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
#ucuRISING
Where are we #ucuRISING ? 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 #FourFights we remain in a standoff with UCEA playing Bully-in-Chief
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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
#settlethedispute #ucuRISING
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. #UCURising
Read the letter:
docs.google.com/document/d/1Dk…
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
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. #ucuRISING
Down with Debra!
Attendees of the Engels in Eastbourne conference in solidarity with our struggle against mass redundancies
#SaveBrightonUni #ucuRISING
Further public pressure on Cardiff University as ITV Wales News covers our #ucuRISING assessment boycott.
There’s something missing, though.🤔
-Outraged student who backs the #MAB 🙏✅
-UCU rep urging talks✊✅
But where’s the VC?
It’s almost as if he’s ashamed of his outrageous behaviour.👇
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👇 #ResolveTheDispute #UCUrising
“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
#ucuRISING
Signed by me (and others) as an external examiner expressing concerns about compromised academic standards University of Sussex as a response to the #MAB Cardiff UCU✊🌱 UCU #ucuRISING
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
University of Strathclyde improve staff conditions, uphold the academic integrity of our work and do better. We don’t want substandard degrees from a heartless institution.
#ucuRISING #settlethedispute Strathclyde UCU Strath Union VPS
🚨TOMORROW members at SOAS University of London are back on the picket lines
Join SOAS UCU from 8am tomorrow morning to show your support ✊
#NoDeductions | #ucuRISING