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Website: cardiffucu.org.uk
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Swansea University staff have voted no confidence in Vice Chancellor after announcement of £30m in cuts, £25m from staffing
400 staff have already left through voluntary severance & 200 vacancies frozen
The destruction of Welsh universities accelerates
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
400 staff have already left through voluntary severance & 200 vacancies frozen
The destruction of Welsh universities accelerates
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vote of no confidence in Swansea University vice chancellor over job cuts
UCU members at Swansea University pass a vote of no confidence in its vice chancellor due to job cuts.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Swansea University staff have voted no confidence in Vice Chancellor after announcement of £30m in cuts, £25m from staffing
400 staff have already left through voluntary severance & 200 vacancies frozen
The destruction of Welsh universities accelerates
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
400 staff have already left through voluntary severance & 200 vacancies frozen
The destruction of Welsh universities accelerates
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff University Kazakhstan featuring on BBC Wales Today, with contribution from Cardiff UCU's @llantwit.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Cardiff University Kazakhstan featuring on BBC Wales Today, with contribution from Cardiff UCU's @llantwit.bsky.social
‘Prof Larner said establishing the campus was "low risk", while acknowledging that the former Soviet republic was "in an interesting part of the world" at a "volatile time geopolitically".'
Cardiff University defends Kazakhstan campus amid concerns
Hundreds of students have started lectures at the new campus, which is 3,712 miles from Cardiff.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
‘Prof Larner said establishing the campus was "low risk", while acknowledging that the former Soviet republic was "in an interesting part of the world" at a "volatile time geopolitically".'
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This is a very necessary but depressing list.
More jobs being cut.
Worse for staff and worse for students.
Our working conditions are student learning conditions.
More jobs being cut.
Worse for staff and worse for students.
Our working conditions are student learning conditions.
hm. Haven't had to update our webpage on the cuts in #UKHE for a while. Kinda assumed the consequences of the Clearing cycle would be transpiring by now. Or was every university just already in disaster mode and not much new to report?
UK HE shrinking
a live page of all the redundancies and restructures happening across UK Higher Education. Page is updated regularly.
qmucu.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This is a very necessary but depressing list.
More jobs being cut.
Worse for staff and worse for students.
Our working conditions are student learning conditions.
More jobs being cut.
Worse for staff and worse for students.
Our working conditions are student learning conditions.
Modern Languages; Music; and History, Archaeology & Religion remain in scope.
Compulsory redundancy is a red line.
It is time to vote in the consultative ballot on industrial action NOW - the deadline is tomorrow.
Compulsory redundancy is a red line.
It is time to vote in the consultative ballot on industrial action NOW - the deadline is tomorrow.
Almost 200 Cardiff University staff left in limbo as they face losing jobs
Cardiff University confirmed it cannot rule out compulsory redundancies as it also apologised to students for problems with a new timetabling system as the academic year begins
www.walesonline.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Modern Languages; Music; and History, Archaeology & Religion remain in scope.
Compulsory redundancy is a red line.
It is time to vote in the consultative ballot on industrial action NOW - the deadline is tomorrow.
Compulsory redundancy is a red line.
It is time to vote in the consultative ballot on industrial action NOW - the deadline is tomorrow.
More 'disruptive innovation'...
Senior academic apologises for timetabling chaos at Cardiff University
Martin Shipton A senior academic manager at Cardiff University has apologised to staff for major disruption caused by the introduction of a new computer timetabling system before the start of the new ...
nation.cymru
September 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
More 'disruptive innovation'...
'Huddled under blankets in my freezing office, because the anti-suicide lock on the window has seized slightly ajar, I am – like everyone –frantically trying to make it work for the students, [since] any hit in our student satisfaction scores will be an excuse for management to cut more jobs.'
Huge Cardiff University Cuts Have Been A Disaster For Staff & Students -
Reading Time: 3 minutesMonths since bosses at Wales’ biggest university imposed dramatic cuts, an anonymous academic reveals what…
voice.cymru
September 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
'Huddled under blankets in my freezing office, because the anti-suicide lock on the window has seized slightly ajar, I am – like everyone –frantically trying to make it work for the students, [since] any hit in our student satisfaction scores will be an excuse for management to cut more jobs.'
Members! September is flying away, so that means it is time to check your emails to vote in the indicative ballot. Deadline Oct 3rd.
September 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Members! September is flying away, so that means it is time to check your emails to vote in the indicative ballot. Deadline Oct 3rd.
A reminder to members to vote in the indicative ballot by October 3rd
September 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A reminder to members to vote in the indicative ballot by October 3rd
A state of emergency in Welsh and UK higher education
Bangor University staff in vice chancellor vote of no confidence
UCU union members at Bangor University passed a motion of no confidence due to staff and budget cuts.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A state of emergency in Welsh and UK higher education
Such deeply sad news for @hefindavid.bsky.social 's loved ones & community. Such a loss.
Hefin was a great friend of our branch & a committed
@ucu.org.uk member - we will always be grateful for his solidarity.
Hefin was a great friend of our branch & a committed
@ucu.org.uk member - we will always be grateful for his solidarity.
Hefin David, Welsh Labour politician and MS for Caerphilly, dies suddenly
Hefin David had been Member of the Senedd (MS) for Caerphilly since 2016.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Such deeply sad news for @hefindavid.bsky.social 's loved ones & community. Such a loss.
Hefin was a great friend of our branch & a committed
@ucu.org.uk member - we will always be grateful for his solidarity.
Hefin was a great friend of our branch & a committed
@ucu.org.uk member - we will always be grateful for his solidarity.
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“measures like firing people and closing programmes always seem tough yet rejuvenating, yet always block recovery and hasten decline.“
Neat-yet-painful summary of Where We’re At with #UKHE. The fatalism is understandable but disastrous. None of this is inevitable. isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
Neat-yet-painful summary of Where We’re At with #UKHE. The fatalism is understandable but disastrous. None of this is inevitable. isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
July 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“measures like firing people and closing programmes always seem tough yet rejuvenating, yet always block recovery and hasten decline.“
Neat-yet-painful summary of Where We’re At with #UKHE. The fatalism is understandable but disastrous. None of this is inevitable. isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
Neat-yet-painful summary of Where We’re At with #UKHE. The fatalism is understandable but disastrous. None of this is inevitable. isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
8 members of Cardiff Uni Senate resign.
“The relationship between the university’s executive board, including the vice-chancellor and the university’s staff and students is now described as toxic and devoid of even a minimum level of trust”
“The relationship between the university’s executive board, including the vice-chancellor and the university’s staff and students is now described as toxic and devoid of even a minimum level of trust”
Senior academics resign as managers push through Cardiff University job cuts | Morning Star
morningstaronline.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
8 members of Cardiff Uni Senate resign.
“The relationship between the university’s executive board, including the vice-chancellor and the university’s staff and students is now described as toxic and devoid of even a minimum level of trust”
“The relationship between the university’s executive board, including the vice-chancellor and the university’s staff and students is now described as toxic and devoid of even a minimum level of trust”
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'One staff member from the School of Arts, Culture, and Language said: “This consultation has been a shambles. All four Business Cases were riddled with inaccuracies, missing data, and were completely inaccessible."'
#UKHE
#HigherEd
#UKHE
#HigherEd
Staff and students at Bangor University deserve better than a chaotic and rushed consultation that was full of mistakes
88% of staff voted YES to strike, because our members know a joke of a process when they see one, with decisions having been made long beforehand
nation.cymru/news/staff-a...
88% of staff voted YES to strike, because our members know a joke of a process when they see one, with decisions having been made long beforehand
nation.cymru/news/staff-a...
Staff and students slam ‘shambolic’ Bangor redundancy consultation as union wins strike ballot
The union representing university staff has won a consultative ballot on industrial action of its members following a consultation process over job losses at Bangor that has been have condemned as “a ...
nation.cymru
July 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Welsh Universities are ignored by Welsh Gov't & left to burn
Wales is behind England, Scotland & N Ireland in both teaching & research funding. Wales has lowest rates of 18yr olds applying to uni
Wales is becoming a country that can't afford its future
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
Wales is behind England, Scotland & N Ireland in both teaching & research funding. Wales has lowest rates of 18yr olds applying to uni
Wales is becoming a country that can't afford its future
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
'Real danger a university in Wales will collapse next year'
The prediction comes as one university Vice Chancellor described the current funding situation to MPs as 'like tumbling around in a washing machine'
www.walesonline.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Welsh Universities are ignored by Welsh Gov't & left to burn
Wales is behind England, Scotland & N Ireland in both teaching & research funding. Wales has lowest rates of 18yr olds applying to uni
Wales is becoming a country that can't afford its future
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
Wales is behind England, Scotland & N Ireland in both teaching & research funding. Wales has lowest rates of 18yr olds applying to uni
Wales is becoming a country that can't afford its future
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
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A distinguished archaeologist and academic who publicly opposed Cardiff University’s cuts programme has been ‘spitefully’ denied a status often given to retired professors ✍️ Martin Shipton
Cardiff University academic who objected to cuts robbed of title through 'spite'
Martin Shipton A distinguished archaeologist and academic who publicly opposed Cardiff University’s cuts programme has been “spitefully” denied a status often given to retired professors. James Whitle...
nation.cymru
June 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A distinguished archaeologist and academic who publicly opposed Cardiff University’s cuts programme has been ‘spitefully’ denied a status often given to retired professors ✍️ Martin Shipton
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QMUL has removed 200 roles in just the last two years. Staggered reorganisations and stealth exits mean the number doesn’t hit the headlines in one moment, but the impact is no less for it in our university.
#SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/2025/06/26/s...
#SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/2025/06/26/s...
Stealth redundancies & staggered cuts
Management is avoiding headlines, but cumulatively we’ve lost 200 colleagues already.
qmucu.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
QMUL has removed 200 roles in just the last two years. Staggered reorganisations and stealth exits mean the number doesn’t hit the headlines in one moment, but the impact is no less for it in our university.
#SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/2025/06/26/s...
#SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/2025/06/26/s...
We have serious concerns about this 👇
“Students threatened with jail if they protest without permission.”
@CardiffUCU - “we think it raises serious worries about staff and students’ right to protest as well as potentially endangering legitimate trade union activities”
👀👇
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
@CardiffUCU - “we think it raises serious worries about staff and students’ right to protest as well as potentially endangering legitimate trade union activities”
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www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...
Cardiff Uni students threatened with jail for unpermitted campus protests
Cardiff University has obtained a High Court injunction in response to the now-disbanded Palestine camp outside its main building
www.walesonline.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We have serious concerns about this 👇
Just one example of 'the really sad loss of incredibly important specialist research groups doing important work that impacts lives and economies in all sorts of different ways.'
Seafarers' health and welfare research gets the chop as Cardiff shutters SIRC
The renowned Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) – which was set up in 1995 on the initiative of Nautilus International General Secretary Mark Dickinson who at the time ran the ITF Seafarer...
www.nautilusint.org
June 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Just one example of 'the really sad loss of incredibly important specialist research groups doing important work that impacts lives and economies in all sorts of different ways.'
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NEW: Confront investigation into the ongoing repercussions of the asbestos industry in UK universities. Decades after asbestos was banned we reveal the remaining asbestos still present on campuses, related illnesses, and enormous costs universities are left with. confrontpower.org/the-enduring...
Terminal illnesses and endless costs: the enduring legacy of the asbestos industry in UK universities | Confront Power
Decades after it was fully banned, asbestos is still an issue across the UK's higher education system.
confrontpower.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: Confront investigation into the ongoing repercussions of the asbestos industry in UK universities. Decades after asbestos was banned we reveal the remaining asbestos still present on campuses, related illnesses, and enormous costs universities are left with. confrontpower.org/the-enduring...
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That makes this infographic particularly galling. 'This stuff is all great and essential, but we're gonna... let it all fall apart'. Suuuure Jan, right you are. 🤷♂️ (3/3)
June 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
That makes this infographic particularly galling. 'This stuff is all great and essential, but we're gonna... let it all fall apart'. Suuuure Jan, right you are. 🤷♂️ (3/3)
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Vice Chancellor Larner wants Cardiff University to be a ‘living experiment’, as a ‘part social innovation lab, part corporate partnership innovation centre, part civic system transition space’ with constant ‘creative destruction and continual regeneration’
Lecturers from Cardiff University predict its dystopian future
Anonymous What will a “leaner and more efficient” Cardiff University look like? Cardiff University’s Executive Board has set out their vision for ‘digital transformation’ in Wales in 2035, where ‘digi...
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June 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Vice Chancellor Larner wants Cardiff University to be a ‘living experiment’, as a ‘part social innovation lab, part corporate partnership innovation centre, part civic system transition space’ with constant ‘creative destruction and continual regeneration’
A brilliant take down of the reckless tech-bro optimism of Cardiff University management plans.
'A flagship national university cannot be run like a tech startup.'
Indeed, *no* university should be run like that!
'A flagship national university cannot be run like a tech startup.'
Indeed, *no* university should be run like that!
Disruption and market futurology at Cardiff University - Institute of Welsh Affairs
Cardiff University academics explain how the pace of cuts, commercialisation and techno-speculation at the institution risk its collapse.
www.iwa.wales
June 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A brilliant take down of the reckless tech-bro optimism of Cardiff University management plans.
'A flagship national university cannot be run like a tech startup.'
Indeed, *no* university should be run like that!
'A flagship national university cannot be run like a tech startup.'
Indeed, *no* university should be run like that!
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Now 99 universities officially making redundancies, and I've heard of a few more to take us over the 100 mark. If I were a student, I'd be 'shocked and offended' by that more than anything else. Still nothing is done. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
UK HE shrinking
a live page of all the redundancies and restructures happening across UK Higher Education. Page is updated regularly.
qmucu.org
June 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Now 99 universities officially making redundancies, and I've heard of a few more to take us over the 100 mark. If I were a student, I'd be 'shocked and offended' by that more than anything else. Still nothing is done. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...