Setting up our @Brunelucu picket this morning!

Whenever universities experience these (ever more frequent) periods of ‘financial difficulties’ it’s staff who bear the brunt in terms of wages, workloads and intensification. These turn into permanent losses leading to impoverished workplaces. 😠 UCU

(comic) Employee Satisfaction

A wonderful colourful Brunel UCU #nocompulsoryredundancies picket line this morning ❤️ UCU UCU London Regional Office

Colourful, vibrant picket Brunel UCU #nocompulsoryredundancies this morning. Fab having Hillingdon TUC support @UCU UCU London Regional Office ✊

❤️unions Brunel UCU #nocompulsoryredundancies UCU UCU London Regional Office

Brunel UCU #nocompulsoryredundancies! Do not forget we will be picketing tomorrow (Wed 9th) on campus, under the palm trees, with the banner out 🌴🪧 @UCU UCU_solidarity UCU London Regional Office ✊

Our final Brunel UCU #nocompulsoryredundancies picket in this current round of strike action where we were joined by @UCU President Elect Maria Chondrogianni UCU President Elect and the bright & colourful Hillingdon TUC 🪧☀️🌴 UCU London Regional Office UCU_solidarity

Brunel UCU #nocompulsoryredundancies you can now claim from the @UCU national fighting fund here, to help cover your recent strike action 👇⚠️ my.ucu.org.uk/app/answers/de…

Thank you to the thousands of members who joined and made our voices heard in the corridors of power and across the airwaves. Power in the union. 👊#UCU and proud.

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Immigration again being demonised as the underlying problem of Britain today. What about all the benefits that immigration brings? Immigrants support the NHS, social care, higher education, agriculture & so many other industries. Inequality is the heart of the problem.

Education, education, education? When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities? labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/edu…

🚨 New study reveals that when used to summarize scientific research, generative AI is nearly five times LESS accurate than humans. Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.

Please vote in our indicative ballot Brunel UCU #nocompulsoryredundancies! 🖐️ Voting link in your inbox 📥 We require a mandate in the shape of a good turn-out and a clear majority in favour of industrial action to proceed with a formal statutory ballot ✊ UCU Jo Grady UCU London Regional Office Dr. Bianca de Haan

"Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us — until we burn out." - Berend van der Kolk (The Quantified Society)

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…

@UCU. Please help us launch this new title '50 Shades of Greylisted' Brunel UCU #nocompulsoryredundancies as further cuts are announced in the College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences. UCU London Regional Office UCU London Region UCU_solidarity

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