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Desperate times University of Kent "The university is paying £84000 a year for something closed up It's paid £448000 since last open & will pay another £371000 till end of contract" Things fall apart as a university slowly dies kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/un…

Another well-informed contribution from Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA) Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social and Thea Pitman. The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters theguardian.com/education/2025…

Cardiff set to cut student enrolment and increase class sizes Financial benefits of increasing domestic recruitment ‘now negligible’, according to leaked document timeshighereducation.com/news/cardiff-s… via Times Higher Education

This is significant - pressure is mounting on the Cardiff University VC to listen to Cardiff UCU✊🌱's calls to draw on it's £188m of accessible cash to fund a more gradual recovery, and save jobs/essential programmes. 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

More gloomy news from universities as Bangor University to cut 200 jobs saying it cannot rule out compulsory redundancies UCU Higher Education Policy Institute walesonline.co.uk/news/education…

Management plans threaten as many as 1,000 staff with redundancy. Strike ballot opens today 📢 sheffielducu.bsky.social

Job cuts in universities in Aberdeen, Aberystwyth Bangor, Dundee, Lampeter, Newcastle, Sunderland will devastate local economies Money taken from places with little & given to Silicon Corridor between 2 billionaire unis It's opposite of Levelling Up foodandsolidarity.org/news/why-shoul…

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We are pleased to share this open letter in support of saving mathematics in Cardiff. Please consider signing and share widely: tinyurl.com/2vjxurb9 #cardiffuni #cardiffmathematics Cardiff UCU✊🌱

Kingston University's world-leading philosophy centre faces closure as management announces plans to shut entire humanities department. We stand with Kingston UCU: Solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 & condemn the “barrage of closures to courses and entire departments” We must #STOPtheCuts timeshighereducation.com/news/kingston-…


On #StephenLawrenceDay, we honour Stephen's legacy and spotlight the vital work of Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation, inspiring equity and opportunity for marginalised young people. We believe in education's power to transform lives and create lasting change. stephenlawrenceday.org



Thank you Times Higher Education for your write up of our new Code of Ethical University Governance! Steven Jones 👏🏻

A code of ethical university governance is overdue | Steven Jones Excellent write up by our own Steve Jones on our new code of ethical university governance - published on the CDBU blog today! wonkhe.com/blogs/a-code-o…