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This is the UCU Gloucestershire branch for all local and national news.

[UCU @ucu]

Labour's decision to hike tuition fees is bad for students and will do nothing to solve the crisis in higher education.

Read the full statement 👇 https://t.co/c3dO5nFFSD

[UCU @ucu]

📈 Higher tuition fees
💷 More student debt
💸 More unpaid loans
❌ No real reform

"this is a tax increase for students when they start paying off this debt"

📢 @DrJoGrady on @LBC yesterday 👇

[Queen Mary UCU @qm_ucu]

York, Sheffield, Hull, UEA, Newcastle, Cardiff, Bangor, Cumbria, Staffordshire, Sunderland, Bradford: all updated in the last fortnight.

The census point of student enrolment has passed & the squeezed middle is getting squeezed some more...
https://t.co/aAuWzhOWhx #UKHEShrinking

[UCU @ucu]

More than one in 10 academics at the University of Sunderland face losing their jobs before Christmas 👇

@UCUSunderland

https://t.co/ORQfKlUvMZ

[UCU @ucu]

Higher education needs a full review, not fee hikes.

"students and staff cannot keep paying the price to patch up the sector’s finances"

Our response to proposed student fee increases in the @guardian 👇
https://t.co/1ZUg8Qv0pu

[UCU @ucu]

Our message to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves is clear: tax big businesses to pay for British Universities!

The full press release👇

https://t.co/ZsgVI8hP3s

[UCU @ucu]

We support the call to to stop austerity and bring an end to 'food bank Britain'.

@DrJoGrady has signed the letter calling upon Keir Starmer and the new Labour government to ensures people can meet their basic needs 👇

https://t.co/48vUXHdNHE

[UCU @ucu]

High on cheap credit, vice-chancellors bet big on new campuses & ever-increasing student numbers.
 
Hiked interest rates & Tory visa restrictions mean chickens are now coming home to roost.

Our GS @DrJoGrady in today's @thetimes 👇
 
https://t.co/RAoI99FpyR

[UCU @ucu]

The ravages of marketisation have torn up the higher education sector as we know it and has created a broken for students, staff, universities, and taxpayers alike.

We asked how we could change this at our Green Party Conference fringe event.

Here's some highlights 👇🧵 #GPC24

[UCU @ucu]

In this week’s @PrivateEyeNews 👇

There’s no point trying to create a shiny carbon neutral campus if the academics who should be teaching in at have been sacked.

What is the University of Hull playing at?

@hulluniucu

[UCU @ucu]

Education cuts have stripped away opportunities for learning, skills development and cultural engagement.

Listen to our general secretary @DrJoGrady moving our motion at TUC congress to lobby the government for meaningful investment in all forms of post-16 education.

[UCU @ucu]

🔔 Strike ballot opens at @UniOfHull to fight brutal cuts that would mean "a loss of around one in 10 of the already reduced academic workforce"👇 @hulluniucu

https://t.co/z5pKnmmpnm

[UCU @ucu]

The ravages of marketisation have torn up the higher education sector.

This system is bad for students, staff, universities, and taxpayers alike.

It's time to reclaim higher education for the interests of staff and students. Find out more 👇

https://t.co/sfw5c1jdIE

[Jo Grady @DrJoGrady]

Just received a letter from the Department of Education informing me that the government have made preparations to repeal Minimum Service Levels that would have applied to trade union workers in education.

Great start 👏 Now let’s collectively work to get rid of the rest 🗑️

[UCU @ucu]

Britain's political and media class must stop their pandering to racism against migrants and refugees.

Our statement on fascist violence in recent days:

[Goldsmiths UCU @GoldsmithsUCU]

🔥Results are in & we nailed it! Members have voted overwhelmingly in support of further industrial action. Our renewed mandate is testament to the resolve of the branch and the strength of our fight.🔥

[UCU @ucu]

This is a very welcome move from the new Education Secretary.

We have opposed the BTEC cuts from the start — defunding would do huge damage to widening participation efforts, and we hope the review recognises this.

[UCU @ucu]

We stand behind our members at @UcuPortsmouth 👇

[UCU @ucu]

Universities will face catastrophe without an emergency rescue package 👇

https://t.co/cGmZStfSTm

[UCU @ucu]

Management at Goldsmiths University have a choice. And their choice is to target and sack loyal hardworking staff.

Our general secretary, Jo Grady, makes it clear that we can’t and won’t put up with this. And we need the government to intervene.