@leedsucu.bsky.social
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We made a starter pack!
It’s got all the formal branch and commitee presences we could find so far for #UCU - please let us know if your branch / regional committee / other formal elected committee is missing and we’ll do our best to keep it up to date! (No individuals on here) go.bsky.app/H8xiSXj
It’s got all the formal branch and commitee presences we could find so far for #UCU - please let us know if your branch / regional committee / other formal elected committee is missing and we’ll do our best to keep it up to date! (No individuals on here) go.bsky.app/H8xiSXj
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You have until 5pm to vote safely.
Get it in.
We can build a better future for HE and only you can decide it.
Get it in.
We can build a better future for HE and only you can decide it.
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You have until 5pm to vote safely.
Get it in.
We can build a better future for HE and only you can decide it.
Get it in.
We can build a better future for HE and only you can decide it.
Tomorrow (Wednesday 26th November) is the last safe day to post your ballot. Have your say today! #WeAreTheUniversity
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Tomorrow (Wednesday 26th November) is the last safe day to post your ballot. Have your say today! #WeAreTheUniversity
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University of Sheffield Firth Court picket today! In solidarity with students and colleagues! @ucu.org.uk @ucuhallam.bsky.social #UCUstrike #saveHigherEducation #notoculturalvandalism #Sheffield @sheffielducu.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
University of Sheffield Firth Court picket today! In solidarity with students and colleagues! @ucu.org.uk @ucuhallam.bsky.social #UCUstrike #saveHigherEducation #notoculturalvandalism #Sheffield @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Huge turnout today at Parliament Square, College staff and learners joined from across the country.
We’re calling for real investment in adult learning and for a Government that takes lifelong education seriously.
We’re calling for real investment in adult learning and for a Government that takes lifelong education seriously.
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Huge turnout today at Parliament Square, College staff and learners joined from across the country.
We’re calling for real investment in adult learning and for a Government that takes lifelong education seriously.
We’re calling for real investment in adult learning and for a Government that takes lifelong education seriously.
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We’re coming into the FINAL WEEK. 💥
WE’VE GOT THIS!
Join us LIVE on X and YouTube this Thursday at 7pm.
Every reminder, every vote matters, get your YES in.
#WeAreTheUniversity
WE’VE GOT THIS!
Join us LIVE on X and YouTube this Thursday at 7pm.
Every reminder, every vote matters, get your YES in.
#WeAreTheUniversity
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We’re coming into the FINAL WEEK. 💥
WE’VE GOT THIS!
Join us LIVE on X and YouTube this Thursday at 7pm.
Every reminder, every vote matters, get your YES in.
#WeAreTheUniversity
WE’VE GOT THIS!
Join us LIVE on X and YouTube this Thursday at 7pm.
Every reminder, every vote matters, get your YES in.
#WeAreTheUniversity
📢🪧Leeds members of UCU, Unite and Unison -especially those who haven't posted your ballot yet!
📮✉️TODAY at 4pm - meet us at the postbox down the road from Laidlaw library. People who haven't yet posted can send off their ballot, then we can all go to the Fenton for a social. #WeAreTheUniversity
📮✉️TODAY at 4pm - meet us at the postbox down the road from Laidlaw library. People who haven't yet posted can send off their ballot, then we can all go to the Fenton for a social. #WeAreTheUniversity
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📢🪧Leeds members of UCU, Unite and Unison -especially those who haven't posted your ballot yet!
📮✉️TODAY at 4pm - meet us at the postbox down the road from Laidlaw library. People who haven't yet posted can send off their ballot, then we can all go to the Fenton for a social. #WeAreTheUniversity
📮✉️TODAY at 4pm - meet us at the postbox down the road from Laidlaw library. People who haven't yet posted can send off their ballot, then we can all go to the Fenton for a social. #WeAreTheUniversity
One day left to join us and have your say!
Two days to join UCU (by November 20th 1700) if you want to have a say in the current ballot for industrial action: www.ucu.org.uk/join #WeAreTheUniversity
Join UCU
Why join UCU? Over 120,000 of your colleagues have chosen to belong to UCU - the largest union and most effective voice for people like you working in post-school education.
www.ucu.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
One day left to join us and have your say!
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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This isn’t “efficiency” it’s an ideological shift towards a Little England university system.
Nottingham is set to become the only Russell Group university with no modern languages or music degrees.
48 courses on the line. We’re fighting it.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Nottingham is set to become the only Russell Group university with no modern languages or music degrees.
48 courses on the line. We’re fighting it.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees
Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This isn’t “efficiency” it’s an ideological shift towards a Little England university system.
Nottingham is set to become the only Russell Group university with no modern languages or music degrees.
48 courses on the line. We’re fighting it.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Nottingham is set to become the only Russell Group university with no modern languages or music degrees.
48 courses on the line. We’re fighting it.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Two days to join UCU (by November 20th 1700) if you want to have a say in the current ballot for industrial action: www.ucu.org.uk/join #WeAreTheUniversity
Join UCU
Why join UCU? Over 120,000 of your colleagues have chosen to belong to UCU - the largest union and most effective voice for people like you working in post-school education.
www.ucu.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Two days to join UCU (by November 20th 1700) if you want to have a say in the current ballot for industrial action: www.ucu.org.uk/join #WeAreTheUniversity
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Another morning, another picket✊
Come and support striking workers outside the Main Library and get some baked goods!
All the proceeds go towards our Hardship Fund to support UCU staff going on strikes
Come and support striking workers outside the Main Library and get some baked goods!
All the proceeds go towards our Hardship Fund to support UCU staff going on strikes
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Another morning, another picket✊
Come and support striking workers outside the Main Library and get some baked goods!
All the proceeds go towards our Hardship Fund to support UCU staff going on strikes
Come and support striking workers outside the Main Library and get some baked goods!
All the proceeds go towards our Hardship Fund to support UCU staff going on strikes
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Cilla is ballot ready! Are you? It may be cold, it may be dark but members are donning their best UCU hats and bracing the cold. Let's the vote out! #wearetheuniversity
November 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Cilla is ballot ready! Are you? It may be cold, it may be dark but members are donning their best UCU hats and bracing the cold. Let's the vote out! #wearetheuniversity
📢🪧Leeds members of UCU, Unite and Unison -especially those who haven't posted your ballot yet!
📮✉️Tomorrow at 4pm - meet us at the postbox down the road from Laidlaw library. People who haven't yet posted can send off their ballot, then we can all go to the Fenton for a social. #WeAreTheUniversity
📮✉️Tomorrow at 4pm - meet us at the postbox down the road from Laidlaw library. People who haven't yet posted can send off their ballot, then we can all go to the Fenton for a social. #WeAreTheUniversity
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
📢🪧Leeds members of UCU, Unite and Unison -especially those who haven't posted your ballot yet!
📮✉️Tomorrow at 4pm - meet us at the postbox down the road from Laidlaw library. People who haven't yet posted can send off their ballot, then we can all go to the Fenton for a social. #WeAreTheUniversity
📮✉️Tomorrow at 4pm - meet us at the postbox down the road from Laidlaw library. People who haven't yet posted can send off their ballot, then we can all go to the Fenton for a social. #WeAreTheUniversity
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@sheffielducu.bsky.social & @ucuhallam.bsky.social joint rally today. Please, keep supporting the pickets! Protect the dignity of #highereducation! @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social @nowthenmag.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@sheffielducu.bsky.social & @ucuhallam.bsky.social joint rally today. Please, keep supporting the pickets! Protect the dignity of #highereducation! @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social @nowthenmag.bsky.social
A week today (November 19th) at 4pm we will join our sister union members Unite and Unison for the second of our 'posting parties' at the mailbox below Laidlaw. Come along whether you need to post or not, as we will also gather for a social in The Fenton shortly afterwards. #WeAreTheUniversity
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A week today (November 19th) at 4pm we will join our sister union members Unite and Unison for the second of our 'posting parties' at the mailbox below Laidlaw. Come along whether you need to post or not, as we will also gather for a social in The Fenton shortly afterwards. #WeAreTheUniversity
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November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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🚨 GETTING THE VOTE OUT ACROSS THE UK! 🚨
This Thursday, join us LIVE as branches from every corner of the country share how they’re driving the YES vote home. 💪📮
🗓 Thursday 13 November, 7PM
📺 Watch on UCU X and YouTube
VOTE NOW. VOTE YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity #UCULive
This Thursday, join us LIVE as branches from every corner of the country share how they’re driving the YES vote home. 💪📮
🗓 Thursday 13 November, 7PM
📺 Watch on UCU X and YouTube
VOTE NOW. VOTE YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity #UCULive
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 GETTING THE VOTE OUT ACROSS THE UK! 🚨
This Thursday, join us LIVE as branches from every corner of the country share how they’re driving the YES vote home. 💪📮
🗓 Thursday 13 November, 7PM
📺 Watch on UCU X and YouTube
VOTE NOW. VOTE YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity #UCULive
This Thursday, join us LIVE as branches from every corner of the country share how they’re driving the YES vote home. 💪📮
🗓 Thursday 13 November, 7PM
📺 Watch on UCU X and YouTube
VOTE NOW. VOTE YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity #UCULive
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Today is #DisabilityPayGap day.
The day when Disabled workers stop getting paid for the rest of the year.
The day when Disabled workers stop getting paid for the rest of the year.
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Today is #DisabilityPayGap day.
The day when Disabled workers stop getting paid for the rest of the year.
The day when Disabled workers stop getting paid for the rest of the year.
Two weeks until the last safe day to post your ballot. Have you posted yours yet? Send us your pics #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk Vote now and report you've voted or request replacement ballot using this form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Two weeks until the last safe day to post your ballot. Have you posted yours yet? Send us your pics #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk Vote now and report you've voted or request replacement ballot using this form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
🪧GM tomorrow 1245-1400 - see email sent 5/11 for details and Zoom link. Important motions to be voted on and space to discuss the VRS. Please come along and encourage other members!🪧
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🪧GM tomorrow 1245-1400 - see email sent 5/11 for details and Zoom link. Important motions to be voted on and space to discuss the VRS. Please come along and encourage other members!🪧
Solidarity
Picket demonstrating feeling about announcements of cuts to courses at University of Nottingham @uonucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Solidarity
Join us for a ballot posting party!
Meet at post box below Laidlaw Library maps.app.goo.gl/xuWR68YwSYPj.... UCU pink hat wearing and mask wearing encouraged.
• Mon 10 Nov 12pm ballot posting then coffee at Parkinson Court
• Wed 19 Nov 4pm ballot posting then The Fenton
#WeAreTheUniversity
Meet at post box below Laidlaw Library maps.app.goo.gl/xuWR68YwSYPj.... UCU pink hat wearing and mask wearing encouraged.
• Mon 10 Nov 12pm ballot posting then coffee at Parkinson Court
• Wed 19 Nov 4pm ballot posting then The Fenton
#WeAreTheUniversity
November 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Join us for a ballot posting party!
Meet at post box below Laidlaw Library maps.app.goo.gl/xuWR68YwSYPj.... UCU pink hat wearing and mask wearing encouraged.
• Mon 10 Nov 12pm ballot posting then coffee at Parkinson Court
• Wed 19 Nov 4pm ballot posting then The Fenton
#WeAreTheUniversity
Meet at post box below Laidlaw Library maps.app.goo.gl/xuWR68YwSYPj.... UCU pink hat wearing and mask wearing encouraged.
• Mon 10 Nov 12pm ballot posting then coffee at Parkinson Court
• Wed 19 Nov 4pm ballot posting then The Fenton
#WeAreTheUniversity
Get it in the post box #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Get it in the post box #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk
Would be lovely to see pictures of ballots being posted or UCU hats and cute pets etc. for Get The Vote Out Day, or any day until the 26th November really! #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Would be lovely to see pictures of ballots being posted or UCU hats and cute pets etc. for Get The Vote Out Day, or any day until the 26th November really! #WeAreTheUniversity @ucu.org.uk