Join us Wednesday 4th June 12 noon @ TownHall as we table a Motion of No Confidence in the Vice Chancellor and Executive. 60+ staff have already left via ‘voluntary’ redundancy, now 100+ more jobs face the axe, while senior management remain on sky-high pay. #OurUni #DefendHE

39 lecturers at Liverpool Hope face redundancy. “This will devastate our community, the university’s reputation, and the local economy.” Roberto Catello, branch secretary. We say NO to compulsory redundancy. #StopTheCuts #UCU bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Universities Degraded: Staff Experiences & Employer Practices of Redundancies in UK Higher Education. New report on the human and academic consequences of massive redundancies in UK universities. From David Harvie and Rebecca Harrison UCU zenodo.org/records/156389…

Mass redundancies won’t just ruin lives, they will wreck UK universities’ global reputation. As Nick Megoran of Newcastle University UCU newcastleucu.bsky.social writes, cuts aren’t just short-sighted, they’re self-destructive. ✊ Join UCU and Fight back. #ucu #STOPtheCUTS timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mass-r…

All hands on deck defend work at DMU #Leicester community

Brutal. Former Dundee Uni bosses admit total leadership failure. Dundee UCU raising risk assessment awareness! UCU Scotland “All the wrong people in all the wrong positions.” Staff and students are paying the price.

“Corruption or incompetence, which is it?” Former Dundee Uni principal Iain Gillespie hauled over the coals for “nearly destroying the university.” Dundee UCU raising risk assessment awareness! UCU Scotland

Some sweet souls still think it's safe to meet HR solo This is not a strategy, it’s a sacrifice Like strolling into a snake pit without anti-venom — brave, naive & almost certainly not walking out You must always, always, take a companion or Union rep to University HR meeting

Wed 9th July 2pm #DefendDeMontfort #StopRedundancies #ourHE

If only someone had thought of a way to avoid financial catastrophe at our university without having to implement compulsory redundancies for oh wait we already did that. uonucu.org/wp-content/upl… #StopTheCuts #SaveHE

"the Study World letter indicates that the Dubai operation was founded on high risk speculation to the tune of £42mn that will never benefit Leicester" #DefendDMU centralbylines.co.uk/region/east-mi…

Our latest Unionise is out! Updates, news, and our alternative "Suggested enabling document to save vast amounts of money" at DMU! Find it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1NHJJIP… DMU UCU Organising Committee Issue 40 July 2025

Had another article published 🤓 Not really the best topic but I felt it needed to be said. centralbylines.co.uk/news/education…

Lets kick things off in style! We'll see you there

Statement demanding resignation of DMU VC and Executive - unanimously approved at this week's Town Hall 3 event ucudemontfort.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/tow…

A student revolution begins the fightback at DMU leicester.news/a-student-revo…

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-…

To be clear, our strike is still on. After hearing this news, union representatives reached out to the university again demanding that compulsory redundancies for our members be suspended. They declined to remove this threat.