bsky.social and Stella Gaynor. Some great interdisciplinary papers on blood in horror, health, forensics, fashion and more.

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Lincoln Branch of UCU @uculincolnbranch.bsky.social · Jun 6

Way passed the threshold, #LincolnUCU members have smashed it!

Unless #LincolnUniversity rule out #compulsoryredundancies, we will strike!

Image showing outcome of ballot - 86.05% in favour of strike, 91.86% in favour of ASOS

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UCU Newcastle University @newcastleucu.bsky.social · Jun 4

COME AND JOIN US in the FIGHT FOR HE! 11 JUNE

University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jun 4

📢 National Demo Announced at Newcastle University

UCU members from across the UK will descend on Newcastle on Wednesday 11 June for a national demonstration against job cuts.

✊ Join us and make your voice heard

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Newcastle University academics to strike for 30 more days

Industrial action among academics at Newcastle University has been extended again, alongside a national demonstration in Newcastle next week

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jun 4

📢 National Demo Announced at Newcastle University

UCU members from across the UK will descend on Newcastle on Wednesday 11 June for a national demonstration against job cuts.

✊ Join us and make your voice heard

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Newcastle University academics to strike for 30 more days

Industrial action among academics at Newcastle University has been extended again, alongside a national demonstration in Newcastle next week

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · Jun 6

🚨🚨CALL TO ACTION🚨🚨

The new EHRC chair candidate, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, has a history of transphobic actions. MPs *must* scrutinze her.

Sign the open letter and use the template to email the WEC to demand MPs protect trans rights!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Letter to member of the Women and Equalities Committee, June 2025

Please fill out the form below by Friday, 20 June 2025, to add your signature to this letter. Share this form widely to anyone who might be interested. The author, Anna Langley, is doing this to help...

docs.google.com

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · Jun 2

🏳️‍⚧️🚨🏳️‍⚧️Please share!

Here is the guidance from @transactualuk.bsky.social @scottishtrans.bsky.social and #Mermaids on the EHRC Code of Practice consultation.

Overview: transactual.org.uk/equality-act...

Guidance: transactual.org.uk/equality-act...

**Please excuse temporary typos!** We're on it 😅

Things to know before you answer

How long will it take?

There are a lot of questions to answer (up to 52 if you respond to all sections). However, even if you only have ten minutes, it’s still really important to have your say and tell the EHRC how you feel.

If you have…

10 minutes: Answer all of the tick-box ‘would you like to provide feedback’ questions with ‘yes’ and answer all of the tick-box ‘to what extent do you agree with’ statements.
15 minutes: Answer all of the tick-box ‘would you like to provide feedback’ questions with ‘yes’ and answer all of the tick-box ‘to what extent do you agree with’ statements, then fill in the open-text ‘general comments’ section at the very end.
30 minutes or more: Answer all of the tick-box ‘would you like to provide feedback’ questions with yes and answer all of the tick-box ‘to what extent do you agree with’ statements, fill in as many of the open-text ‘is there anything you would like to change’ boxes as you can, then fill in the open-text ‘general comments’ section at the very end.

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Feb 24

Solidarity to all of you @ducuuo.bsky.social!

Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · Feb 19

Our industrial action is at the University of Dundee due to start on Monday 24th February.

Our members can find out more about our upcoming strike action here.

Find out how to go on strike and how this will affect you.

sites.dundee.ac.uk/ducu/crisis-...

FAQs on ASOS and Strikes – Dundee University and College UnionUniversity of Dundee logoSearchcontactcloseScroll leftChevron pointing downScroll rightSearchFacebookTwitterYoutubeInstagram

www.sites.dundee.ac.uk

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thank you Rhiannon - you’ve been an inspiration since I got active in UCU. Thanks for all you do and I know you will be a VP/President all UCU can be proud of.

If you haven’t posted your ballot you’ve got a few days! Please vote Rhiannon for VP

Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) is on ASOS @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · Feb 21

. @beehughes.bsky.social is one of the very best UCU examples of how to build our equality work outwards, and widely respected for this across our union. I am really grateful to them for this endorsement

rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/e...

Endorsement from Bee Hughes, Vice-Chair UCU LGBT+ standing committee and LJMU UCU Branch Secretary

Bee at daybreak picket with UCU signs showing equality claim and pay falling Rhiannon is one of the most compassionate and knowledgeable trade unionists I know. She’s been instrumental in building …

rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Feb 15

Sending all the solidarity to our sibling branch at UoL - and all of you facing these horrific cuts. Staff, students and the future of academic thought all suffer at the hands of poor leadership

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Feb 14

Grimmer and grimmer. Voluntary Leavers Scheme opens at Liverpool with July departure date for an unspecified number of staff. 'Academics have also been told there is no money to attend conferences'. 1/2

Liverpool and Edge Hill universities both plan staff cuts

Academics at Liverpool say ‘unexpected’ announcement has left people ‘shocked’

www.timeshighereducation.com

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carloucu.bsky.social @carloucu.bsky.social · Feb 13

Excellent piece by @illdoitanyway.bsky.social in @timeshighered.bsky.social outlining a strategy for unions to defend jobs and HE
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/only...
@ducuuo.bsky.social @uculeft.bsky.social @ucuscotland.bsky.social #elections2025 #HigherEducation #UCU

Only a nationwide strike can stem the carnage in UK higher education

Limiting industrial action to defensive branch battles on redundancy is not enough. We need to politically challenge the HE funding model, says Rhiannon Lockley

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) is on ASOS @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · Feb 11

In midst of heavy redundancies, with branch reps working into night & weekends, it’s v difficult to see how this q doesn’t:

- position union members as passive consumers right when we need action
- treat unpaid work of volunteers as something to be performance managed

Is this trade unionism?

Text of multiple choice q

In general, how satisfied are you with how your branch operates?
• Very satisfied
• Somewhat satisfied
• No opinion either way
• Not very satisfied
• Not satisfied at all

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Feb 11

Yes, it started coming through yesterday late evening

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Feb 11

Thanks Richard! You too

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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) is on ASOS @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · Feb 7

🚨 UCU hustings uploaded🚨
The union is going to the polls while the HE sector is in crisis. Watch me and Deepa Govindarajan Driver making the case for left & independent candidates & the fightback here: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1389...

UCU election hustings 2025

Watch the official UCU hustings with UCU vice-president (HE) and honorary treasurer candidates, which took place online on Wednesday 5 February 2025, 16:30-18:00.

www.ucu.org.uk

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Feb 5

And I would ask you to vote for UCU left candidates. We are committed to members having space for discussion, respecting democratic structures & decisions, using our collective power to win for members, and fighting all forms of discrimination. More here: uculeft.org

UCU Left

For a democratic accountable campaigning union

uculeft.org

Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Feb 5

I’m standing for NW HE Rep and for LGBT+ HE Rep. I can’t do both, but you can read about my priorities & approach for both:

uculeft.org/bee-hughes-f...

uculeft.org/bee-hughes-3/

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Feb 5

Read about Deepa’s experience and vision for taking up the Honorary Treasurer role here: deepadriver.org

Deepa for Treasurer: Get Involved!

deepadriver.org

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Feb 5

Sorry to have missed the UK-wide UCU VP and Treasurer hustings today, but I hear @illdoitanyway.bsky.social and Deepa Driver were articulate, and had concrete plans on how to move forward. Read more about Rhiannon here: rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com

Rhiannon for UCU VP (Higher Education)

Vote Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) for UCU Vice President (Higher Education): ballots are live 27th January till 3rd March 2025

rhiannonforucuvp.wordpress.com

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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) is on ASOS @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · Feb 1

Chaos & heartbreak. The HE funding model is broken beyond repair. Solidarity with all the individual UCU branches who are fighting heroically to defend the sector. The leverage to push Labour on from the rotten ideology causing cuts - now & still coming - demands full union mobilisation.

Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls

Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring

www.theguardian.com

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Jan 30

read more about UCU left and our candidates here: uculeft.org please vote for @illdoitanyway.bsky.social for UCU VP and Deepa Driver for treasurer alongside our other candidates and supported independents.

UCU Left

For a democratic accountable campaigning union

uculeft.org

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Jan 30

I’m standing alongside candidates who are members of UCU Left, who share my commitment to developing strategy through meaningful discussion, debate + consultation with members, using advisory (eg BDMs) & instructive (Congress/Sector conference) to inform decisions.

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Jan 30

I’m also standing in the lgbt+ HE constituency, and I ask for your first pref vote there. It’s a seat I’ve held before, being active in UCU’s lgbt+ work through the lgbt+ members committee and beyond. Read more about my record + approach to LGBTQIA+ inclusion here:
uculeft.org/wp-content/u...

uculeft.org

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Jan 30

We want change for our members - the sector can’t go on like this, and there needs to be a serious reset of industrial strategy to bring the pressure of properly supported industrial action alongside political pressure to achieve this. Read my full statement here: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1385...

Bee Hughes (Liverpool John Moores University)  HE North West

www.ucu.org.uk

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Jan 30

In the NW HE seat, please vote Peta Bulmer #1 & me #2. We’re committed to fighting for our members in the region. We work hard in our branches and engage with our regional structures.

Bee Hughes (Liverpool John Moores University)  HE North West

www.ucu.org.uk

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Bee Hughes (they/them) @beehughes.bsky.social · Jan 30

It’s been *a month* at work, so I’m a bit behind in sharing my candidacy in the upcoming UCU NEC elections, I’m standing for 2 seats in the UCU nec elections, and though I can’t do both, if elected to either position I will do my best to represent and support our members.

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