We are proud to have headed up this letter calling on Keir Starmer to restore the whip to the 7 MPs who voted against child poverty. All the suspended MPs are great friends of the labour movement. We stand with them 👇 tribunemag.co.uk/2024/07/union-…

Labour have announced the role of the Office for Students will be refocused to prioritise financial stability of the HE sector. This is welcome but must include: • financial support for institutions at risk • jobs guarantee for staff • a duty on employers to protect subjects

“As in higher education, so in society at large: real change won’t come with regulatory tweaks, and it won’t come by sticking to a broken economic model” Jo Grady in Tribune 👇 tribunemag.co.uk/2024/07/univer…

Students from MA Black British History & Goldsmiths Centre for Queer History are organising a solidarity demo for all staff affected by these brutal redundancies Goldsmiths, University of London. Council can still change their tune & stand down the proposed cuts.

Today, the three recognized unions at Cambridge University have issued a joint statement on pay and the 'Cambridge Weighting'

We strongly condemn St Andrews’ dismissal of Stella Maris from the university governing board and demand her immediate reinstatement:

Britain's political and media class must stop their pandering to racism against migrants and refugees. Our statement on fascist violence in recent days:

Read in full 👇 ucu.org.uk/article/13697/…

UK’s biggest private pension fund dumps £80mn of Israeli assets ft.com/content/db6956… via @ft #USS #UCU

Well done everyone who showed up last night. The far right are being sent a clear message.

Our members did this 👇 But we won’t stop here. We will continue pushing for full divestment from Israel’s war machine & its genocide in Gaza ✊

Calling all CUCU members! Please join this protest called as part of nationally coordinated action by Stand Up To Racism to stop the far right

Please come and join the protest tomorrow from 1200 on Donkey Common (opposite the swimming pool) with UCU members from across the city, other trade unionists, Unite, NEU, students, and the local community in a celebration of strength, unity and solidarity.

The historic decision by the the UK’s biggest private pension fund, USS, to divest from Israeli assets implicated in the illegal colonial occupation of 🇵🇸, is testament to the hard work of the UCU and others in campaigning tirelessly for an ethical investment policies in line

Great to see so many turn up for the Cambridge anti racist rally including UCU members Cambridge UCU Anglia Ruskin UCU UCU CRC Branch

LGBT+ people should be safe and supported at work. But instead, they’re experiencing shockingly high levels of bulling and harassment – including assault. Workplace culture clearly needs to change.

Strike ballot announced at University of Hull over plans to sack up to 127 staff 🚨 Hull University UCU #VoteToSaveJobs Tens of millions of pounds of debt & a failed carbon neutral campus Our members should not suffer as a result of senior leader's financial mismanagement 👇 ucu.org.uk/article/13713/…

We condemn University of St Andrews' dismissal of Stella Maris from the governing board. This attack on freedom of expression & academic freedom cannot stand. Universities should speak up for human rights, not silence those who do. We call for her immediate reinstatement. Sign

The hostile environment for international students is bad for our universities and bad for Britain. Labour must reverse Tory visa restrictions. Our statement 👇

The The Open University's use of fire and rehire tactics undermines staff value, industrial relations & the institution's reputation. This practice has no place in higher education Sign the petition to support Open University UCU staff👉 bit.ly/4gwrdpo ucu.org.uk/article/13729/…