There is no trade-off between pay and jobs. Don't let the employers fool you otherwise. This dispute is on three things:

1.Pay uplift = at least RPI+3.5% or £2,500, on all pay points
2.Protection of national agreements on T&C's
3.A national agreement to protect jobs & subjects

#WeAreTheUniversity

Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.

If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Hey fellow historians. If you feel, as I do, that the American Historical Association needs serious change, I would consider voting for this slate in the current election.

A MASSIVE WIN AT NEWCASTLE UNI ICU

Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (January 1938 – 28 May 2025), one of the most important African novelists, who preferred to write in his native language Gikuyu, has passed away. R.I.P.

OUT TODAY 🎧

we spoke with acclaimed author kristen ghodsee about the family and parenting under capitalism and the alternative arrangements for arranging social reproduction that have been experimented with in the past—and ways that we can imagine the future of the family

🚨MASSIVE VICTORY: King’s College Cambridge to divest from all arms and the occupation of Palestine

Today Kings College Cambridge has committed to divest the millions it holds in the arms industry, and in companies complicit in the occupation of Palestine, by the end of the year

KCL UCU sends its solidarity to the students who have, since Monday evening, re-occupied King’s Strand campus quad to protest our university’s continued complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and oppression of the Palestinian people. Our full statement ➡️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Oh! We so seldom get to share good news!

But Glasgow managed to stave off compulsory redundancies and is developing a trial with the ucu branch to move some research staff onto open-ended contracts. 🥳

It IS possible!
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo... #UKHE

Our students @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social have reestablished their encampment to demand divestment in Israel’s settler colonialism & genocide

🎉 The Global Cultures Institute is delighted to announce two Fellows for 2025-26 – Dr @saramarzagora.bsky.social (@kingsdllc.bsky.social) and Dr @rezaziaebrahimi.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social).

🔗 Find out more about their research ⤵️
buff.ly/41Fv2Ie

On Monday in Turin I will discuss the launch of an important documentary.

It tells the story of the CALP - a collective of dock workers in Genoa - who, for many years, have been refusing to load ships carrying weapons. True anti-militarist praxis.

Check for 'Portuali' online in the future.

The comrades at Workers in Palestine and We Smell Gas have organised a fantastic day school in London for activists and organisers to strategise for energy justice and Palestinian liberation. Events like this are essential for all of us to learn, organise and fight back -- make sure you register 👇

📢 Energy, Extractivism & Empire — Day School
🗓️ 18 May 2025 | 📍London
Join @WorkersInPal + @WeSmellGas for a day of workshops + strategy against energy imperialism from Palestine to public housing.
Register & Share : www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/... #FreePalestine #ClimateJustice

‘Even in a TV show about the way the people you meet at university might just save your life, no one really knows what university is for.’

Zara Dinnen on what ‘Big Boys’ can tell us about the UK’s crisis in higher education, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...

*Branch anti-casualisation workshop*
Join us on Friday 2nd of May for a workshop on anti-casualisation (2-4pm)
❔Open to all members on a precarious contract or an open ended contract who want to support the campaign.
📝 Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

UK Artists, cultural workers, and creative organisers: you are invited to a special workshop designed to strengthen our collective power in support of Palestine

Register tinyurl.com/2v5zfex6

Hosted by White Kite Collective and Workers In Palestine

Facilitated by @rafeefz.bsky.social

📸 Dr @saramarzagora.bsky.social from @kingsdllc.bsky.social challenged her students to take photographs around London to show different perspectives on the British nation and its colonial past.

Explore their work 👇

OUT NOW: Oral Literary Worlds: Location, Transmission and Circulation, edited by Sara Marzagora & Francesca Orsini! Discover world literature through orature, exploring oral traditions from the Maghreb, East Africa, & South Asia. Uncover untold stories & vibrant performances: https://buff.ly/40vyfol

CLR James denouncing the invasion of Ethiopia, from aeon.co/essays/c-l-r...