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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 19h

Ballot papers are landing!

Ballots open on the 13th!

Vote YES for fair pay, safe workloads and binding national agreements.

This is our chance to win.
#VoteYes #NewDealForFE

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UCU Yorkshire & Humberside @ucuyorkshire.bsky.social · 17h

The #UCU #NewDeal4FE ballot opens on Monday 13 October. What's the dispute about?

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uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · 15h

Everybody out! Solidarity across unions @imperialucu.bsky.social

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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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uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity @imperialucu.bsky.social

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 ✊🔥

uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity @imperialucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 2d

Former Tory MP Penny Mordaunt’s claims that trade unions are “openly antisemitic” are false, dangerous and deeply irresponsible.

Trade unions have long stood against antisemitism and all forms of hate and continue to fight for equality, fairness and solidarity for all working people.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 2d

🥁 LIVE THIS THURSDAY AT 7PM: EXPOSING VICE CHANCELLOR HYPOCRISY

Vice chancellors take record pay while staff face cuts, redundancies and impossible workloads.

Join us as we expose the hypocrisy at the top of UK universities.

www.youtube.com/live/rZRbCP0...
#WeAreTheUniversity

LIVE: Exposing Vice Chancellors across the UK - VOTE YES #WeAreTheUniversity

YouTube video by UCU - University and College Union

www.youtube.com

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 5d

In the first of our UCU LIVEs last night, Dyfrig Jones (HE President-elect) set out 3 reasons this ballot matters:

1️⃣ Pay erosion
2️⃣ Ignored agreements
3️⃣ Thousands of jobs at risk

This is about defending the future of HE. ✊ #UCULive #WeAreTheUniversity

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uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · 5d

UCU - UCU to launch England wide college strike ballot over pay, workloads and national bargaining www.ucu.org.uk/article/1421...

UCU to launch England wide college strike ballot over pay, workloads and national bargaining

The University and College Union (UCU) today (Friday 3 October) confirmed it will ballot around 10,000 staff at 68 colleges across England in a fight for fair pay, manageable workloads and binding nat...

www.ucu.org.uk

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uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · 5d

UCU - UCU statement on Manchester synagogue attack www.ucu.org.uk/article/1421...

UCU statement on Manchester synagogue attack

UCU said it is horrified by the appalling attack at the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester during Yom Kippur.

www.ucu.org.uk

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FE Week @feweek.bsky.social · 6d

✌️ Breaking: Ministers are poised to announce new V Level qualifications as 'third route' between A-levels and T Levels

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

Ministers are poised to announce new qualifications as 'third route' between A-levels and T Levels as colleges prepare to axe applied generals

feweek.co.uk

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FE Week @feweek.bsky.social · 5d

Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of shirking accountability after Downing Street admitted his 'bold new target' for two-thirds of young people to enter higher-level learning has no deadline feweek.co.uk/starmer-swer...

Starmer swerves a deadline for headline ‘two-thirds’ target

'If there’s no date for people to work towards, then it’s just a vague aspiration', says ex-SpAd

feweek.co.uk

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uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · 5d

LIVE - We Are The University - VOTE YES #WeAreTheUniversity

www.youtube.com/live/JkNLGNR...

LIVE - We Are The University - VOTE YES #WeAreTheUniversity

YouTube video by UCU - University and College Union

www.youtube.com

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 6d

Vital coverage of #UKHE in the @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/3f49...

(Is this in today’s physical copy, @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social?)

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 6d

At Green Party Conference tomorrow, join our fringe: The Greens and the Trade Union Movement – Towards a Workers’ Agenda ✊🌱

🗓 Friday 3 Oct, 12:00–13:00
📍 Purbeck Lounge, Bournemouth International Centre

With Green Party Deputy Leader Mothin Ali

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 6d

NEW: Staff at Imperial College London will strike for 10 days this autumn over pay and conditions.

Jo Grady: “Staff are the backbone of Imperial and deserve an actual pay rise. Striking is a last resort, but members have had enough and are prepared to fight back”

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1421....

Imperial staff to strike next week in pay and conditions row

Staff at Imperial College London will take ten days of strike action over the next two months in a row over pay and conditions, the University and College Union announced today

www.ucu.org.uk

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uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · 6d

feweek.co.uk/labour-confe...

Labour conference 2025: Pat McFadden’s full speech

The work and pensions secretary addressed the party's annual conference in Liverpool to speak about welfare and opportunity

feweek.co.uk

uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · 6d

UCU - Imperial staff to strike next week in pay and conditions row www.ucu.org.uk/article/1421...

Imperial staff to strike next week in pay and conditions row

Staff at Imperial College London will take ten days of strike action over the next two months in a row over pay and conditions, the University and College Union announced today

www.ucu.org.uk

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uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · 6d

Benefits of working in academia ‘can add to workload stress’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/benefit...

Benefits of working in academia ‘can add to workload stress’

Flexibility of hours and drive to do meaningful research among the things workers prize most highly, but could also be driving them to quit

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 6d

England’s Office for Students has been warned to tread carefully as it prepares to take on new powers over franchised provision

#EduSky #AcademicSky

New OfS franchising powers must be ‘proportional’, says UUK

Concerns raised over proposals that would allow the OfS to halt payments to franchised providers without investigation

www.timeshighereducation.com

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

Labour’s Plan for Change is a non-starter unless it tackles low pay in FE.

David Lammy welcomes the plan but without closing the £10k pay gap, staff will keep leaving the sector.

Real investment means investing in the people who deliver it.

Full statement ⬇️

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1420...

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

“50% of FE lecturers leave within three years. In HE, 15,000 redundancies are looming.

If Labour are serious, we need commitments: close the pay gap, stop the cuts, and invest in education.

Otherwise today’s speech is hollow.” @drjogrady.bsky.social on
sophyridge.bsky.social tonight.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 7d

Last night on @sophyridge.bsky.social , UCU GS @drjogrady.bsky.social:

“British colonialism is to blame for this disaster. Palestinians cannot have a plan forced on them without their involvement and sanctioning.”

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