.Queen Mary University of London is committed to social mobility but, in cutting 21 days pay from staff and underpaying workers for years, it doesn't seem to mind in which direction.

UPDATE: Thanks to your pressure, QMUL have released the historic data that we asked for related to the underpayment of low-paid staff. We've now analysed that data and what we have found is shocking: Queen Mary University of London's underpayment of its lowest-paid staff goes all the way back to 2006 👇

This is... a hard one... Do we *have* to only pick one? It's possibly the £0.00 payslips in the middle of a living cost crisis. x.com/qm_ucu/status/…

We've just been reminded of this corker from 2020. These VCs can't even work out how to move a desk 2 metres away from the door, let alone run a university. 🍿Watch the full video: streamable.com/6kd5s5 Then join us at 7.30pm tomorrow: youtube.com/watch?v=yCDeFQ… #ucuRISING

LIVE: We have just served notice for a national strike ballot of every University in the UK - VOTE YES #ucuRISING x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

SELDOM HAVE WE LOOKED THIS STUNNING! Let’s do this thing. Together. #ucuRISING!

Front page news! The first issue of the student newspaper, @ThePrintQM, includes a thoughtful retrospective on the marking boycott, including a moving testimony by students and staff: issuu.com/theprint/docs/… A 🧵voicing the experience of our students:

We had to do it. We’ve ended the ballot where we started it - Queen Mary’s University - have that! Goodnight everyone. We go again tomorrow. UCU AND PROUD #ucuRISING

Funny how that The Office for Students (OfS) lingo shows up everywhere. But not in “in order to minimise the impact on the student experience, management is going to properly talk and ensure staff is not overworked and underpaid.”

Management Queen Mary University of London communicating very clearly that what they fear the most are informed students. Once students know the reality of their learning conditions they're not receptive to management spin. Come get that contraband info: qmucu.org/2022/10/27/inf… #ucuRISING

We proved earlier that 100% deductions for Action Short of Strike is unworkable & counterproductive: rather than 'minimising the impact on students' it escalates. And yet, here we are again, in #Team100pcDeductions. Probably should drop this here: qmucu.org/donations-to-o…

.Queen Mary University of London holding on tightly to that trophy of ‘most vindictive university’: we’re in The Observer. Again. For docking pay not just for the days we withdraw labour, but for every day we refuse to do the work we hadn’t been paid for in the first place. Again. theguardian.com/education/2022…

Sure, Queen Mary University of London’s banner was bigger in size, but ours was bigger in heart. #ucuRISING The little pink one states the facts. The big blue one: for whom? Diminishing pay, rising workloads, & precarious contracts shut the doors to academia for anyone but the independently wealthy.

📢 SUPPORT NEEDED 📢 @UCL: Say NO to invasive monitoring of workers! Read & share this 🧵

Nobody on that salary needs help with their bills. Vote YES and send a message that we won’t prioritise their greed over staff need. #ucuRISING

Despite having a paid carers leave policy, Queen Mary University of London marked International Women's Day by refusing this leave to women in cleaning services who need to look after their kids during next week's school closures (cause it’s not an “emergency”). Remote training/working was also declined⤵️

Not satisfied with a bazillion emails bombarding our students about snitching on their own teachers, Queen Mary University of London has now made the Snitch Form a fixed part of the QMUL app. What a way to show surveyance and distrust is now fully imbedded in the fabric of our university. #ucuRISING

Meanwhile, our Principal schedules a very rare all-staff meeting to clash with a strike day. If you're a leader, you've got communicate with those you lead.

Ever wondered how long it takes to reformat papers for journal submissions? We did, and decided to write about it! We calculated time and money lost, interviewed journal editors and researchers, and developed some new guideline propositions. Read here: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…