University and College Union (UCU)
@ucu.org.uk
UK trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and professional services staff in further education, higher education, prison education, and adult and community education.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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A huge turnout in Nottingham today, around 300 staff and students standing together against cuts.
Powerful speeches, real solidarity, and a clear message: we won’t let our universities be dismantled.
We are the university. ✊if you’ve not voted there is still time! Get it in!
@uonucu.bsky.social
Powerful speeches, real solidarity, and a clear message: we won’t let our universities be dismantled.
We are the university. ✊if you’ve not voted there is still time! Get it in!
@uonucu.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A huge turnout in Nottingham today, around 300 staff and students standing together against cuts.
Powerful speeches, real solidarity, and a clear message: we won’t let our universities be dismantled.
We are the university. ✊if you’ve not voted there is still time! Get it in!
@uonucu.bsky.social
Powerful speeches, real solidarity, and a clear message: we won’t let our universities be dismantled.
We are the university. ✊if you’ve not voted there is still time! Get it in!
@uonucu.bsky.social
Paul Nowak is with us. @tuc.org.uk
We can do this, for a stronger, fairer future for our universities.
Use your vote. Vote yes.
We can do this, for a stronger, fairer future for our universities.
Use your vote. Vote yes.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Paul Nowak is with us. @tuc.org.uk
We can do this, for a stronger, fairer future for our universities.
Use your vote. Vote yes.
We can do this, for a stronger, fairer future for our universities.
Use your vote. Vote yes.
Strikes start today at Imperial.
2% below-inflation offer, misrepresented benchmarking, and levelling down parental leave, while billions are spent elsewhere.
Stand with staff and show your support.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
2% below-inflation offer, misrepresented benchmarking, and levelling down parental leave, while billions are spent elsewhere.
Stand with staff and show your support.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
4 days of strikes begin tomorrow at Imperial College London over real terms pay cuts
Imperial College London staff will down tools tomorrow in a fight for a fair pay award, the University and College Union (UCU) confirmed today
www.ucu.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Strikes start today at Imperial.
2% below-inflation offer, misrepresented benchmarking, and levelling down parental leave, while billions are spent elsewhere.
Stand with staff and show your support.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
2% below-inflation offer, misrepresented benchmarking, and levelling down parental leave, while billions are spent elsewhere.
Stand with staff and show your support.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1426...
Get out, get your ballot, get it in and tell your colleagues. We’ve got this.
Tomorrow is the last safe day!
Tomorrow is the last safe day!
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Get out, get your ballot, get it in and tell your colleagues. We’ve got this.
Tomorrow is the last safe day!
Tomorrow is the last safe day!
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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 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
WE LOVE TO SEE IT
The last safe day to vote is Wednesday 26 November.
The ballot closes Friday 28 November.
If you haven’t voted, do it now.
If you have, talk to colleagues, ask if they’ve voted.
Post your ballot today.
We are the university.
The ballot closes Friday 28 November.
If you haven’t voted, do it now.
If you have, talk to colleagues, ask if they’ve voted.
Post your ballot today.
We are the university.
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The last safe day to vote is Wednesday 26 November.
The ballot closes Friday 28 November.
If you haven’t voted, do it now.
If you have, talk to colleagues, ask if they’ve voted.
Post your ballot today.
We are the university.
The ballot closes Friday 28 November.
If you haven’t voted, do it now.
If you have, talk to colleagues, ask if they’ve voted.
Post your ballot today.
We are the university.
2 days left to protect jobs.
2 days left to defend our agreements.
2 days left to make your vote count.
Vote YES today and check your colleagues have too.
#WeAreTheUniversity
2 days left to defend our agreements.
2 days left to make your vote count.
Vote YES today and check your colleagues have too.
#WeAreTheUniversity
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
2 days left to protect jobs.
2 days left to defend our agreements.
2 days left to make your vote count.
Vote YES today and check your colleagues have too.
#WeAreTheUniversity
2 days left to defend our agreements.
2 days left to make your vote count.
Vote YES today and check your colleagues have too.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Just two safe days left to vote.
Zack and Cara from the Greens have already backed us, have you voted yet?
Have you checked your colleagues have?
We can do this. Get it in. Get it done. @carladenyer.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Zack and Cara from the Greens have already backed us, have you voted yet?
Have you checked your colleagues have?
We can do this. Get it in. Get it done. @carladenyer.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Just two safe days left to vote.
Zack and Cara from the Greens have already backed us, have you voted yet?
Have you checked your colleagues have?
We can do this. Get it in. Get it done. @carladenyer.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Zack and Cara from the Greens have already backed us, have you voted yet?
Have you checked your colleagues have?
We can do this. Get it in. Get it done. @carladenyer.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Umberto is right ! we need everyone out! Wednesday is the last day to make it happen.
If you still have your HE postal ballot in hand, please vote as soon as possible. Wednesday 26 November is the last 'safe' date to post the HE ballot. @ucu.org.uk #UCUstrike @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucuhallam.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Umberto is right ! we need everyone out! Wednesday is the last day to make it happen.
Thanks so much to our FE members for the solidarity!
Listen to Suzi and get your votes in!
Listen to Suzi and get your votes in!
Posted this 3 years ago. Extremely disappointing to see the employers are still at it. Shameful cuts and redundancies, pay erosion and casualisation of the academic workforce. Get your votes in!
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Thanks so much to our FE members for the solidarity!
Listen to Suzi and get your votes in!
Listen to Suzi and get your votes in!
Now or never.
We’re heading into the final stretch of the ballot and every vote matters.
Join us live on Monday at 7pm as we break down what’s at stake, answer your questions, and keep the momentum going.
Vote or lose your say.
We’re heading into the final stretch of the ballot and every vote matters.
Join us live on Monday at 7pm as we break down what’s at stake, answer your questions, and keep the momentum going.
Vote or lose your say.
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Now or never.
We’re heading into the final stretch of the ballot and every vote matters.
Join us live on Monday at 7pm as we break down what’s at stake, answer your questions, and keep the momentum going.
Vote or lose your say.
We’re heading into the final stretch of the ballot and every vote matters.
Join us live on Monday at 7pm as we break down what’s at stake, answer your questions, and keep the momentum going.
Vote or lose your say.
Three days left to vote safely.
Workload is out of control, your vote is how we change it.
Post your ballot today. Vote YES.
Workload is out of control, your vote is how we change it.
Post your ballot today. Vote YES.
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Three days left to vote safely.
Workload is out of control, your vote is how we change it.
Post your ballot today. Vote YES.
Workload is out of control, your vote is how we change it.
Post your ballot today. Vote YES.
We can do this together. Post it. Post it. Post it.
#wearetheuniversity
#wearetheuniversity
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
We can do this together. Post it. Post it. Post it.
#wearetheuniversity
#wearetheuniversity
4 days left to vote safely.
Get your ballot in the post today to make sure it’s counted.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Get your ballot in the post today to make sure it’s counted.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
4 days left to vote safely.
Get your ballot in the post today to make sure it’s counted.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Get your ballot in the post today to make sure it’s counted.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Last night Suzi from FE told us how they won their ballot - personal contact.
In the final week they:
• organised every day
• tracked turnout daily
• went door-to-door in departments
• messaged every member
• kept energy high in every building
That is how we win. Keep going, everyone!
In the final week they:
• organised every day
• tracked turnout daily
• went door-to-door in departments
• messaged every member
• kept energy high in every building
That is how we win. Keep going, everyone!
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Last night Suzi from FE told us how they won their ballot - personal contact.
In the final week they:
• organised every day
• tracked turnout daily
• went door-to-door in departments
• messaged every member
• kept energy high in every building
That is how we win. Keep going, everyone!
In the final week they:
• organised every day
• tracked turnout daily
• went door-to-door in departments
• messaged every member
• kept energy high in every building
That is how we win. Keep going, everyone!
Can't find your ballot? Get another.
Replacements ballot requests end SUNDAY MIDNIGHT:
yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Replacements ballot requests end SUNDAY MIDNIGHT:
yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
We are the University HE replacement ballot request / I've voted form
This form allows UCU higher education members to request a replacement ballot for the 2025 HE industrial action ballots, or to self-report that they have already voted.
yoursay.ucu.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Can't find your ballot? Get another.
Replacements ballot requests end SUNDAY MIDNIGHT:
yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Replacements ballot requests end SUNDAY MIDNIGHT:
yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Lancaster University UCU members have beaten back compulsory redundancies.
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Strikes suspended in Lancaster University staff job cuts row - BBC News
The university is trying to save £30m amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Lancaster University UCU members have beaten back compulsory redundancies.
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Workers across Britain are organising to end complicity in Israel’s violence.
Join us to plan how we step up workplace solidarity with Palestine.
palestinecampaign.org/events/psc-t...
Join us to plan how we step up workplace solidarity with Palestine.
palestinecampaign.org/events/psc-t...
PSC Trade Union Conference: Workers Organising Against Genocide - Palestine Solidarity Campaign
PSC Trade union conference in Solidarity with Palestine Workers Organising Against Genocide Saturday 22 November 2025 – 10am to 5pm in London From factories to universities, workers across the UK are...
palestinecampaign.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Workers across Britain are organising to end complicity in Israel’s violence.
Join us to plan how we step up workplace solidarity with Palestine.
palestinecampaign.org/events/psc-t...
Join us to plan how we step up workplace solidarity with Palestine.
palestinecampaign.org/events/psc-t...
Only 5 days left.
Our jobs, our sector, our future, it all depends on this vote.
Make your vote count before the last safe day on Wednesday.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Our jobs, our sector, our future, it all depends on this vote.
Make your vote count before the last safe day on Wednesday.
#WeAreTheUniversity
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Only 5 days left.
Our jobs, our sector, our future, it all depends on this vote.
Make your vote count before the last safe day on Wednesday.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Our jobs, our sector, our future, it all depends on this vote.
Make your vote count before the last safe day on Wednesday.
#WeAreTheUniversity
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Deadline: 5 PM today.
Join UCU or update your membership to be ballot-eligible.
my.ucu.org.uk/app/membersh...
Join UCU or update your membership to be ballot-eligible.
my.ucu.org.uk/app/membersh...
UCU - Join UCU Today
Welcome to UCU’s Membership Portal where you can join the union, manage and update your personal information and find answers to the most frequently raised questions relating to Membership, Employment...
my.ucu.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Deadline: 5 PM today.
Join UCU or update your membership to be ballot-eligible.
my.ucu.org.uk/app/membersh...
Join UCU or update your membership to be ballot-eligible.
my.ucu.org.uk/app/membersh...
As we move into our final week, it’s time to remember how we do this…
Together!
Every conversation, every vote, every check in!
We can do this. Together.
Together!
Every conversation, every vote, every check in!
We can do this. Together.
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
As we move into our final week, it’s time to remember how we do this…
Together!
Every conversation, every vote, every check in!
We can do this. Together.
Together!
Every conversation, every vote, every check in!
We can do this. Together.
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.