Open letter from university of Manchester PhD Candidates to UOM managrment relating to COVID-19 asking for blanket extensions, progression reviews suitable to personal requirements and open, collaborative and transparent conversations. Please sign #phdlife bit.ly/UoMPGROpenLett…

Postgraduate teaching assistants & PhD students in the College of Arts & Law have written this open letter about cuts to PGTA positions - please sign & share! forms.gle/GSvaPdpARvkjuX…

Bringing back this video of the 2nd (more relevant) half of a speech I gave in March, when I had no idea how much worse things would get. Now we are asking Uni of Birmingham to return some of the dedication that PGTAs have shown for yrs, and protect our jobs: forms.gle/GSvaPdpARvkjuX…

To all permanent faculty at LSE: please sign this statement of solidarity for our precarious colleagues - docs.google.com/document/d/1Sq…

At University of Warwick, 15% of the teaching budget goes to sessional, precarious tutors. To safe costs, Warwick wants to cut that by 50%. If each of the 183 staff earning above £100k pa agreed to cap their income at £90k, we could keep the sessional teaching budget and then some.

Universities are open now, & will be still be open in September, BBC News (UK) Despite lockdown, staff have been working extremely hard to ensure all activities continue as best they can.

It's me! The opening of my speech talking about white supremacy at today's #RhodesMustFall protest because #BlackLivesMatter

"I don't know if we have ever experienced this kind of global challenge to racism and to the consequences of slavery." Angela Davis says anti-racism protests around the world are "a very exciting moment".

Solidarity Eve - this is what the human cost of casualisation and job losses looks like.

Useful UCU document on your rights as a GTA. I found it useful and informative, I think this may be useful for anyone else doing a #PhD and teaching. UMUCU #phdlife ucu.org.uk/media/11018/GT…

This is happening tomorrow! aiméeяковский from #CoronaContract and our ACC Vice Chair and NEC member Christina Paine will be speaking. There's still time to register. fundthefuture.org.uk/event/protecti…

What does casualisation feel like? What does 'teaching and research excellence' feel like?

I will be striking tomorrow and Friday. I’d say I’m sick of precarious contracts for my TA/Research Assistant work but that’s exactly it; I don’t even have a contract. As a disabled PGR wanting to stay in academia, here’s a few disability talking points for you. Newcastle University UCU newcastleucu.bsky.social

On the eve the #ucuRISING strikes, this account is again collecting stories of academic precarity. Do get in touch if you want to share your story, in the strictest confidence

Last month, I was offered a TA job at a Russell Group uni, teaching 5 seminars a week. The pay was £15.76 weighted to £23 per seminar. I.e. £1.5k per term/£3k per year to retain the services of a qualified, experienced academic to teach students paying £9k+. #ucuRISING #UCUstrike

I’m employed casually by two universities. I teach as many hours as full-time staff. At all undergraduate levels. I research on my own time. I don’t earn enough to pay income tax. By some margin. I am university lecturing staff. #UCURising #UCUstrike BBC News (UK) UCU Anti-Casualisation Committee

This is completely unacceptable, placing staff and students in danger. We have written to the Director of Health & Safety to confirm that this situation is urgently rectified. Students must have the right to peaceful freedom of expression.