Dundee UCU
@ducuuo.bsky.social
Dundee UCU is supporting staff and saying no to job cuts at the University of Dundee. Our campaign to #SaveDundeeUni https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/ducu/
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On 14 December, an antisemitic terror attack took place at Bondi Beach, where many lives were lost and people injured.
Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and everyone affected by these tragic events, particularly the Jewish community.
GoFundMe has listed fundraising efforts. 1/2
Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and everyone affected by these tragic events, particularly the Jewish community.
GoFundMe has listed fundraising efforts. 1/2
Solidarity with friends and colleagues at Nottingham faced with this ahead of Christmas.
Show your support to colleagues at Nottingham.
Another day, another news story on the catastrophic choices behind Future Nottingham.
How many signs do we need that we're careening in the wrong direction?
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-f...
How many signs do we need that we're careening in the wrong direction?
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-f...
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Solidarity with friends and colleagues at Nottingham faced with this ahead of Christmas.
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University of Sheffield International College staff vote to strike over pay and conditions.
90% of those who voted backed strike action.
Staff are demanding fair pay, proper recognition of workload, paid carers’ leave and more annual leave.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1429...
90% of those who voted backed strike action.
Staff are demanding fair pay, proper recognition of workload, paid carers’ leave and more annual leave.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1429...
University of Sheffield International College staff to strike over pay and conditions
Staff at the University of Sheffield International College (USIC) have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions, the University and College Union (UCU) announced tod...
www.ucu.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
University of Sheffield International College staff vote to strike over pay and conditions.
90% of those who voted backed strike action.
Staff are demanding fair pay, proper recognition of workload, paid carers’ leave and more annual leave.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1429...
90% of those who voted backed strike action.
Staff are demanding fair pay, proper recognition of workload, paid carers’ leave and more annual leave.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1429...
Please watch the video! A wonderful way to get the message across.
Shame at the bosses of @northumbriauni.bsky.social for suggesting staff change pension or we will freeze your pay.
Solidarity with colleagues at @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
Shame at the bosses of @northumbriauni.bsky.social for suggesting staff change pension or we will freeze your pay.
Solidarity with colleagues at @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
@northumbriauni.bsky.social want to freeze our pay unless we move pension? @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social say #Wham bam no thank you man! @ucu.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social @chroniclelive.co.uk @danhollandnews.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Please watch the video! A wonderful way to get the message across.
Shame at the bosses of @northumbriauni.bsky.social for suggesting staff change pension or we will freeze your pay.
Solidarity with colleagues at @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
Shame at the bosses of @northumbriauni.bsky.social for suggesting staff change pension or we will freeze your pay.
Solidarity with colleagues at @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
On 14 December, an antisemitic terror attack took place at Bondi Beach, where many lives were lost and people injured.
Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and everyone affected by these tragic events, particularly the Jewish community.
GoFundMe has listed fundraising efforts. 1/2
Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and everyone affected by these tragic events, particularly the Jewish community.
GoFundMe has listed fundraising efforts. 1/2
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
On 14 December, an antisemitic terror attack took place at Bondi Beach, where many lives were lost and people injured.
Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and everyone affected by these tragic events, particularly the Jewish community.
GoFundMe has listed fundraising efforts. 1/2
Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and everyone affected by these tragic events, particularly the Jewish community.
GoFundMe has listed fundraising efforts. 1/2
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Heriot-Watt Scholar provide online learning to Scottish schools, colleges, & to HW students
You, your children or your students may have used it.
You can help secure Scholar for future learners. Use the form to speak out for a unique learning service👇
heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/12/02/s...
You, your children or your students may have used it.
You can help secure Scholar for future learners. Use the form to speak out for a unique learning service👇
heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/12/02/s...
Support for Scholar - Scotland's National Digital Learning Service
UCU, Unite and UNISON are jointly coordinating an effort to gather notes of endorsement for Scholar, a national digital learning service, used by senior phase learners across Scotland, for over a gene...
heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Heriot-Watt Scholar provide online learning to Scottish schools, colleges, & to HW students
You, your children or your students may have used it.
You can help secure Scholar for future learners. Use the form to speak out for a unique learning service👇
heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/12/02/s...
You, your children or your students may have used it.
You can help secure Scholar for future learners. Use the form to speak out for a unique learning service👇
heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/12/02/s...
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@ucu.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @qmucu.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social @northeastbylines.co.uk @chroniclelive.co.uk
LOCAL BALLOT OPENS TODAY @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social.
VOTE YES-YES TO SAVE PAY AND PENSIONS (and to stop more silly songs like this)...
VOTE YES-YES TO SAVE PAY AND PENSIONS (and to stop more silly songs like this)...
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social ballot opens next week to stop a pay freeze @northumbriauni.bsky.social. Just getting in early, ya filthy animals... @ucu.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social ballot opens next week to stop a pay freeze @northumbriauni.bsky.social. Just getting in early, ya filthy animals... @ucu.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social
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VC loses confidence vote:
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
VC loses confidence vote:
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The last safe day to vote is Wednesday 26 November.
The ballot closes Friday 28 November.
If you haven’t voted, do it now.
If you have, talk to colleagues, ask if they’ve voted.
Post your ballot today.
We are the university.
The ballot closes Friday 28 November.
If you haven’t voted, do it now.
If you have, talk to colleagues, ask if they’ve voted.
Post your ballot today.
We are the university.
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The last safe day to vote is Wednesday 26 November.
The ballot closes Friday 28 November.
If you haven’t voted, do it now.
If you have, talk to colleagues, ask if they’ve voted.
Post your ballot today.
We are the university.
The ballot closes Friday 28 November.
If you haven’t voted, do it now.
If you have, talk to colleagues, ask if they’ve voted.
Post your ballot today.
We are the university.
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RALLY TOMORROW!
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
RALLY TOMORROW!
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
Join the fightback against job cuts!
Wednesday 19th November at 1pm at the
Scottish parliament.
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Sign the Petition
Save Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We held a rally to mark one-year of the financial crisis at the University of Dundee.
We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution.
If we fight together we win!
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution.
If we fight together we win!
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
‘Angry and exhausted’ Dundee University staff rally against jobs cut to save university
Campus unions organised the event where there was palpable anger at the current and former leadership of Dundee University.
www.thecourier.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We held a rally to mark one-year of the financial crisis at the University of Dundee.
We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution.
If we fight together we win!
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution.
If we fight together we win!
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
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Solidarity on the Dundee Uni picket lines today @ducuuo.bsky.social #solidarity #NoCuts #WeAreTheUniversity ✊🩷💜🩷
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Solidarity on the Dundee Uni picket lines today @ducuuo.bsky.social #solidarity #NoCuts #WeAreTheUniversity ✊🩷💜🩷
Less than an hour to go until the Stop the Job Cuts Rally at the Queens Hotel with speaker @maggiechapman.bsky.social with @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social and UoD Unison.
Want to find out how your voice can stop job cuts at the University of Dundee?
Take the first step towards having influence on what happens to you next.
Come along to our Stop The Jkb Cuts rally tomorrow at the Queen’s Hotel, 12:30-13:30pm.
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
Take the first step towards having influence on what happens to you next.
Come along to our Stop The Jkb Cuts rally tomorrow at the Queen’s Hotel, 12:30-13:30pm.
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Less than an hour to go until the Stop the Job Cuts Rally at the Queens Hotel with speaker @maggiechapman.bsky.social with @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social and UoD Unison.
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Today’s strike rally in Dundee to save jobs- please come along @ducuuo.bsky.social #NoCuts #WeAreTheUniversity ✊💜🩷💜
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today’s strike rally in Dundee to save jobs- please come along @ducuuo.bsky.social #NoCuts #WeAreTheUniversity ✊💜🩷💜
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Glad to be able to pop by the @ducuuo.bsky.social picket line as they were just getting set up this morning.
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Glad to be able to pop by the @ducuuo.bsky.social picket line as they were just getting set up this morning.
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity
Want to find out how your voice can stop job cuts at the University of Dundee?
Take the first step towards having influence on what happens to you next.
Come along to our Stop The Jkb Cuts rally tomorrow at the Queen’s Hotel, 12:30-13:30pm.
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
Take the first step towards having influence on what happens to you next.
Come along to our Stop The Jkb Cuts rally tomorrow at the Queen’s Hotel, 12:30-13:30pm.
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Want to find out how your voice can stop job cuts at the University of Dundee?
Take the first step towards having influence on what happens to you next.
Come along to our Stop The Jkb Cuts rally tomorrow at the Queen’s Hotel, 12:30-13:30pm.
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
Take the first step towards having influence on what happens to you next.
Come along to our Stop The Jkb Cuts rally tomorrow at the Queen’s Hotel, 12:30-13:30pm.
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
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I had to change my degree because of university cuts - the impact on students of the Dundee Uni crisis, and the reason @ducuuo.bsky.social is on strike #WeAreTheUniversity www.bbc.com/news/article...
How is the dispute at Dundee University affecting students?
Students say they are feeling the effects across studios, classrooms and workshops.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I had to change my degree because of university cuts - the impact on students of the Dundee Uni crisis, and the reason @ducuuo.bsky.social is on strike #WeAreTheUniversity www.bbc.com/news/article...
Our students aren’t being heard.
“students aren't told anything at all."
"You really have to dig for all the information - online, on the website, through emails... unless you have the time to sit and dig through emails, you don't know what's going on," she says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“students aren't told anything at all."
"You really have to dig for all the information - online, on the website, through emails... unless you have the time to sit and dig through emails, you don't know what's going on," she says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How is the dispute at Dundee University affecting students?
Students say they are feeling the effects across studios, classrooms and workshops.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Our students aren’t being heard.
“students aren't told anything at all."
"You really have to dig for all the information - online, on the website, through emails... unless you have the time to sit and dig through emails, you don't know what's going on," she says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“students aren't told anything at all."
"You really have to dig for all the information - online, on the website, through emails... unless you have the time to sit and dig through emails, you don't know what's going on," she says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“We were absolutely gobsmacked.”
48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare.
No consultation. No vision.
This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities.
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
@uonucu.bsky.social
48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare.
No consultation. No vision.
This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities.
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
@uonucu.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
“We were absolutely gobsmacked.”
48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare.
No consultation. No vision.
This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities.
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
@uonucu.bsky.social
48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare.
No consultation. No vision.
This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities.
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
@uonucu.bsky.social
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Confidence vote in our leaders is now open.
Please vote yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/Universit...
Please vote yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/Universit...
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Confidence vote in our leaders is now open.
Please vote yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/Universit...
Please vote yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/Universit...
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Busy @ducuuo.bsky.social picket lines on day two of their week long strike to save jobs and oppose compulsory redundancies #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #NoCompulsoryRedundancies
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Busy @ducuuo.bsky.social picket lines on day two of their week long strike to save jobs and oppose compulsory redundancies #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #NoCompulsoryRedundancies
Day 2 of our strike action.Heres some photos from yesterday’s action.
Come and join us if you value jobs at the University of Dundee.
#SaveDundeeUni #SaveHE
Come and join us if you value jobs at the University of Dundee.
#SaveDundeeUni #SaveHE
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Day 2 of our strike action.Heres some photos from yesterday’s action.
Come and join us if you value jobs at the University of Dundee.
#SaveDundeeUni #SaveHE
Come and join us if you value jobs at the University of Dundee.
#SaveDundeeUni #SaveHE
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Solidarity to all of Dundee’s workers as they strike in the face of some of most caricaturishly mismanagement this sector has seen to date (although god knows the competition is heating up). May this venerable institution survive and thrive; victory to the strikers!
Day 1 of our 5 day strike done. Thanks to STV for coming along and interviewing members.
Come and have a chat with us at the front of the Tower any day this week.
news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
Come and have a chat with us at the front of the Tower any day this week.
news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Solidarity to all of Dundee’s workers as they strike in the face of some of most caricaturishly mismanagement this sector has seen to date (although god knows the competition is heating up). May this venerable institution survive and thrive; victory to the strikers!
Do you think staff at the University of Dundee were misled when we were told there would be no redundancies? Or when he told us they hadn’t said there would be no redundancies?
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Do you think staff at the University of Dundee were misled when we were told there would be no redundancies? Or when he told us they hadn’t said there would be no redundancies?