Fundamentally, they (@UniversitiesUK VCs) are not interested in the plans developed by the Unions/staff. It's not a @UniofNottingham specific thing but a rampant view that pervades UK HE.
Now, if you were a high fee charging consultancy.....well that would be different. 🤔
Education is being cut to the bone. Jobs lost. Courses closed. Staff pushed to breaking point.
On Friday 20th November, we’re taking action.
Every branch. Every workplace. Make your voice heard.
#EducationItsOurs#NationalDayOfAction
BREAKING: @unisontheunion is joining our National Day of Action on 20 November!
Two unions. One fight for the future of post-16 education.
University and college workers across the UK are coming together to oppose devastating cut and demand proper funding for post-16 education
Further and higher education are in crisis. The government can no longer afford to look away.
This Budget must deliver fair pay, sustainable funding and a future for post-16 education.
Education is a public good. It’s time to treat it like one.
Up and down the UK our members are angry and they are mobilising.
It is vital every University sees protests, rallies and events for our National Day of Action on November 20th.
How do we turn the tide on the crisis facing higher education?
The second episode of UCU’s No Shortcuts podcast explores the fight to defend jobs and courses, the power of collective action, and how we build a united movement for the future of higher education.
Watch now: https://t.co/GFfd9vOJG2
Job cuts, falling pay and other cutbacks are devastating higher education. “It’s really hard to work in HE at the moment... I’ve worked in a warehouse before where the roof collapsed... it was still probably an easier employer to work for.” #FundOurFuture
https://t.co/PfQE4kXqym
UCU have called a day of action in every University in the UK on Friday 20th November. We will be working with sister unions to ensure the biggest possible support for protests, rallies and events that will be held on this day.
This is part of our fight to protect jobs and courses as well as build solidarity across the union.
Materials will be dispatched to every branch. Start your local planning now.
London south bank wants to sack 66 academics and rehire them on worse contracts before Christmas.
That's fire and rehire.
Our members rallied on campus today. LSBU has now agreed to talks at ACAS. Management needs to come ready to listen.
London south bank wants to sack 66 academics and rehire them on worse contracts before Christmas.
That's fire and rehire.
Our members rallied on campus today. LSBU has now agreed to talks at ACAS. Management needs to come ready to listen.
Four universities on strike today. One map to find them all.
Nottingham, Dundee, Glasgow Caledonian and Edinburgh are out. And today we launch the UCU strike map: every dispute across the union, in one place.
Find a dispute near you. Visit a picket. Share the map.
❗️Higher education faces a funding crisis across the UK ❗️
💷 We need a new funding model to save universities, protect jobs, and deliver free education to all🎓
📨 Write to your MP today and ask them to support UNISON's #FundOurFuture campaign https://t.co/jKWg0Wdof7 📨
Cuts, redundancies and closures are pushing post-16 education into crisis.
At #TUC2026, join us to discuss how we fight for something better and how we fund a brighter future.
Tuesday 15 September
5.45–7.15pm
West Bar, Brighton
With Jo Grady, Apsana Begum MP, John Jackson and David Edwards.
Objective assessments have concluded that the people who ran UK universities in the ground must be paid in accordance with their 'global talent' for doing so.
📰 Today’s Sunday Times exposes just a fraction of the attacks on jobs in Universities.
We know the true picture across the UK is even worse.
With record student sign ups this situation is completely untenable.
The government must intervene.
Save the date! Cost of living day of action - 13 October.
We know that cost of living continues to be an endless issue for our members.
Please save the date and look out for more information about how you can get involved.