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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 19h

#Lancaster colleages, today is the last safe day to post your ballot.

A strong mandate is our best option. At many institutions, CRs were withdrawn after ballots for industrial action with high participation and strong results.

#nocompulsoryredundancies

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 1d

Imperial staff have had enough.

A 2% below-inflation offer from one of the wealthiest universities in the UK is an insult to every worker who keeps it running.

Today we strike for fair pay, decent conditions, and respect ✊🔥

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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 5d

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 2d

Teaching Term Week 1

- the @lancasterucu.bsky.social ballot to determine strike action against redundancies closes on Friday

🗳☑️

Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · Jul 30

- 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University

- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant

But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?

Please read 👇

Sign the petition 👇

chng.it/7F52bThYqn

Sign the Petition

Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable

chng.it

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 2d

Wednesday is the last day to safely mail your ballot for it to arrive on time before closing on Friday 10th.

Vote YES & YES. Post your BALLOT. Use this chance to take CRs off the table! 📨 📨 📨

#WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts #nocompulsoryredundancies

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 7d

What will it be like to work or study at Lancaster University, if the current plans to fire 1 out of 4 staff members are implemented? How will these impact local communities and businesses? And who will be held accountable?
Sign our petition to stop unnecessary cuts to education!
chng.it/xJpLzrsVvs

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 6d

Earlier this week #Lancaster UCU joined 46 other UCU branches across the country demanding Jo Grady to treat our Unite colleagues with the same respect we demand from our employers. End this cynism and hypochresy, @drjogrady.bsky.social It's not a good look.

#WeAreTheUniversity

Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 6d

With thanks and solidarity to the latest signatories:
@uclucu.bsky.social
@sussexucu.bsky.social
@lancasterucu.bsky.social
@ucustandrews.bsky.social

uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u...

UCU branch committees demand SMT ends punitive deduction threat

Following Unite’s third consecutive vote in favour of industrial action, and UCU management’s subsequent announcement that they plan to make deductions of 100% of the daily pay from sta…

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 6d

#Lancaster, we have a choice: we can give our everything to stop CRs and the collapse of @lancasteruni.bsky.social, or we can submit to Senior Management's plans and see LU crumble before our eyes. There is no second chance.

VOTE IN THE BALLOT. RECLAIM YOUR CHANCE!

#nocompulsoryredundancies

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Brunel UCU #nocompulsoryredundancies @brunelucu.bsky.social · 7d

Hello all on bsky 👋

As with so many of our @ucu.org.uk sister branches, here @brunelucu.bsky.social we are again this year fighting compulsory redundancies.

Please circulate and sign: Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London 👇

speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/stop-brunel-...

Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London

Brunel University of London management have expressed their intention to move forward with plans for further compulsory redundancies in 2025-26. This comes after a year of decimation in 2024-25, when ...

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 6d

Strike continues! We will be holding another rally today, meeting in the Trent Courtyard at 12:40 before walking over to the Portland building.

We are also holding a members meeting at 3:00 today. Members- check your emails for joining info!

University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 9d

And then on Thursday- Another rally! Trent Courtyard, 12:40, you know the drill. Come and listen to your comrades speak on the issues we face as a university and make a loud racket in the middle of the day.

See you there!

A photo of picketers in the Trent Courtyard

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 7d

What will it be like to work or study at Lancaster University, if the current plans to fire 1 out of 4 staff members are implemented? How will these impact local communities and businesses? And who will be held accountable?
Sign our petition to stop unnecessary cuts to education!
chng.it/xJpLzrsVvs

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 7d

Wonderful to meet our new students during this week's Welcome Week ! 😊

And then I remember 👇

Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · Jul 30

- 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University

- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant

But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?

Please read 👇

Sign the petition 👇

chng.it/7F52bThYqn

Sign the Petition

Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable

chng.it

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 8d

What will it be like to work or study at
LancasterUni
, if the current plans to fire 1 out of 4 staff members are implemented? What about the impact on communities and businesses? And who will be held accountable? Sign our petition to stop this nonsense!
chng.it/xJpLzrsVvs

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 8d

UCU members are standing strong on the picket lines this week as we fight back against devastating job cuts.

Show your support to colleagues at Leicester UCU!

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Sheffield UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: Our members at the University of Sheffield have voted overwhelmingly for strike action against the University Executive Board’s ongoing campaign of job cuts, and the threat to staff workload and wellbeing that they represent.

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Liverpool Hope Uni UCU Branch @beourhope.bsky.social · Jun 28

Today Liverpool Hope UCU held a rally on Open Day. Our fight is for not only our colleagues and jobs, but for our current & future students. They all deserve the best. #UCU

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 9d

Lancaster ballot is open!!!
Vote early, and vote Yes and Yes!

Upload your pics posting your ballot and tag us ✉️
A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate.

#WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 9d

Liverpool this morning: our GS @drjogrady.bsky.social joined PCS members on the #MegaPicket.

PCS members are in their 13th week of strike action ✊ Solidarity with all workers fighting back.

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 9d

Pickets in full force on the first day of strike - see you all tomorrow!

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 9d

#Lancaster Don’t forget to Vote
Ballot closes Fri 10 Oct 2025 (noon)

If you have not received your ballot papers, please request a replacement ballot paper using this link: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/Lancaster...

The deadline for requesting replacement papers is Friday 3 Oct 2025, noon.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 10d

Sure, and great. But can we get @unitesharon.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social to say something about the terrible union-busting tactics that @ucu.org.uk Senior Management is now implementing against @uniteucu.bsky.social members?

qmucu.org/2025/09/24/b... #Lab25 #Labour2025 #LabourConference

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 14d

Morning #Lancaster colleagues! Have you been affected by the FASS move? If so, participate in our survey about it. All your insights will feed into our complaint to the HSE

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Microsoft Forms

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 12d

Remember to vote on our Lancaster ballot ✉️
And vote Yes and Yes!

Upload your pics posting your ballot and tag us.
A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate.

#WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 12d

Remember to vote on our Lancaster ballot ✉️
And vote Yes and Yes!

Upload your pics posting your ballot and tag us.
A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate.

#WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts

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Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 13d

So good to see members voting on our local ballot!

Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · 13d

Voted & mailed!

Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social · 26d

Our local ballot is open ✉️ Vote Yes and Yes!
A successful ballot is our most important tool to push the employer to negotiate.

LUCU reps are organising departmental meetings with officers. Join in to ask questions and raise concerns.

#WeAreTheUniversity #StopTheCuts

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