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Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
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JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
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🚨Our statement on #Budget2026
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🚨Our statement on #Budget2026
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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32 colleges hit the turnout threshold. 90% backed strike action.
Our ballots have already won pay deals at 17 colleges now others must follow.
College teachers are still paid £9,000 less than school teachers. This isn’t sustainable. Pay parity now.
feweek.co.uk/ucu-ballot-r...
Our ballots have already won pay deals at 17 colleges now others must follow.
College teachers are still paid £9,000 less than school teachers. This isn’t sustainable. Pay parity now.
feweek.co.uk/ucu-ballot-r...
UCU ballot results: 32 colleges vote to strike over pay and workload
Pay deals were agreed at a further 17 colleges during the ballot window
feweek.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
32 colleges hit the turnout threshold. 90% backed strike action.
Our ballots have already won pay deals at 17 colleges now others must follow.
College teachers are still paid £9,000 less than school teachers. This isn’t sustainable. Pay parity now.
feweek.co.uk/ucu-ballot-r...
Our ballots have already won pay deals at 17 colleges now others must follow.
College teachers are still paid £9,000 less than school teachers. This isn’t sustainable. Pay parity now.
feweek.co.uk/ucu-ballot-r...
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🚨Liz Carr's evidence against the Assisted Dying Bill
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
Health and care funding crisis will create pressure to choose assisted suicide, MPs and peers are told
Many terminally-ill people would feel “duress” and “pressure” to choose an assisted suicide if it is legalised, because of the lack of funding for the NHS, palliative care and social care services,…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚨Liz Carr's evidence against the Assisted Dying Bill
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
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This Black Friday - Every Course Must Go!
✅ 100% reduction of some subjects!
✅ Modules slashed!
Study them before it’s too late!
✅ 100% reduction of some subjects!
✅ Modules slashed!
Study them before it’s too late!
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This Black Friday - Every Course Must Go!
✅ 100% reduction of some subjects!
✅ Modules slashed!
Study them before it’s too late!
✅ 100% reduction of some subjects!
✅ Modules slashed!
Study them before it’s too late!
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Since 2023, 38 students have graduated from Bantshire University in error. We are conducting a full investigation into how this happened.
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Since 2023, 38 students have graduated from Bantshire University in error. We are conducting a full investigation into how this happened.
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Progressive Zohran Mamdani had a simple, defiant message for President Donald Trump after he won the New York City mayoral election.
Victorious Zohran's Message For Trump
Progressive Zohran Mamdani had a simple, defiant message for President Donald Trump after he won the New York City mayoral election.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Progressive Zohran Mamdani had a simple, defiant message for President Donald Trump after he won the New York City mayoral election.
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JUST UNDER 4️⃣ hours to go and we are LIVE!
Tune in on X or YouTube as we go live!
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
Tune in on X or YouTube as we go live!
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October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
JUST UNDER 4️⃣ hours to go and we are LIVE!
Tune in on X or YouTube as we go live!
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
Tune in on X or YouTube as we go live!
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
#wearetheuniversity #ucu
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
October 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#wearetheuniversity #ucu
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
#wearetheuniversity #ucu
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
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Reform's racism is dividing our communities.
The Green Party stand against the politics of hate and fear.
It's time to bring a politics of hope, compassion and unity.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The Green Party stand against the politics of hate and fear.
It's time to bring a politics of hope, compassion and unity.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Reform's racism is dividing our communities.
The Green Party stand against the politics of hate and fear.
It's time to bring a politics of hope, compassion and unity.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The Green Party stand against the politics of hate and fear.
It's time to bring a politics of hope, compassion and unity.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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DMU Leicester faces a new threat from DMU Dubai
De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai
De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai
DMU Leicester faces a new threat from DMU Dubai
De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai
centralbylines.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
DMU Leicester faces a new threat from DMU Dubai
De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai
De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai
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June 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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June 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Day 3 of strike action at Bournemouth University.
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
June 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Day 3 of strike action at Bournemouth University.
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
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June 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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On war: a reflection www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06... This morning, it's worth recalling that around the world, the billions of people who populate this planet have vastly more in common with each other than they have things that separate them.
On war: a reflection
There is, I think, a necessary twofold response when something as significant as last night's US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities takes place.
The first, as I have already noted, is to note that ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
June 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
On war: a reflection www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06... This morning, it's worth recalling that around the world, the billions of people who populate this planet have vastly more in common with each other than they have things that separate them.
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“The entire UK higher education sector is currently engulfed by mass redundancies and talks of ‘crisis’. Industrial relations between staff and employers in many institutions are at a historic low, and it seems that worse is yet to come.”
Steven Brown reviews Shaping for Mediocrity buff.ly/vsJReUq
Steven Brown reviews Shaping for Mediocrity buff.ly/vsJReUq
June 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
“The entire UK higher education sector is currently engulfed by mass redundancies and talks of ‘crisis’. Industrial relations between staff and employers in many institutions are at a historic low, and it seems that worse is yet to come.”
Steven Brown reviews Shaping for Mediocrity buff.ly/vsJReUq
Steven Brown reviews Shaping for Mediocrity buff.ly/vsJReUq
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We're heading out again in the morning because our toxic trait is that we think students and research are important to universities
@ucu.org.uk
#bournemouthuni
#bournemouth
#stopthecuts
#highered
@ucu.org.uk
#bournemouthuni
#bournemouth
#stopthecuts
#highered
June 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We're heading out again in the morning because our toxic trait is that we think students and research are important to universities
@ucu.org.uk
#bournemouthuni
#bournemouth
#stopthecuts
#highered
@ucu.org.uk
#bournemouthuni
#bournemouth
#stopthecuts
#highered
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🚨NEWS🚨
We are devastated to hear of the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill by 23 votes today. We extend our solidarity to all the Disabled people, DPOs, campaigners and MPs who have worked together to oppose this bill.
Full statement👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/devasta...
We are devastated to hear of the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill by 23 votes today. We extend our solidarity to all the Disabled people, DPOs, campaigners and MPs who have worked together to oppose this bill.
Full statement👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/devasta...
Devastation as Assisted Dying Bill Passes
www.disabilityrightsuk.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🚨NEWS🚨
We are devastated to hear of the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill by 23 votes today. We extend our solidarity to all the Disabled people, DPOs, campaigners and MPs who have worked together to oppose this bill.
Full statement👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/devasta...
We are devastated to hear of the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill by 23 votes today. We extend our solidarity to all the Disabled people, DPOs, campaigners and MPs who have worked together to oppose this bill.
Full statement👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/devasta...
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Solidarity with colleagues at Bournemouth UCU and their v well attended picket line💪
Universities are part of communities. An attack on jobs is an attack on the local community.
#spreadTheResistance
#Bournemouth
Universities are part of communities. An attack on jobs is an attack on the local community.
#spreadTheResistance
#Bournemouth
“If the VC and her team succeed in [these] attacks, it will not only ruin the livelihoods of more than 100 of our academic colleagues but render the university unrecognisable, irreparably harming students’ education" #bournemouth #bournemouthuni #highered www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2522297...
University staff to strike after "disgraceful" job cuts plans
Bournemouth University staff will begin four days of strike action on Wednesday in opposition to a “devastating attack” by the university.
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Solidarity with colleagues at Bournemouth UCU and their v well attended picket line💪
Universities are part of communities. An attack on jobs is an attack on the local community.
#spreadTheResistance
#Bournemouth
Universities are part of communities. An attack on jobs is an attack on the local community.
#spreadTheResistance
#Bournemouth
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☔️ Solidarity rain or shine! @bournemouthucu.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
☔️ Solidarity rain or shine! @bournemouthucu.bsky.social
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No compulsory redundancies! Humanities teach humanity! Out on the picket line with 90 other staff @bournemouthucu.bsky.social in the sun yesterday 🌞 #UKHigherEducation crisis
June 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
No compulsory redundancies! Humanities teach humanity! Out on the picket line with 90 other staff @bournemouthucu.bsky.social in the sun yesterday 🌞 #UKHigherEducation crisis