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

List of #UCU branches participating in the #NewDeal4FE ballot. List correct as of 1200hrs on 071025. Some branches may have settled since this time and date.

Fantastic turnout on the picket lines this morning by @sheffielducu.bsky.social members. Branch VP David Hayes outlines the issues and measures that @sheffielduni.bsky.social need to take in order to resolve the dispute @ucu.org.uk #UCU #Sheffield #SheffieldUniversity

Fantastic turnout of UCU members @sheffielducu who have been forced to take #strike action today over the University's proposed compulsory redundancy plans @UCU #UCU #Sheffield #SheffieldUniversity

Link to the full video of the demo after the picket lines at Sheffield Hallam University on Monday 24 March 2025 @ucu.org.uk @ucuhallam.bsky.social
youtu.be/zRmbZhmvhXE

'Our union branch at Hallam is a fighting UCU branch!' Bob Jeffrey of @ucuhallam.bsky.social telling it like it is on the picket lines @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social this morning @ucu.org.uk

Joe Wheatley from @gmb.org.uk addressing the massed pickets today at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social @ucuhallam.bsky.social

Our branch secretary, Ben Abell, outling why we are striking over the witheld pay owed to SHU staff. The books cannot be balanced on the backs of workers & their earnings.

Ben Abell from @ucuhallam.bsky.social on the picket lines at today's strike @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

WE CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO HALT THE DEVASTATING CUTS SWEEPING ACROSS OUR UNIVERSITIES. THE CURRENT CRISIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE, AND IT IS VITAL THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTERVENES NOW TO PROTECT OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
stopthecutspetition.org.uk

It's becoming increasingly clear that security of employment is emerging as the key issue in higher education

Watch @drjogrady.bsky.social interview Skills Minister Jacqui Smith 👀

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Are you a UCU member at Sheffield Hallam? If so, please let your branch know that you've voted in the current IA ballot