A score of universities have recently proposed cuts to arts subjects, including University of Kent, Queen Mary University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London, Middlesex University, University of Surrey & UniofWinchester.

It's concerning news, with dire consequences for arts education, access & more...

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In #Northampton today remembering all workers killed, disabled, injured, or made unwell by their work #InternationalWorkersMemorialDay #ucu

Thinking of those who have died at work from industrial accidents and diseases, and our role as unions in keeping work safe for people now and in the future. It’s Workers Memorial Day. Remember the dead. Fight for the living!
#IWMD24

⚡️Week 1 of our MAB (marking and assessment boycott).

Our students are our priority and THEY SUPPORT US!

Bin the TP!🗑️

University of Oxford racing to move hundreds of tutors onto employment contracts but *still* refusing to acknowledge that our victory at the ET affects hundreds of teachers at Oxford beside Alice Jolly and myself. Can’t imagine what’s holding them back 🧐 #oxfordUCU #HigherEducation

Where would our tragic country be without Private Eye Magazine About time someone pointed out that universities are sacking staff while spending eye watering sums on new buildings. What are they going to put in those buildings when they have axed everyone? #ucurising #uberisation

Adding the fiftieth university to The List (qmucu.org/qmul-transform…) while listening to the BBC Front Row feature on the closures and cuts across the sector sure feels resonant...
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As the number of redundancies increases, particularly in the humanities and creative subjects, and at post-92 institutes, we stand with those who jobs are at risk. These redundancies limit the quality and accessibility of Higher Education.
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THEY SAID: Goldsmiths was facing a £13.1 million hole in its budget that only an unprecedented wave of redundancies could plug. BUT NOW WE KNOW: Goldsmiths has saved £10.1 million through Voluntary Severance &cost-saving measures that have ALREADY significantly reduced staffing.

Proud to be at a rally in support of our friends and colleagues from the University of Sheffield Hallam, who are suffering from yet another assault to their workers' rights by their appalling management. UCUHallam Sheffield UCU Green Party Trade Union Group Trade Union Group

🚨Breaking

'We'll fight these proposals tooth and nail' – PCS responds to reports of 70,000 civil service job cuts

Read full response here: pcs.org.uk/contact-us/pre…

#PCS

QMUL has remained silent, hidden behind 'neutrality' for too long. To experience that same wall of silence while one of our own colleagues is endangered and mistreated shocks even us, despite already abysmally low expectations.

time & location update !!

★ Last year staff at Lancashire's Myerscough College unionised with UCU & won recognition

★ In November they walked out on strike & promised more strikes in 2024

★Result: April 2024 workers win pay rise of up to 12.8%!!!

Read more here > ucu.org.uk/article/13546/… UCLanUCU

Yesterday we informed our branch members of the latest form of pension nonsense colleagues are being subjected to. Durham University has announced it will no longer be allowing new colleagues on grades 1 to 5 to be joining DUPS, our defined benefits scheme.

The branch has just published its analysis of the financial situation of the university oxfordbrookes.web.ucu.org.uk/oxford-brookes… We follow this by our strategy in response to ongoing cuts, redundancies and closures
HUMAN BEINGS BEFORE VANITY BUILDINGS!
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Want to support our fight for fair pay and conditions? You can donate to our strike fund ✊ link in bio ✅ [img: graphic reading: “help UoB support staff on strike” with a round graphic of picketers in front of silhouetted UoB buildings]

The next national Workplace Day of Action for Palestine will take place on May Day (Wed 1 May), in response to a call for international action & solidarity by the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions
🔴At Oxford, union members & students will meet at Carfax Tower at 1pm

Have been down with the worst stomach bug since Saturday so not had a chance to follow up on many things but

UCU Migrant Members Standing Committee are still looking for anonymous testimonies on people who have/would benefit from the Graduate visa scheme to submit evidence 1/2

In a resolute stance against the proposed measures, UCU members adamantly oppose dismissal of hundreds of colleagues. A resounding decision to enter industrial dispute and begin consultations on potential strike action. #ucu #nocompulsoryredundancies ucu.org.uk/article/13542/…