‘There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you’: Beatrix Potter, born on this day in 1866.

This is #ourchesterstory

I know its exhausting & like you I’m very tired but we have come too far to stop now. Together I know we have the courage, stamina & sledge hammer determination to see this through. I will not accept a Gov’t that has no comprehension of right & wrong. Let me know you are with me

Very pleased to announce that I’ll be joined by a good friend of UCU on Monday, the one and only Jeremy Corbyn 💫 Please come along👇🏻 This isn’t just a fight for 2 jobs. This isn’t just University of Liverpool UCU #CeasefireNow fight. This is about disreputable practices in the sector. It’s everyone’s fight.

🙌 Another important student-led petition🙌 Please sign and share ✊ UCU Chester change.org/p/professor-eu… #reclaimouruniversity #endthechesterblend #ourchesterstory

This is awful!

🚨BREAKING: UCEA, the group representing uni bosses, has confirmed it is doubling down on real-terms pay cuts, refusing to even acknowledge casualisation & offering vague gestures on inequality & workload. They are refusing to seriously negotiate. (THREAD) #OneOfUsAllOfUs

UCEA's chief exec has written to our general secretary Jo Grady. In it, he lays out the employers' 'offer' 📉 Yet another real-terms pay cut, insultingly packaged as a "pay uplift" ❌Lip-service to pay gaps and spiralling workload ❗️Not a single mention of casualisation

Not only are employers refusing to budge from this insulting 'offer' of cuts & tinkering, it's all they are willing to talk about. We cannot negotiate with preconditions set by employers. They need to get round the table, drop their insults, & start treating staff with respect.

I wonder if they’ll think the same if staff remove all their hard work (lectures, seminar material, research) from university platforms? Disgraceful!! #Chesterucu UCU Chester

🚨BREAKING🚨 Strike action is set to begin at 58 universities next month To avoid disruption to campuses across the UK university bosses must revoke pension cuts & make an improved offer on pay & working conditions #OneOfUsAllOfUs ucu.org.uk/article/11872/…

Rise like LIONS, Chester people! 🦁 The strike we voted for is ON. UCU strike action 1st-3rd Dec. Work to contract from 1st Dec & into 2022 till employers listen to us! You can help; contact the branch for info. Fair wages/workloads, end precarity & inequality! #UCU #FourFights

✊All out again for the Parkgate Road picket from 8-11am tomorrow and Friday. So inspiring today to hear from our general secretary and other trade unionists about how much this fight means to so many. See you on the picket line tomorrow from 8 #OneOfUsAllOfUs Jo Grady UCU

UOC STUDENTS, ASSEMBLE! Your university needs you once more. Join the fight, join the picket! The last day to show solidarity is tomorrow! (Friday). Fight for equality, Fight for your amazing staff, fight for your right to learn! ❤️ Follow UCU Chester for more info! Jo Grady

Last morning for the Parkgate Road picket today 8-11am, let's make it a good one. See you soon! #OneOfUsAllOfUs #FourFights

I shall be there! ❤️ Standing in solidarity, once again, with my incredible Chester colleagues and students!

JOIN US. WEDNESDAY 2nd MARCH, TOWN HALL. Reading weeks are helpful for students AND staff. Providing well earned and much needed breaks, providing a chance to catch a breath with work. These can be VITAL to both academic progress AND mental health. Ye are many - they are few.

I NEED EVERY SINGLE UCU MEMBER TO RT THIS This is the biggest week in our history Every single university takes strike action on Thursday and Friday This week the balance of power shifts. 70,000 UCU members Vs 150 Vice Chancellors Let’s leave nothing behind #ucuRISING

PLEASE JOIN US. Jonathan Hay 10am, Chester Town Hall. Please share. #ChesterAgainstRacism #HumanitiesAgainstRacism University of Chester Cleopatra and Oddie graham atkin @MelissaFegan UoC English 12 years of Shitchester Chester Standard Chester Women's Aid Visit Chester Chester Lifestyle We Are Chester

JOIN US. SATURDAY, 10AM AT CHESTER TOWN HALL. IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE SILENTLY ANTI RACIST. INACTION IS COMPLACENCY. SILENCE IS COMPLICITY. 12 years of Shitchester Chester Standard University of Chester Jo Grady graham atkin Cleopatra and Oddie @MelissaFegan @DrMcRaines Matt Davies Devilish Creative