Caren Frosch
@froschlein.bsky.social
Psychology, JDM, running, UCU, personal views
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Back on the pickets for week 4 of our strike action!
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Back on the pickets for week 4 of our strike action!
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These are *extraordinary*! Amidst the awfulness, your excellence continues to shine.
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
These are *extraordinary*! Amidst the awfulness, your excellence continues to shine.
Exhausted after three days of collective consultation meetings. Hoping lots of people can join us protest school closures and mergers* and centralising professional services which will all result in job losses and a diminished university.
One week to go for the national demonstration called by UCU (@ucu.org.uk) against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Exhausted after three days of collective consultation meetings. Hoping lots of people can join us protest school closures and mergers* and centralising professional services which will all result in job losses and a diminished university.
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STRIKE RESUMES ON MONDAY!!!
On November 10th, we will commence with another 4 weeks of strikes. And we're kicking things off with a picket at the West Entrance of University Park. (Photo by @tregenza.bsky.social).
On November 10th, we will commence with another 4 weeks of strikes. And we're kicking things off with a picket at the West Entrance of University Park. (Photo by @tregenza.bsky.social).
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
STRIKE RESUMES ON MONDAY!!!
On November 10th, we will commence with another 4 weeks of strikes. And we're kicking things off with a picket at the West Entrance of University Park. (Photo by @tregenza.bsky.social).
On November 10th, we will commence with another 4 weeks of strikes. And we're kicking things off with a picket at the West Entrance of University Park. (Photo by @tregenza.bsky.social).
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Next Saturday (8/11) at 9 AM, we will honour our dearly missed colleague Agnes Flues with our annual park run in Wollaton Hall. Arrive in time to volunteer, participate, or spectate, and please wear UCU colours (pink and purple) in remembrance of Agnes!
www.parkrun.org.uk/wollatonhall/
www.parkrun.org.uk/wollatonhall/
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Next Saturday (8/11) at 9 AM, we will honour our dearly missed colleague Agnes Flues with our annual park run in Wollaton Hall. Arrive in time to volunteer, participate, or spectate, and please wear UCU colours (pink and purple) in remembrance of Agnes!
www.parkrun.org.uk/wollatonhall/
www.parkrun.org.uk/wollatonhall/
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UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Today colleagues across 5 academic and 1 Professional Services area were informed that their redundancy consultation process starts next week. Spare a thought for all these people who will spend the next 4 months in limbo. Our fight continues and we will be out on strike again from 10 November
- EGM tomorrow at 12
- Strike action begins 10th of November
- Strike action begins 10th of November
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today colleagues across 5 academic and 1 Professional Services area were informed that their redundancy consultation process starts next week. Spare a thought for all these people who will spend the next 4 months in limbo. Our fight continues and we will be out on strike again from 10 November
We need to combine our local fight @leicesterucu.bsky.social with our national fight @ucu.org.uk for maximum impact.
Ten Reasons to Vote YES in the UCU ballot ucusolidaritymovement.org/2025/10/25/h...
1. It is a vote against pay and job cuts
2. We need a UK-wide mandate to stand together
3. Staff pay has been falling as a proportion of expenditure
4. Pay is falling sharply in real terms
1. It is a vote against pay and job cuts
2. We need a UK-wide mandate to stand together
3. Staff pay has been falling as a proportion of expenditure
4. Pay is falling sharply in real terms
HE Ballot 2025
UCU began a formal industrial action ballot of members across the UK on Monday 20 October for 6 weeks. UCU is calling for: a pay uplift that is at least RPI + 3.5% or £2,500, whichever is the high…
ucusolidaritymovement.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
We need to combine our local fight @leicesterucu.bsky.social with our national fight @ucu.org.uk for maximum impact.
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"It is in this random way that the universe is returned to its benign and hopeful axis, a reminder that you never know who you will meet on a picket line and how much that will mean. "
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
Other people five — Surviving Work
I realise this is not a good look to say this a week before the publication of my book that defends relationships between humans but Surviving Work started in 2011 when I was put in a compulsory red...
www.survivingwork.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"It is in this random way that the universe is returned to its benign and hopeful axis, a reminder that you never know who you will meet on a picket line and how much that will mean. "
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
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Universities would not function without support staff. A 1.4% pay offer is an insult to their hard work and dedication. All staff deserve better than a real-terms pay cut.
The UNISON pay ballot for industrial action opens TODAY. VOTE YES for industrial action. #fundourfuture #fundourpay
The UNISON pay ballot for industrial action opens TODAY. VOTE YES for industrial action. #fundourfuture #fundourpay
October 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Universities would not function without support staff. A 1.4% pay offer is an insult to their hard work and dedication. All staff deserve better than a real-terms pay cut.
The UNISON pay ballot for industrial action opens TODAY. VOTE YES for industrial action. #fundourfuture #fundourpay
The UNISON pay ballot for industrial action opens TODAY. VOTE YES for industrial action. #fundourfuture #fundourpay
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Very proud of my UCU branch for its 15 days of strike action! We stand firm and are planning for further action to force Leicester University to retreat from job cuts. Watch this space for details of a national demonstration in Leicester on 12 November.
Week 3, day 5: Last day of our three week strike.
We were joined by Red Leicester choir and staff and students worked on their percussion skills. Back to the office on Monday but our fight against job cuts and course closures continues.
We were joined by Red Leicester choir and staff and students worked on their percussion skills. Back to the office on Monday but our fight against job cuts and course closures continues.
October 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Very proud of my UCU branch for its 15 days of strike action! We stand firm and are planning for further action to force Leicester University to retreat from job cuts. Watch this space for details of a national demonstration in Leicester on 12 November.
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Week 3, day 5: Last day of our three week strike.
We were joined by Red Leicester choir and staff and students worked on their percussion skills. Back to the office on Monday but our fight against job cuts and course closures continues.
We were joined by Red Leicester choir and staff and students worked on their percussion skills. Back to the office on Monday but our fight against job cuts and course closures continues.
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Week 3, day 5: Last day of our three week strike.
We were joined by Red Leicester choir and staff and students worked on their percussion skills. Back to the office on Monday but our fight against job cuts and course closures continues.
We were joined by Red Leicester choir and staff and students worked on their percussion skills. Back to the office on Monday but our fight against job cuts and course closures continues.
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HR departments are finishing their calculations of the harm done by Clearing, it seems…
This is completely unsustainable; we can’t drastically adjust our staffing every single autumn in response to the volatility of the recruitment cycle. #SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
This is completely unsustainable; we can’t drastically adjust our staffing every single autumn in response to the volatility of the recruitment cycle. #SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
HR departments are finishing their calculations of the harm done by Clearing, it seems…
This is completely unsustainable; we can’t drastically adjust our staffing every single autumn in response to the volatility of the recruitment cycle. #SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
This is completely unsustainable; we can’t drastically adjust our staffing every single autumn in response to the volatility of the recruitment cycle. #SaveHE #UKHE
qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
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Thank you to everyone who came to our vigil. It was an incredible display of support.
Thank you also to City of Leicester UNISON and York St John UCU, the latest of many Union branches to donate and send messages of solidarity.
Thank you also to City of Leicester UNISON and York St John UCU, the latest of many Union branches to donate and send messages of solidarity.
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to our vigil. It was an incredible display of support.
Thank you also to City of Leicester UNISON and York St John UCU, the latest of many Union branches to donate and send messages of solidarity.
Thank you also to City of Leicester UNISON and York St John UCU, the latest of many Union branches to donate and send messages of solidarity.
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How do we defend the UK university sector?
Join us at this online rally tonight at 6:30pm with our colleagues from Leicester, London Region and Newcastle UCU, and national negotiators.
Register at tinyurl.com/UCU-UniteThe...
Join us at this online rally tonight at 6:30pm with our colleagues from Leicester, London Region and Newcastle UCU, and national negotiators.
Register at tinyurl.com/UCU-UniteThe...
October 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
How do we defend the UK university sector?
Join us at this online rally tonight at 6:30pm with our colleagues from Leicester, London Region and Newcastle UCU, and national negotiators.
Register at tinyurl.com/UCU-UniteThe...
Join us at this online rally tonight at 6:30pm with our colleagues from Leicester, London Region and Newcastle UCU, and national negotiators.
Register at tinyurl.com/UCU-UniteThe...
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Leicester are co-hosting this rally to discuss how we defend education locally and nationally. Hear from local and national negotiators and join in the conversation.
More details and registration here: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
More details and registration here: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Leicester are co-hosting this rally to discuss how we defend education locally and nationally. Hear from local and national negotiators and join in the conversation.
More details and registration here: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
More details and registration here: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Wear black and join us tomorrow at 1.30 outside Fielding Johnson Building ahead of the important Council meeting at 2pm.
October 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Wear black and join us tomorrow at 1.30 outside Fielding Johnson Building ahead of the important Council meeting at 2pm.
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Ridiculous that Geography Geology and Environment at Leicester is under threat. @leicesterucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk . In the shadow of where David Attenborough grew up (house at the back), we are on strike to protest against this threat. #climatechange #attenborough
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ridiculous that Geography Geology and Environment at Leicester is under threat. @leicesterucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk . In the shadow of where David Attenborough grew up (house at the back), we are on strike to protest against this threat. #climatechange #attenborough
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Week 3, day 3: GGE showcase, learning the history behind the naming of the Kathleen Kenyon Building with Alice Samson, and more picket animals!
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Week 3, day 3: GGE showcase, learning the history behind the naming of the Kathleen Kenyon Building with Alice Samson, and more picket animals!
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The GGE showcase made us ask ourselves what the loss of GGE and its many connections in the University will mean for the ecosystem and sustainability agenda at the University.
October 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The GGE showcase made us ask ourselves what the loss of GGE and its many connections in the University will mean for the ecosystem and sustainability agenda at the University.
We have had so many great teach outs during the last two weeks of striking and this one turned into a published essay!
"Striking isn't just about disrupting operations; it's a costly signal of commitment to fair working conditions. By withholding cooperation, workers force a renegotiation of terms."
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Why we strike: Bargaining as an expression of human cooperation | BPS
Dr Kristen Syme considers labour action, and draws parallels with family conflict…
www.bps.org.uk
October 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We have had so many great teach outs during the last two weeks of striking and this one turned into a published essay!
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Next week picket plans.
Note the change in some of the picket times!
Note the change in some of the picket times!
October 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Next week picket plans.
Note the change in some of the picket times!
Note the change in some of the picket times!
Staff and students came together early on a Friday morning to send us into negotiations. Our @leicesterucu.bsky.social community is amazing! Shame our managers were not willing to actually negotiate. At least they listened and they certainly heard the crowd behind us! The strike continues.
Heading to negotiations on day ten of our strike action.
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Staff and students came together early on a Friday morning to send us into negotiations. Our @leicesterucu.bsky.social community is amazing! Shame our managers were not willing to actually negotiate. At least they listened and they certainly heard the crowd behind us! The strike continues.
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Super proud of Kristen, her teach-out was definitely one of the highlights of these first two weeks of industrial action.
Why we strike: Bargaining as an expression of human cooperation | BPS
Dr Kristen Syme considers labour action, and draws parallels with family conflict…
www.bps.org.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Super proud of Kristen, her teach-out was definitely one of the highlights of these first two weeks of industrial action.
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