Ballot results are out: 79.5% in favour of strike action 87.0% in favour of action short of a strike 62.0% turnout

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Strike action: a quick guide (part 1)

Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October. Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able. More details here: uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-ucu-…

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Join our rally TODAY 1pm, University Road entrance!

A great turnout to our amazing rally today, with emotional speeches and incredible support from students, staff, and trade unions.

We are grateful to Leicester South MP Shockat Adam MP for coming to our pickets, speaking to staff and students, signing our petition, and delivering a supportive and inspiring speech!

Day 3: more placards and a percussion workshop!

...and that's a wrap for week 1 of our strike. Thanks to all the students and colleagues who came to the pickets to support us, we will see you all next week!

Heading in to negotiations on day ten of strike action at the University of Leicester. This is my negotiating team.

Super proud of Kristen, her teach-out was definitely one of the highlights of these first two weeks of industrial action. bps.org.uk/psychologist/w…

Week 3, day 3: GGE showcase, learning the history behind the naming of the Kathleen Kenyon Building with Alice Samson, and more picket animals!

Thank you to everyone who came to our vigil. It was an incredible display of support. Thank you also to City of Leicester UNISON and York St John UCU, the latest of many Union branches to donate and send messages of solidarity.

UCU has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester. Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.  All welcome!

One week to go for the national demonstration called by UCU against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester. Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November. All welcome!

Let’s show our support to Leicester as they face devastating cuts! Solidarity to all colleagues Leicester UCU

New paper out! In a qualitative research project, we explored how community members make sense of classical music ensemble participation as a catalyst for holistic life skills development in children and young people. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ca…

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