Principal of University of Edinburgh, Sir Peter Mathieson flummoxed when asked his pay. A 7.5% pay rise. Earning more than the Scottish First Minister and UK PM combined but still "not quite sure" Meanwhile staff face £140m cuts UCU Edinburgh UCU Scotland #ucu #StopTheCuts

“Instead of passing these proposals on the nod, Council should do its job and recommend a more reasonable period of reform, reducing risks to the University’s reputation, academic sustainability, staff wellbeing, & student satisfaction.” By Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/macho-app…

‘According to UCU, evidence […] revealed a “comprehensive breakdown of trust & morale”, & a “total health & safety crisis”, which included the risk of staff taking their own lives or fearing for their pregnancies due to the effect of stress.’ nation.cymru/news/cardiff-u…

The "Business Case" is anything but cufightback.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/the…

Deeply troubling for all those in Cardiff Uni History, Archaeology and Religion whose jobs remain unsecured - loss of Ancient History RE desecration of #civicmission seen in CAER Heritage etc. Medr must get a grip. Matter was raised again at Cardiff North Labour All Member Meeting last night

Utterly shameful. The *actual evidence* from Cardiff academic staff members (see here: cardiffucu.org.uk/wp-content/upl…) literally attributes the stress to work related issues, namely overwhelming workloads and being put at risk of redundancy. nation.cymru/news/most-stre…

Narrative versus reality cufightback.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/nar…

“Inside account of meeting at which not a single member of Cardiff University’s Senate backed cuts plan” Nation.Cymru holding the executive of Cardiff University to account yet again. Shocking! 👏🤯👀👇 nation.cymru/news/inside-ac…

"Our international campuses in Dubai, Kazakhstan & Cambodia are global partnerships which provide an increasingly vital income for Leicester" said VC DMU now face bill up to £42 million. Due diligence? Vice Chancellor of dmuleicester is paid top-dollar but is accident-prone😉

“We will continue to fight on behalf of our members’ jobs, conditions, and the academic disciplines being decimated with every tool at our disposal including consulting our members about future industrial action.” - Cardiff UCU✊🌱 ✊👇 nation.cymru/news/cardiff-u…

A brilliant take down of the reckless tech-bro optimism of Cardiff University management plans. "A flagship national university cannot be run like a tech startup." Indeed, *no* university should be run like that! iwa.wales/agenda/2025/06…

Much has gone wrong at Deeznats -- rapacious property speculation, obscene salaries for its Vice Chancellors & Executive Board, prioritization of global ambitions over Wales Sadly, the end result is sweeping cuts & job losses of blameless scholars nation.cymru/news/cardiff-u…

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Debacle @Dundeeuni must be big turning point No more pretending university admins earn their 6 figure salaries anymore They’re just failed academics, off-brand lawyers, or private sector leftovers who can't add up When senior admins fail, staff bleed bbc.com/news/articles/…

UCU members at UCU Edinburgh are striking today over The University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs We're fighting against these reckless proposals Share to show your support ✊ UCU Scotland

“The drawn-out process has been poorly handled by the University, leaving staff and students in unnecessary uncertainty. We cannot forget the farcical way this situation was managed and must ensure that further turmoil is avoided in the future.” conservatives.wales/news/cardiff-u…

🚨IT'S A WIN 🚨 Well done to every single Newcastle University UCU newcastleucu.bsky.social member 44 days on the picket line ZERO compulsory redundancies Every university boss now needs to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle and heed the warning: work with us or face sustained disruption

Newcastle University Vice Chancellor: No “need for compulsory redundancies” UCU General Secretary Jo Grady: “I want to congratulate every single UCU member who has stood firm and demanded University management rule out compulsory redundancies” ucu.org.uk/article/14061/…

Spiralling workloads. Unsafe reforms. A growing mental health crisis. Cardiff Uni workers are being engulfed—and the institution is cracking. How long do we ignore this? 👇