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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · 28d

Sending solidarity from @uea-ucu.bsky.social . The news seems to have dropped out of the blue and must be so worrying for you all. We are standing with you ✊❤️

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uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · Sep 2

UCU - Labour's attempt to "outflank Reform" on international students "political suicide", says UCU www.ucu.org.uk/article/1415...

Labour's attempt to "outflank Reform" on international students "political suicide", says UCU

Responding to the Secretary of State for the Home Office's announcement that international students will receive texts warning them against claiming asylum, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said:

www.ucu.org.uk

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Aug 31

LIB 0.02 has some of the best stuff!

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Aug 31

This made my Sunday so much more interesting. Reading Gomringer today. Thank you!

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Aug 30

Sending solidarity!
Your words ring true for universities in the UK too.

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UEA UCU says join a union @uea-ucu.bsky.social · Jul 22

Plans to cut mental health courses at the University of East Anglia have been criticised as “short-sighted” and a “dereliction of civic responsibility”.

More on the proposed Clinical Psychology course closures at UEA via @timeshighered.bsky.social - www.timeshighereducation.com/news/closure...

Closure of UEA mental health courses ‘deeply concerning’

University says NHS and apprenticeship changes make programmes ‘no longer viable’ but union calls move a ‘dereliction of civic responsibility’

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jul 18

The outward ripples of the unchecked job cuts across Higher Ed in the UK this year that the govt has allowed to happen.

Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · Jul 18

I wonder how many jobs have been lost in UK universities over the year. (Edinburgh Uni alone is looking to shed approx 2,000 jobs). I genuinely wonder whether over 2 year there will have been 40,000 jobs lost across HE sector via early retirement, redundancy, limited tutor roles & non-replacement

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jul 18

Oh well done! That's excellent news.

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UEA UCU says join a union @uea-ucu.bsky.social · Jul 15

BREAKING: University of East Anglia plans to axe THREE vital mental health training programmes, putting 19 jobs at risk. These programmes train frontline NHS mental health workers who work directly with vulnerable patients.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Jul 11

UEA: the clearest case of ‘you can’t cut yourself to success’.

Sort this out, government. It is on you, as you are the only ones who can put an end to the spirals of absurd recruitment projections, tinkering with entry requirements, and taking out megalomaniac loans-with-harmful-covenants. #UKHE

Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jul 7

Add UEA to the list for the third time. The latest cuts are in clinical psychology affecting ~18 staff who train mental health professionals.

Shocking & short-sighted the cuts will be devastating for staff, students and for the region too.

@uea-ucu.bsky.social is fighting to save these jobs. ✊

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jul 7

New redundancies in Higher Education at:
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jul 7

Add UEA to the list for the third time. The latest cuts are in clinical psychology affecting ~18 staff who train mental health professionals.

Shocking & short-sighted the cuts will be devastating for staff, students and for the region too.

@uea-ucu.bsky.social is fighting to save these jobs. ✊

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jul 7

New redundancies in Higher Education at:
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jul 4

Any update is welcome!

Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jul 4

An update on where things are UCU-wise on the pay award would be useful! There's been nothing since May...
Thank you!

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jul 1

The furore over certain Glastonbury performers' statements and banning Palestine Action are distracting tactics.

We shouldn't allow our selves to get pulled away from the actual story which is the extreme violence being perpetrated daily on Palestinians, especially in #Gaza.

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jun 30

This.
The cycle of redundancies is NOT the solution to the H.E. crisis.

Well done @ducuuo.bsky.social!

Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · Jun 30

Breaking news – Redundancy notice (Section 188) removed

The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened.

This is our victory! 1/3

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Jun 27

The List in meme-format: qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

meme: a man with a mustache and glasses is speaking to a woman with platinum blond hair.
"University managers keep pushing through restructures claiming it will make things cheaper"
"well, did it work for those people?" asks the woman.
"No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might but... but it might work for us"

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jun 27

How are we allowing scores of people to be killed daily when they come seeking the only access they have to food and aid?

We are all complicit in this violence.

#Gaza #FreePalestine

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jun 27

Wait, what? Sholay’s original ending was cut due to censors?
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sholay: The Bollywood epic roars back to the big screen after 50 years

Fifty years on, Sholay - arguably Hindi cinema’s most iconic film - makes a spectacular return.

www.bbc.com

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · Jun 23

Repeat after me: protest is free speech

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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · Jun 23

An example of a culture where it is one rule for those at the top and another for everyone else.

University of Dundee culture change will happen only when people who have aligned themselves with the values of the previous Principal and interim Principal, resign

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Dundee University's ex-chief Iain Gillespie's expenses broke rules, auditors find

A secret report reveals how the then principal was approving his own expenses - some of which broke university rules.

www.thecourier.co.uk

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jun 18

It's all a bit too much to bear these days, isn't it - the local and the global?

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jun 18

The Senior Management Teams of our universities should never have been put in the position where they either had to or were empowered to destroy a key sector of state infrastructure piecemeal. Basic governance failure.

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jun 18

The university cutting jobs today is Lancaster, which may lose about 400 more roles. Every single day in Higher Education is like this. Why won't someone stop the madness?
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/education/la...

Uni must make job cuts as falling student numbers mean £30m. savings must be made

Lancaster University has revealed it needs to make a significant number of job cuts as it seeks to save £30m. in the financial year, partly due to falling student numbers.

www.lancasterguardian.co.uk

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Nadine Zubair @nadinezubair.bsky.social · Jun 17

It was about 0.25% of the budget as a conservative estimate

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · Jun 16

Eight compulsory redundancies. Just how much do you hate your staff that you go through the trouble of destroying the livelihoods of these colleagues, for just *eight* salaries. What's that, in relation to the entire operating budget of the university?

www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/s...

Latest update on UEA's financial sustainability plan | UEA

A UEA spokesperson said: Follo...

www.uea.ac.uk

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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is one situation where university executives taking a pay cut could likely find all of that cost

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