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HNY all! Committee met on Tuesday to discuss our priorities for 2025. These include workloading, branch engagement, and defending our pensions. Look out for much more on-campus activity this year! Hopefully see you soon…
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'More universities have severed ties with fossil fuel companies, banning them from recruitment fairs and refusing to advertise roles in the industry, according to the latest higher education league table.'
Eight more UK universities cut recruitment ties with fossil fuel industry
Manchester Metropolitan University again wins top spot for climate and social justice in league table
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
'More universities have severed ties with fossil fuel companies, banning them from recruitment fairs and refusing to advertise roles in the industry, according to the latest higher education league table.'
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British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
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Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Latest monthly visa application figures are out.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
Skilled workers? Still dropping.
Health & care workers? Still dropping.
Slow clap.
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A Senate inquiry in Australia has found that corporatised universities have 'betrayed' students and staff. Good stuff.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
'Dirty secret' of higher education revealed as senate inquiry calls on universities to change
The final report into governance has called for state and Commonwealth legislation to refocus universities on teaching and research.
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
A Senate inquiry in Australia has found that corporatised universities have 'betrayed' students and staff. Good stuff.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
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Some petitions to sign to protest Nottingham’s cuts! #AcademicSky
Save Modern Languages - c.org/D5v6qstzyW
Save Agriculture - c.org/bgxhcKVHYk
Save Modern Languages - c.org/D5v6qstzyW
Save Agriculture - c.org/bgxhcKVHYk
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Some petitions to sign to protest Nottingham’s cuts! #AcademicSky
Save Modern Languages - c.org/D5v6qstzyW
Save Agriculture - c.org/bgxhcKVHYk
Save Modern Languages - c.org/D5v6qstzyW
Save Agriculture - c.org/bgxhcKVHYk
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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 7:49 AM
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
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Save Nursing - c.org/HVr7Rfrhsz
Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of Uni of Nottingham Mental Health & Child Nursing + Health Promotion
c.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Save Nursing - c.org/HVr7Rfrhsz
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Save Geography at the University of Leicester
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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'While stating that a crackdown on the higher education sector could have a negative impact for the country at large, Centre for Cities said the impact would be more heavily felt in cities including Leicester, Plymouth, Hull and Stoke-on-Trent.' 1/2
Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns
University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
'While stating that a crackdown on the higher education sector could have a negative impact for the country at large, Centre for Cities said the impact would be more heavily felt in cities including Leicester, Plymouth, Hull and Stoke-on-Trent.' 1/2
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Once again, the prestigious universities have pillaged the market, to their own destruction as a brand and the detriment to the students they are recruiting but can't teach properly. All the while laying financial waste to the post-1992s that can.
When is government going to step in and fix this?
When is government going to step in and fix this?
August 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Once again, the prestigious universities have pillaged the market, to their own destruction as a brand and the detriment to the students they are recruiting but can't teach properly. All the while laying financial waste to the post-1992s that can.
When is government going to step in and fix this?
When is government going to step in and fix this?
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Not tue students and not the universities that have spent decades building a particular brand.
Meanwhile, the post-1992s *specialise* in taking often disadvantaged students and coverting them into high class graduates. That is the model. The funding regime has destroyed this to the detriment of all
Meanwhile, the post-1992s *specialise* in taking often disadvantaged students and coverting them into high class graduates. That is the model. The funding regime has destroyed this to the detriment of all
August 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Not tue students and not the universities that have spent decades building a particular brand.
Meanwhile, the post-1992s *specialise* in taking often disadvantaged students and coverting them into high class graduates. That is the model. The funding regime has destroyed this to the detriment of all
Meanwhile, the post-1992s *specialise* in taking often disadvantaged students and coverting them into high class graduates. That is the model. The funding regime has destroyed this to the detriment of all
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To be fair, UKHEIs have made some truly terrible decisions, but ultimately the fault lies with the last government and this one for not fixing a broken funding model. The result will be more job losses at post-1992s, destroyed working conditions elsewhere and poor student outcomes.
August 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
To be fair, UKHEIs have made some truly terrible decisions, but ultimately the fault lies with the last government and this one for not fixing a broken funding model. The result will be more job losses at post-1992s, destroyed working conditions elsewhere and poor student outcomes.
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Hello UK friends - please, please could you sign this petition against the job cuts at my place of work - 1 in 4 us will be out of a job by August next year if we don't stop the cuts. And once you've signed it, please share. We need your help! www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...
Sign the Petition
Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
www.change.org
July 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hello UK friends - please, please could you sign this petition against the job cuts at my place of work - 1 in 4 us will be out of a job by August next year if we don't stop the cuts. And once you've signed it, please share. We need your help! www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...
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Great support from @staffsucu.bsky.social Aidan at our @ucu.org.uk lobby of the @mybcu.bsky.social governors today. Thank you Staffs for your ongoing support including your donation to our fighting fund!
#SaveBCU
#SaveBCU
July 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Great support from @staffsucu.bsky.social Aidan at our @ucu.org.uk lobby of the @mybcu.bsky.social governors today. Thank you Staffs for your ongoing support including your donation to our fighting fund!
#SaveBCU
#SaveBCU
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Inaccuracies ✅
Missing data ✅
This sounds so very, very familiar…
Missing data ✅
This sounds so very, very familiar…
"One staff member from the School of Arts, Culture, and Language said: “This consultation has been a shambles. All four Business Cases were riddled with inaccuracies, missing data, and were completely inaccessible.""
nation.cymru/news/staff-a...
nation.cymru/news/staff-a...
July 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Inaccuracies ✅
Missing data ✅
This sounds so very, very familiar…
Missing data ✅
This sounds so very, very familiar…
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If you're as concerned as me about the pace and scale of proposed staff cuts and department closures at UK universities, this piece arguing for a new regulatory framework is worth a read 👇
isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
A New Regulatory Framework for University Cuts
isrf.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If you're as concerned as me about the pace and scale of proposed staff cuts and department closures at UK universities, this piece arguing for a new regulatory framework is worth a read 👇
isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
isrf.org/blog/a-new-r...
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Oh, here's a shock: Higher Education has a management problem because its culture is saturated with bullying and bad practice. Dundee's Gillespie is just the particular person acting as a lightning rod here.
June 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Oh, here's a shock: Higher Education has a management problem because its culture is saturated with bullying and bad practice. Dundee's Gillespie is just the particular person acting as a lightning rod here.
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The report on failures at Dundee University is devastating. All sorts of financial, leadership and governance failures.
And this ol’ indicator:
‘Female members of staff in particular, reported being spoken over, side-lined or discussed in public as being obstructive’
www.sfc.ac.uk?news=dundee-...
And this ol’ indicator:
‘Female members of staff in particular, reported being spoken over, side-lined or discussed in public as being obstructive’
www.sfc.ac.uk?news=dundee-...
Dundee investigation report published - Scottish Funding Council
SFC Chief Executive welcomes “robust and comprehensive report” into financial position at the University of Dundee.
www.sfc.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The report on failures at Dundee University is devastating. All sorts of financial, leadership and governance failures.
And this ol’ indicator:
‘Female members of staff in particular, reported being spoken over, side-lined or discussed in public as being obstructive’
www.sfc.ac.uk?news=dundee-...
And this ol’ indicator:
‘Female members of staff in particular, reported being spoken over, side-lined or discussed in public as being obstructive’
www.sfc.ac.uk?news=dundee-...
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'The university has informed staff of plans to cut 400 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions by July 2026, with academics the first to go.'
Professor Andy Schofield, VC at Lancaster University since 2020, will take up position of Principal & VC at Glasgow University on 1 October 2025.
Professor Andy Schofield, VC at Lancaster University since 2020, will take up position of Principal & VC at Glasgow University on 1 October 2025.
Lancaster University to cut one in five academic jobs
Institution says it is ‘not immune’ to financial challenges as it looks to axe 400 jobs
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
'The university has informed staff of plans to cut 400 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions by July 2026, with academics the first to go.'
Professor Andy Schofield, VC at Lancaster University since 2020, will take up position of Principal & VC at Glasgow University on 1 October 2025.
Professor Andy Schofield, VC at Lancaster University since 2020, will take up position of Principal & VC at Glasgow University on 1 October 2025.
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Our sector is being failed by poor leaders who make us, the university workers, pay for their failings.
Their answer is to cut our services to the bone and impose insulting pay offers that fall far below inflation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Their answer is to cut our services to the bone and impose insulting pay offers that fall far below inflation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dundee University bosses quit after damning report into financial collapse
A report into Dundee University says its financial crisis was caused by a
www.bbc.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Our sector is being failed by poor leaders who make us, the university workers, pay for their failings.
Their answer is to cut our services to the bone and impose insulting pay offers that fall far below inflation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Their answer is to cut our services to the bone and impose insulting pay offers that fall far below inflation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I was Chair of my union branch when my university made 10% cuts in staffing and it was extremely tough. I don't have any special insight into how the sector is faring, but what I keep thinking is: in c. 10 years the press/business/civil service are going to ask for an expert in x or y... 1/2
May 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I was Chair of my union branch when my university made 10% cuts in staffing and it was extremely tough. I don't have any special insight into how the sector is faring, but what I keep thinking is: in c. 10 years the press/business/civil service are going to ask for an expert in x or y... 1/2
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...and universities will say: we don't have an expert in x or y because the postdoc who was going to be that expert was let go 10 years ago. Other countries don't have the structures to foster hugely diverse homegrown academic expertise. We are squandering our inheritance. 2/2
May 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
...and universities will say: we don't have an expert in x or y because the postdoc who was going to be that expert was let go 10 years ago. Other countries don't have the structures to foster hugely diverse homegrown academic expertise. We are squandering our inheritance. 2/2
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*not all other countries. Plenty do.
May 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
*not all other countries. Plenty do.
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Prey do tell, how is all that slashing of Professional Service colleagues going, @durham-university.bsky.social?
This is why 'efficiency' never is effective in the real world. If you cut your staffing to well below the bone, there's no flex to catch mistakes on time. #SaveHE
This is why 'efficiency' never is effective in the real world. If you cut your staffing to well below the bone, there's no flex to catch mistakes on time. #SaveHE
Exams interrupted by incorrect papers, missing data booklets, and typos across the university - Palatinate
Students have been sent the wrong exam papers and additional resources have been missing as multiple departments have made errors in examinations this year.
www.palatinate.org.uk
June 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Prey do tell, how is all that slashing of Professional Service colleagues going, @durham-university.bsky.social?
This is why 'efficiency' never is effective in the real world. If you cut your staffing to well below the bone, there's no flex to catch mistakes on time. #SaveHE
This is why 'efficiency' never is effective in the real world. If you cut your staffing to well below the bone, there's no flex to catch mistakes on time. #SaveHE