UCU TEESSIDE: UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE UNION

Protecting Educationalists & Students

[UCU Northumbria - SHY BAIRNS GET NOWT! @UCUNUbranch]

@UCUNUbranch last week passed a momentous vote of 'no confidence' in the Board of Governors @NorthumbriaUni and called for the Chair of the Board to resign over their mishandling of plans to rip off pay and pensions. Here's why: https://t.co/3L1CuiCIEe

[Jo Grady @DrJoGrady]

Yesterday Keir Starmer announced Labour will nationalise British Steel and save 2700 jobs.

The Uni of Nottingham put 2700 staff at risk of redundancy.

This is just one university.

Across the UK 15,000 higher education jobs need saving.

Where is the rescue package for our universities?

Cities and towns will be devastated by these job losses.

[UCU Northumbria - SHY BAIRNS GET NOWT! @UCUNUbranch]

@unison @CovUCUBranch @UcuUsic @UCU_COBC @YorkCollegeUCU @ucu @BimmUcu @UCUTEESSIDE2022 @UCUTeesUni @ucunewcastle @guardiannews @NTynesideNASUWT @UNISONinHE @UniteNEYH @NorthTyneTUC @TUCYoungWorkers @timeshighered @socialistworker @NlandSocNet @socialist

[UCU Ulster @UCU_Ulster]

This is abhorrent from @UlsterUni @StudyAtUlster senior "leaders" who, after leaving colleagues with the news of 450 redundancies today, are not meeting with staff until 12th May to discuss the redundancy process 😡🤬

Staff left hanging for nearly 4 weeks

[UCU Ulster @UCU_Ulster]

@UCU_Ulster statement on the shameful plans by @UlsterUni to sack 450 colleagues - a thread

From the THE University Of The Year to a climate of fear

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[UCU TEESSIDE: UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE UNION @UCUTEESSIDE2022]

Solidarity with @WolvesUCU @UCU_Ulster @GoldsmithsUCU and all other branches recently informed they are facing huge job losses. As well as those with ongoing longer term plans for cuts.

[UCU Northumbria - SHY BAIRNS GET NOWT! @UCUNUbranch]

🐩🐕🐶🥁🪘🛢️See the whole story from today's AMAZING pooch-filled, drum-banging, hi-energy @UCUNUbranch pickets and @ucu rally today... https://t.co/pVflnG3wPs

[UCU TEESSIDE: UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE UNION @UCUTEESSIDE2022]

The rally is over. The fight goes on. Solidarity to @UCUNUbranch

[UCU TEESSIDE: UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE UNION @UCUTEESSIDE2022]

We are at the national rally to support our comrades in @UCUNUbranch in their struggle to defend their pensions

[UCU Northumbria - SHY BAIRNS GET NOWT! @UCUNUbranch]

Huge, unprecedented numbers here and at Coach Lane. This is just the first of many days. Thanks for everyone's support. We go again tomorrow! @ucu @NorthumbriaSU @NorthumbriaUni @danhollandnews @ChronicleLive

[UCU TEESSIDE: UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE UNION @UCUTEESSIDE2022]

The weather is miserable but @UCUNUbranch members are not

[UCU TEESSIDE: UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE UNION @UCUTEESSIDE2022]

Comrades from @UCUNUbranch on strike today to save their pensions. We are here in solidarity. Other universities are following suit and this strike matters more than most

[UCU TEESSIDE: UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE UNION @UCUTEESSIDE2022]

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[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

What fresh hell is this?

[UCU TEESSIDE: UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE UNION @UCUTEESSIDE2022]

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[Durham UCU (@ducu.bsky.social) @ucuatdurham]

The work of members on international foundation is being grossly misrepresented here.

The exploitation of international students in a marketised system needs to be addressed but The Sunday Times is not interested in this & instead purely aims to sow division & create scapegoats.

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[Masih Alinejad 🏳️ @AlinejadMasih]

I am heartbroken and furious at the same time for the women of Iran and Afghanistan.

Iranian woman lashed 74 times yesterday for the crime of removing her hijab in public.

This is shocking and barbaric.

A young woman named Roya Heshmati shared her horrific ordeal of receiving 74 lashes for refusing to cover her hair. Despite her punishment, she remained defiant, refusing to wear the hijab during and after her lashing. Singing courageously, “In the name of women, in the name of life, the chains of slavery have been torn apart.”
At the same time, Taliban arrested women of Afghanistan for “bad hijab”.

I call on all women across the globe to condemn this barbaric laws, and show their solidarity with the women of Iran and Afghanistan, who are suffering under the Taliban and Islamic Republic.

This is 21st century, and we need global unity to END gender apartheid regimes.

Read part of Roya’s story:

“This morning, I faced my sentence of 74 lashes for defying the mandatory hijab. Accompanied by my lawyer, I entered the District 7 prosecutor’s office, deliberately removing my hijab. Ignoring the officials’ orders to cover up, I stood my ground.

An officer threatened additional punishment if I didn’t comply, but I refused to wear the hijab. Defiantly, I was handcuffed and led to a basement room, akin to a medieval torture chamber.

In the execution room, with concrete walls and an ominous execution bed, the judge asked if I was okay. I remained silent, showing my resistance. Ordered to prepare for the lashes, I hung up my coat and scarf, refusing to wear the hijab despite their insistence.

As the lashes commenced, I silently recited a poem about liberation and resistance. Despite the pain, I didn’t let them see my suffering. After the punishment, I continued to defy their demands to wear the hijab, a symbol of my unwavering stance against oppression.”
This is the reality of living under Sharia Laws. #LetUsTalk

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[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

Why does someone's use of the word "discourse" almost invariably indicate that what follows is a lot of bollocks?

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[UN Development @UNDP]

Investing in women is vital to achieving justice.

We're shining a light on the ways in which justice for women and girls can help transform societies and create a world free from gender-based violence.

See how: https://t.co/kkpQpsoOGW

[UCU TEESSIDE: UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE UNION @UCUTEESSIDE2022]

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[Durham UCU (@ducu.bsky.social) @ucuatdurham]

Doubtless we'll be sharing more about the convocation after the dust settles, but just to add to this; we were told *in the meeting* there could be no votes without motions, & that motions needed to have been submitted in advance; neither position is consistent with the statutes.

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[Durham UCU (@ducu.bsky.social) @ucuatdurham]

These were the rules we all thought would be in place for tomorrow's convocation. They were changed, unannounced *at most* two full working days beforehand. Does that sound like a uni wanting to reassure staff & students? Does that sound like they believe what they did was right?