Joseph Choonara(@jchoonara) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's official. We have declared strikes at Leicester University in response to punitive pay deductions.

uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-ucu-…

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UCU(@ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Lots of people don't realise how difficult it is to work in higher education

UCU member Chris explains what it's really like👇

Watch, RT, back our members

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Vicky Blake UCU @zenscara@mastodon.social(@zenscara) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Where are we ? Tentative but hopeful news on USS (despite their failure to keep our data safe!) with watching brief on whether the the train bound for the restoration destination might derail.
In we remain in a standoff with UCEA playing Bully-in-Chief
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Eve(@_eveboyle) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tomorrow we’re marching to support Strathclyde UCU. Come join us and demand better working conditions for staff and remind University of Strathclyde who really makes it the “place of useful learning”!

RTs appreciated

Tomorrow we’re marching to support @StrathclydeUCU. Come join us and demand better working conditions for staff and remind @UniStrathclyde who really makes it the “place of useful learning”! 

RTs appreciated

#settlethedispute #ucuRISING
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Royal Holloway UCU(@RH_UCU) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Staff and students in the Department of Geography have published an open letter to RHUL Principal objecting to the Emergency Regulations and calling for a public statement on the need for a negotiated settlement.

Read the letter:

docs.google.com/document/d/1Dk…

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Max Beckmann(@maxcbeckmann) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Day 7 on the Bradford College picket line to demand & The employer’s silence is failing hard working staff and learners. Solidarity to UCU members for standing up for education ⁦UCU⁩ ⁦UCUYorksHumber

Day 7 on the Bradford College picket line to demand #FairPayNow & #RespectFE The employer’s silence is failing hard working staff and learners. Solidarity to UCU members for standing up for education ⁦@ucu⁩ ⁦@UCUYorksHumber⁩
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Marco Gersabeck (he/him)🇪🇺(@MarcoGersabeck) 's Twitter Profile Photo

While more and more employers make joint calls with union branches to resume negotiations, at the University of Manchester, we’ve just been threatened with 100% deductions if we don’t aid the MAB mitigation by self reporting during the action rather than afterwards.

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Cardiff UCU✊🌱(@CardiffUCU) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Further public pressure on Cardiff University as ITV Wales News covers our assessment boycott.
There’s something missing, though.🤔
-Outraged student who backs the 🙏✅
-UCU rep urging talks✊✅
But where’s the VC?
It’s almost as if he’s ashamed of his outrageous behaviour.👇

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York St John UCU(@UCU_YSJ) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Detailed and well-considered thread 🧵 about our national action from former UCU President and sitting NEC member Vicky Blake UCU @[email protected] for anyone who might’ve missed it over the weekend👇

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UCU(@ucu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Why have university employers allowed it get to this point?” 
 
Our member Kehinde Andrews is spot on 🎯 
 
If these untenable conditions continue there won’t be a future for HE 
 
UCEA, it’s time to negotiate and invest in the people that make universities run
 

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Melanie Richter-Montpetit (she/her)(@MRichterMontpet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exam Board members University of Sussex have written to Sussex VC expressing concerns about compromised academic standards under Interim Regulations. The letter was signed by 25 Exam Officers or Directors of Teaching & Learning, eight HoDs & six External Examiners rb.gy/g6zix

Exam Board members @SussexUni have written to Sussex VC expressing concerns about compromised academic standards under Interim Regulations. The letter was signed by 25 Exam Officers or Directors of Teaching & Learning, eight HoDs & six External Examiners rb.gy/g6zix
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