@gertjan-lucas.bsky.social
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This week, UoN announced course suspensions for all modern languages, music, theology & religious studies, biosciences, mental health nursing and more.
@uonucu.bsky.social fighting management tooth & nail to prevent this reckless, shortsighted stupidity.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@uonucu.bsky.social fighting management tooth & nail to prevent this reckless, shortsighted stupidity.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This week, UoN announced course suspensions for all modern languages, music, theology & religious studies, biosciences, mental health nursing and more.
@uonucu.bsky.social fighting management tooth & nail to prevent this reckless, shortsighted stupidity.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@uonucu.bsky.social fighting management tooth & nail to prevent this reckless, shortsighted stupidity.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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You know it's a pretty bad decision when the response from people is to create about 100 different petitions...
Sign every one. Let's fight this by all means necessary.
Sign every one. Let's fight this by all means necessary.
Although I am inevitably caught up in the likely dire implications for my department (Music), it isn’t just us in the Faculty of Arts or in the university under threat.
Do consider signing this petition in support of colleagues teaching Theology!
c.org/6kntRm2JVh
Do consider signing this petition in support of colleagues teaching Theology!
c.org/6kntRm2JVh
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Theology Undergraduate courses at the University of Nottingham
c.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
You know it's a pretty bad decision when the response from people is to create about 100 different petitions...
Sign every one. Let's fight this by all means necessary.
Sign every one. Let's fight this by all means necessary.
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Why is our trade union emulating the worst behaviour of our employers towards UCU staff? How many of our letters, motions, attempts to bring motions from lay members pressing for resolution have been ignored now? Solidarity with all @uniteucu.bsky.social #UnionStrong #ReclaimUCU
🚨 Third consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨
✅ strike action: 76%
✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80%
✅ turnout: 77%
ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages."
Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all.
#ReclaimUCU
✅ strike action: 76%
✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80%
✅ turnout: 77%
ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages."
Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all.
#ReclaimUCU
September 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Why is our trade union emulating the worst behaviour of our employers towards UCU staff? How many of our letters, motions, attempts to bring motions from lay members pressing for resolution have been ignored now? Solidarity with all @uniteucu.bsky.social #UnionStrong #ReclaimUCU
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🚨 Third consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨
✅ strike action: 76%
✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80%
✅ turnout: 77%
ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages."
Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all.
#ReclaimUCU
✅ strike action: 76%
✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80%
✅ turnout: 77%
ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages."
Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all.
#ReclaimUCU
September 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚨 Third consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨
✅ strike action: 76%
✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80%
✅ turnout: 77%
ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages."
Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all.
#ReclaimUCU
✅ strike action: 76%
✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80%
✅ turnout: 77%
ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages."
Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all.
#ReclaimUCU
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100% deductions for ASOS is inhumane and destructive. We thought we had the backing of our own national union on this point. To see them implement what is a draconian policy (and not yet fully tested in the courts) against the colleagues who keep our branches running is devastating.
🚨 Third consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨
✅ strike action: 76%
✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80%
✅ turnout: 77%
ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages."
Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all.
#ReclaimUCU
✅ strike action: 76%
✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80%
✅ turnout: 77%
ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages."
Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all.
#ReclaimUCU
September 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
100% deductions for ASOS is inhumane and destructive. We thought we had the backing of our own national union on this point. To see them implement what is a draconian policy (and not yet fully tested in the courts) against the colleagues who keep our branches running is devastating.
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Lots more details to follow, but for now: THANK YOU for getting your ballots in and THANK YOU for standing up in solidarity against the threat of compulsory redundancies.
Now, time for us to get. to. WORK.
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
Now, time for us to get. to. WORK.
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
July 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Lots more details to follow, but for now: THANK YOU for getting your ballots in and THANK YOU for standing up in solidarity against the threat of compulsory redundancies.
Now, time for us to get. to. WORK.
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
Now, time for us to get. to. WORK.
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
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Our ballot results are in!
-63% of members voted
-84% of voting members said YES to action short of strike
-72% of voting members said YES to strike action
Which means our call for industrial action has passed and we have a mandate to fight back!
-63% of members voted
-84% of voting members said YES to action short of strike
-72% of voting members said YES to strike action
Which means our call for industrial action has passed and we have a mandate to fight back!
July 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Our ballot results are in!
-63% of members voted
-84% of voting members said YES to action short of strike
-72% of voting members said YES to strike action
Which means our call for industrial action has passed and we have a mandate to fight back!
-63% of members voted
-84% of voting members said YES to action short of strike
-72% of voting members said YES to strike action
Which means our call for industrial action has passed and we have a mandate to fight back!
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Be like Gertjan! Get your ballot in this weekend and let us know how YOU want to fight back against the (unnecessary) threat of compulsory redundancies!
Standing with @uonucu.bsky.social against the threat of compulsory redundancies @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. We oppose the consultant-led groupthink cut-to-grow 'strategy'. We believe in a democratic university that delivers the public good that is education and research. @ucu.org.uk #stopthecuts
June 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Be like Gertjan! Get your ballot in this weekend and let us know how YOU want to fight back against the (unnecessary) threat of compulsory redundancies!
Standing with @uonucu.bsky.social against the threat of compulsory redundancies @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. We oppose the consultant-led groupthink cut-to-grow 'strategy'. We believe in a democratic university that delivers the public good that is education and research. @ucu.org.uk #stopthecuts
June 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Standing with @uonucu.bsky.social against the threat of compulsory redundancies @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. We oppose the consultant-led groupthink cut-to-grow 'strategy'. We believe in a democratic university that delivers the public good that is education and research. @ucu.org.uk #stopthecuts
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Your union, our union, is pushing back against the ongoing funding crisis within higher education at all levels. Nationally, this includes moving towards a national trade dispute.
Read through this thread to learn more about what this means and how we will strategize!
Read through this thread to learn more about what this means and how we will strategize!
Moving towards a trade dispute with the Secretary of State for Education!
UCU Congress voted to support a national trade dispute with the government over the Higher Education funding crisis.
Motion & further info: lu.ma/a0vv0sjb?tk=...
JOIN to discuss next steps 3 June, 6pm: lu.ma/zs6bklhz
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UCU Congress voted to support a national trade dispute with the government over the Higher Education funding crisis.
Motion & further info: lu.ma/a0vv0sjb?tk=...
JOIN to discuss next steps 3 June, 6pm: lu.ma/zs6bklhz
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May 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Your union, our union, is pushing back against the ongoing funding crisis within higher education at all levels. Nationally, this includes moving towards a national trade dispute.
Read through this thread to learn more about what this means and how we will strategize!
Read through this thread to learn more about what this means and how we will strategize!
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#UCU2025 congress has passed a motion to prepare to raise a formal dispute with the Education Secretary over the devastating funding crisis in higher education.
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
May 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#UCU2025 congress has passed a motion to prepare to raise a formal dispute with the Education Secretary over the devastating funding crisis in higher education.
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
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"We reject the distressing rhetoric and these retrograde measures... We will not stand by, nor will UCU at large."
Our response to the recent immigration white paper:
uonucu.org/2025-immigra...
Our response to the recent immigration white paper:
uonucu.org/2025-immigra...
2025 Immigration White Paper: Information for members
On Monday 12 May 2025, the government published an immigration white paper outlining intended changes to the immigration system. As the summary of the proposals demonstrates, these proposals will…
uonucu.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"We reject the distressing rhetoric and these retrograde measures... We will not stand by, nor will UCU at large."
Our response to the recent immigration white paper:
uonucu.org/2025-immigra...
Our response to the recent immigration white paper:
uonucu.org/2025-immigra...
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With @ucu.org.uk protesting I. London today over the crisis in UKHE, here are a series of pieces we wrote as a branch on how we got into this mess: uonucu.org/how-did-the-...
How did the University get into this mess?
As a union, we accept that the University of Nottingham’s financial crisis does not exist in isolation—it is part of a broader collapse in the funding model for UK universities alongside a series of l...
uonucu.org
May 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
With @ucu.org.uk protesting I. London today over the crisis in UKHE, here are a series of pieces we wrote as a branch on how we got into this mess: uonucu.org/how-did-the-...
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Tonight's inaugural Agnes Flues Memorial Lecture brought together Mick Lynch, @lopa.bsky.social and @drjogrady.bsky.social
Together we honoured Agnes’ legacy of solidarity, justice and education for all.
Together we honoured Agnes’ legacy of solidarity, justice and education for all.
April 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tonight's inaugural Agnes Flues Memorial Lecture brought together Mick Lynch, @lopa.bsky.social and @drjogrady.bsky.social
Together we honoured Agnes’ legacy of solidarity, justice and education for all.
Together we honoured Agnes’ legacy of solidarity, justice and education for all.
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If you’re in Nottingham on Thursday, come and see Mick Lynch, in memory of our Agnes @uonucu.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/uonuc...
www.tickettailor.com/events/uonuc...
Get tickets for Agnes Flues Memorial Lecture – Agnes Flues Annual Memorial Lecture – Lecture Theatre A1, University of Nottingham Medical School
Inaugural Agnes Flues Annual Memorial Lecture by Mick Lynch (RMT Secretary-general) introduced by Jo Grady (UCU General Secret...
www.tickettailor.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you’re in Nottingham on Thursday, come and see Mick Lynch, in memory of our Agnes @uonucu.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/uonuc...
www.tickettailor.com/events/uonuc...
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Tomorrow! So excited to honour the legacy of Agnes with this inaugural event.
Tickets have been moving fast, so be sure to reserve your seat soon!
Tickets have been moving fast, so be sure to reserve your seat soon!
On Thursday, April 24th, we will be hosting the first Agnes Flues Annual Memorial Lecture, an series in honour of our departed colleague focused on trade union issues, featuring Mick Lynch (RMT Secretary-general).
Tickets are free and available now: www.tickettailor.com/events/uonuc...
Tickets are free and available now: www.tickettailor.com/events/uonuc...
April 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Tomorrow! So excited to honour the legacy of Agnes with this inaugural event.
Tickets have been moving fast, so be sure to reserve your seat soon!
Tickets have been moving fast, so be sure to reserve your seat soon!
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Thrilled to be in community with so many others as we showed our support for local, national, and international trans rights. Solidarity with all of those fighting for the full liberation of all people!
April 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Thrilled to be in community with so many others as we showed our support for local, national, and international trans rights. Solidarity with all of those fighting for the full liberation of all people!
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You can also be a part of the pressure against these redundancies by joining the Redundancy Working Group, and/or becoming a caseworker. More details on this are in the newsletter.
April 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
You can also be a part of the pressure against these redundancies by joining the Redundancy Working Group, and/or becoming a caseworker. More details on this are in the newsletter.
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Remember- when we fight together, we win. Solidarity to all of our members and members of other unions around the country (and world!) fighting the same fight.
#stopthecuts #SaveHE
#stopthecuts #SaveHE
April 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Remember- when we fight together, we win. Solidarity to all of our members and members of other unions around the country (and world!) fighting the same fight.
#stopthecuts #SaveHE
#stopthecuts #SaveHE
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The Branch Committee, Reps, Caseworkers, and activists are working hard to resist the draconian and unnecessary redundancies announced by the university. And out branch members are showing up in full force to lend a hand.
April 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Branch Committee, Reps, Caseworkers, and activists are working hard to resist the draconian and unnecessary redundancies announced by the university. And out branch members are showing up in full force to lend a hand.
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🚨 ALERT TO UoN UCU MEMBERS🚨
You should have all received a consultative ballot on possible industrial action in your email today. Please fill this out as soon as you can and let your voice in the fight to save the REAL future of the university (us) be heard.
You should have all received a consultative ballot on possible industrial action in your email today. Please fill this out as soon as you can and let your voice in the fight to save the REAL future of the university (us) be heard.
April 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🚨 ALERT TO UoN UCU MEMBERS🚨
You should have all received a consultative ballot on possible industrial action in your email today. Please fill this out as soon as you can and let your voice in the fight to save the REAL future of the university (us) be heard.
You should have all received a consultative ballot on possible industrial action in your email today. Please fill this out as soon as you can and let your voice in the fight to save the REAL future of the university (us) be heard.
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To our members- You've got mail!
Be sure to check your inbox (and maybe junk folder) for two important messages regarding:
1. An eballot about industrial action
2. An emergency meeting today at 3.
We're fighting back against job cuts and we need you to organise with us!
Be sure to check your inbox (and maybe junk folder) for two important messages regarding:
1. An eballot about industrial action
2. An emergency meeting today at 3.
We're fighting back against job cuts and we need you to organise with us!
April 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
To our members- You've got mail!
Be sure to check your inbox (and maybe junk folder) for two important messages regarding:
1. An eballot about industrial action
2. An emergency meeting today at 3.
We're fighting back against job cuts and we need you to organise with us!
Be sure to check your inbox (and maybe junk folder) for two important messages regarding:
1. An eballot about industrial action
2. An emergency meeting today at 3.
We're fighting back against job cuts and we need you to organise with us!
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And there it is. A shocking, appalling, and deeply disappointing announcement of an entirely unnecessary move from the university.
But this is exactly why we have already started organising .
But this is exactly why we have already started organising .
University of Nottingham plans to cut more than 250 jobs
Announcing the consultation, the university said it was a "critical moment for universities across the UK".
www.bbc.co.uk
April 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
And there it is. A shocking, appalling, and deeply disappointing announcement of an entirely unnecessary move from the university.
But this is exactly why we have already started organising .
But this is exactly why we have already started organising .
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Happy Monday, everyone! Let's talk about redundancies!
We set up a page that collects information related to the threat of compulsory redundancies brought on by the university. Do look it over to know what we are fighting and how we are fighting it!
We set up a page that collects information related to the threat of compulsory redundancies brought on by the university. Do look it over to know what we are fighting and how we are fighting it!
Redundancies
In light of the threat of compulsory redundancies, the branch has formed a Redundancy working group. This group develops strategy to combat the risk of redundancies and feeds back to the branch…
uonucu.org
April 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Happy Monday, everyone! Let's talk about redundancies!
We set up a page that collects information related to the threat of compulsory redundancies brought on by the university. Do look it over to know what we are fighting and how we are fighting it!
We set up a page that collects information related to the threat of compulsory redundancies brought on by the university. Do look it over to know what we are fighting and how we are fighting it!