Goldsmiths UCU
@goldsmithsucu.bsky.social
Trade union for academic/related staff at Goldsmiths, University of London
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UCU NATIONAL BALLOT: WHY VOTE YES/YES - Goldsmiths University and College Union
On Monday, 20 October, UCU and other unions in higher education launched a national dispute against the employers’ association (UCEA). Let us be clear: we do not believe that the ...
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UCU NATIONAL BALLOT ⚠️
These are all the important dates you need to keep in mind:
🗳️ Ballot open: Mon 20 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025
📮 Post vote by: Wed 26 Nov
🔁 Replacement ballots: 27 Oct – 23 Nov
🕔 Register/update membership by 20 Nov, 5pm
For info on the dispute: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
These are all the important dates you need to keep in mind:
🗳️ Ballot open: Mon 20 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025
📮 Post vote by: Wed 26 Nov
🔁 Replacement ballots: 27 Oct – 23 Nov
🕔 Register/update membership by 20 Nov, 5pm
For info on the dispute: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
This Wed (12/11) the first Campus Connect since Frances Corner’s removal will take place — something might be moving, and we must be prepared. Make sure you’re signed up and in the room!
Then join us for:
🕓 Branch meeting: 4–5PM (in-person)
🎉 Branch social at the SU: 6PM onwards
Room details in📧
Then join us for:
🕓 Branch meeting: 4–5PM (in-person)
🎉 Branch social at the SU: 6PM onwards
Room details in📧
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This Wed (12/11) the first Campus Connect since Frances Corner’s removal will take place — something might be moving, and we must be prepared. Make sure you’re signed up and in the room!
Then join us for:
🕓 Branch meeting: 4–5PM (in-person)
🎉 Branch social at the SU: 6PM onwards
Room details in📧
Then join us for:
🕓 Branch meeting: 4–5PM (in-person)
🎉 Branch social at the SU: 6PM onwards
Room details in📧
Have you voted yet? Window to request a ballot replacement closes on 23/11, and ballot ends on 26/11. Useful links and timeline here: www.ucu.org.uk/WeAreTheUniv...
Don't wait for the last minute, and post your ballot 📩💗
Don't wait for the last minute, and post your ballot 📩💗
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Have you voted yet? Window to request a ballot replacement closes on 23/11, and ballot ends on 26/11. Useful links and timeline here: www.ucu.org.uk/WeAreTheUniv...
Don't wait for the last minute, and post your ballot 📩💗
Don't wait for the last minute, and post your ballot 📩💗
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Managers cite concern for students in everything they do, but never actually prioritise student opinion or voices in any of their decision making. They do irreparable harm to student courses and turn around to staff and ask: ‘right: how can we improve student satisfaction and recruitment?’
We've had 2 massive mergers in 2 years. In both cases, QMUL refused to hear students (staff was told not to talk about it with students for fear of repercussions), and *after* both of them, management said 'our bad, we'll talk to students next time'.
#UKHE managers don't prioritise students.
#UKHE managers don't prioritise students.
Did @uniofnottingham.bsky.social consult any students before announcing the proposed course closures? @uonucu.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Managers cite concern for students in everything they do, but never actually prioritise student opinion or voices in any of their decision making. They do irreparable harm to student courses and turn around to staff and ask: ‘right: how can we improve student satisfaction and recruitment?’
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Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially.
Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut.
But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now.
Short 🧵
Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut.
But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now.
Short 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Being disabled shouldn’t mean you’re on a lower wage, or that you’re afraid to ask for support at work because it could hit you financially.
Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut.
But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now.
Short 🧵
Having a reasonable adjustment should never lead to a pay cut.
But this is what’s happening to some UCU staff right now.
Short 🧵
Not sure how to talk to your colleagues about the UCU national ballot? Here’s our top 3 reasons to vote YES/YES:
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Not sure how to talk to your colleagues about the UCU national ballot? Here’s our top 3 reasons to vote YES/YES:
GUCU events this term 💥 Info session for members + quiz night (12/11), workload (19/11) & equalities drop-in (26/11), and a solidarity film screening (21/11)!
📧 Check your emails for room details & Zoom links. #GoldsmithsUCU
📧 Check your emails for room details & Zoom links. #GoldsmithsUCU
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
GUCU events this term 💥 Info session for members + quiz night (12/11), workload (19/11) & equalities drop-in (26/11), and a solidarity film screening (21/11)!
📧 Check your emails for room details & Zoom links. #GoldsmithsUCU
📧 Check your emails for room details & Zoom links. #GoldsmithsUCU
Need a replacement ballot? You can request one now through November 23. Don’t wait too long—make sure your vote counts! Last safe date to cast your ballot is November 26.
yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
UCU Rising replacement ballot request / I've voted form
This form allows UCU higher education members to request a replacement ballot for the UCU Rising industrial action ballots, or to self-report that they have already voted.
yoursay.ucu.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Need a replacement ballot? You can request one now through November 23. Don’t wait too long—make sure your vote counts! Last safe date to cast your ballot is November 26.
yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
UCU NATIONAL BALLOT ⚠️
These are all the important dates you need to keep in mind:
🗳️ Ballot open: Mon 20 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025
📮 Post vote by: Wed 26 Nov
🔁 Replacement ballots: 27 Oct – 23 Nov
🕔 Register/update membership by 20 Nov, 5pm
For info on the dispute: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
These are all the important dates you need to keep in mind:
🗳️ Ballot open: Mon 20 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025
📮 Post vote by: Wed 26 Nov
🔁 Replacement ballots: 27 Oct – 23 Nov
🕔 Register/update membership by 20 Nov, 5pm
For info on the dispute: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
UCU NATIONAL BALLOT: WHY VOTE YES/YES - Goldsmiths University and College Union
On Monday, 20 October, UCU and other unions in higher education launched a national dispute against the employers’ association (UCEA). Let us be clear: we do not believe that the ...
goldsmithsucu.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
UCU NATIONAL BALLOT ⚠️
These are all the important dates you need to keep in mind:
🗳️ Ballot open: Mon 20 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025
📮 Post vote by: Wed 26 Nov
🔁 Replacement ballots: 27 Oct – 23 Nov
🕔 Register/update membership by 20 Nov, 5pm
For info on the dispute: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
These are all the important dates you need to keep in mind:
🗳️ Ballot open: Mon 20 Oct – Fri 28 Nov 2025
📮 Post vote by: Wed 26 Nov
🔁 Replacement ballots: 27 Oct – 23 Nov
🕔 Register/update membership by 20 Nov, 5pm
For info on the dispute: goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
@ucu.org.uk & other HE unions have launched a national dispute against @ucea-leadership.bsky.social . Let us be clear: current demands won’t fix the root crisis — our broken funding model — but this ballot is a step toward a Trade Dispute. Here's why we vote YESx2:
goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
UCU NATIONAL BALLOT: WHY VOTE YES/YES - Goldsmiths University and College Union
On Monday, 20 October, UCU and other unions in higher education launched a national dispute against the employers’ association (UCEA). Let us be clear: we do not believe that the ...
goldsmithsucu.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
@ucu.org.uk & other HE unions have launched a national dispute against @ucea-leadership.bsky.social . Let us be clear: current demands won’t fix the root crisis — our broken funding model — but this ballot is a step toward a Trade Dispute. Here's why we vote YESx2:
goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
goldsmithsucu.org/2025/10/22/u...
THIS WED 💪 Challenging Overwork — open meeting
Workloads out of control? You’re not alone. Come share your experience and learn about the tools we’re developing to challenge unsafe workloads collectively.
📅 Wed 22 Oct
🕒 3–4pm
📍room in 📩
A day to share & organise ✊
Workloads out of control? You’re not alone. Come share your experience and learn about the tools we’re developing to challenge unsafe workloads collectively.
📅 Wed 22 Oct
🕒 3–4pm
📍room in 📩
A day to share & organise ✊
October 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
THIS WED 💪 Challenging Overwork — open meeting
Workloads out of control? You’re not alone. Come share your experience and learn about the tools we’re developing to challenge unsafe workloads collectively.
📅 Wed 22 Oct
🕒 3–4pm
📍room in 📩
A day to share & organise ✊
Workloads out of control? You’re not alone. Come share your experience and learn about the tools we’re developing to challenge unsafe workloads collectively.
📅 Wed 22 Oct
🕒 3–4pm
📍room in 📩
A day to share & organise ✊
🚨UPDATE: We are delighted to welcome more scholars from Palestine to Goldsmiths. Our branch is committed to supporting them in every way possible. If you’re able, please consider donating to our fundraiser and sharing it widely🍉 chuffed.org/project/1496...
Support Incoming Goldsmiths Students from Gaza
Update (October 2025):
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October 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🚨UPDATE: We are delighted to welcome more scholars from Palestine to Goldsmiths. Our branch is committed to supporting them in every way possible. If you’re able, please consider donating to our fundraiser and sharing it widely🍉 chuffed.org/project/1496...
🚨Today we passed a motion asking for red lines for the 25/26 HE dispute:
✊ Moratorium on redundancies & course closures
✊ Enforce national agreements & fair pay for all
✊ Sector-wide 35-hrs week, no pay loss
We want to win this dispute on our terms!
bit.ly/4nIKgQF
✊ Moratorium on redundancies & course closures
✊ Enforce national agreements & fair pay for all
✊ Sector-wide 35-hrs week, no pay loss
We want to win this dispute on our terms!
bit.ly/4nIKgQF
Motion on 'red lines' for 26/25 HE joint dispute - Goldsmiths University and College Union
This motion was passed at the branch meeting on 13/10/2025. Please find the full text below: 2025-26 HE Joint Union Pay Dispute – Red Lines Motion This branch notes: This ...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🚨Today we passed a motion asking for red lines for the 25/26 HE dispute:
✊ Moratorium on redundancies & course closures
✊ Enforce national agreements & fair pay for all
✊ Sector-wide 35-hrs week, no pay loss
We want to win this dispute on our terms!
bit.ly/4nIKgQF
✊ Moratorium on redundancies & course closures
✊ Enforce national agreements & fair pay for all
✊ Sector-wide 35-hrs week, no pay loss
We want to win this dispute on our terms!
bit.ly/4nIKgQF
Here's our October event calendar. Please check your email for room details and zoom links ;)
October 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Here's our October event calendar. Please check your email for room details and zoom links ;)
Join us on Wed 08/10 (3-4PM) for an in person meeting to discuss the upcoming national ballot, and how it fits in the strategy for a trade dispute for a just and sustainable funding model.
No more fixes. What we urgently need is a real solution to the structural crisis in HE.
No more fixes. What we urgently need is a real solution to the structural crisis in HE.
October 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Join us on Wed 08/10 (3-4PM) for an in person meeting to discuss the upcoming national ballot, and how it fits in the strategy for a trade dispute for a just and sustainable funding model.
No more fixes. What we urgently need is a real solution to the structural crisis in HE.
No more fixes. What we urgently need is a real solution to the structural crisis in HE.
Today, our branch passed a motion in solidarity with @leicesterucu.bsky.social, donating £500 to their strike fund as they fight redundancies. When so many of our branches are under attack, cross-branch solidarity is key 🫂https://goldsmithsucu.org/2025/09/29/solidarity-motion-with-leicester-ucu/
Solidarity motion with Leicester UCU - Goldsmiths University and College Union
This motion was passed at our branch meeting on 29/09/2025. Full text below: Solidarity motion with Leicester UCU branch This branch notes that: This branch believes that: This branch resolves ...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today, our branch passed a motion in solidarity with @leicesterucu.bsky.social, donating £500 to their strike fund as they fight redundancies. When so many of our branches are under attack, cross-branch solidarity is key 🫂https://goldsmithsucu.org/2025/09/29/solidarity-motion-with-leicester-ucu/
Our branch STRONGLY condemns UCU’s use of punitive pay deductions—a union-busting tactic denounced by our very conference!—against its own staff. We stand with @uniteucu.bsky.social and call on national leadership to act with dignity and negotiate in good faith. goldsmithsucu.org/2025/09/29/m...
Motion in support of Unite UCU and against punitive pay deductions - Goldsmiths University and College Union
This motion was passed at our branch meeting on 29/09/2025. Full text below: Branch Motion in support of Unite UCU and against punitive pay deductions This branch notes that: This ...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Our branch STRONGLY condemns UCU’s use of punitive pay deductions—a union-busting tactic denounced by our very conference!—against its own staff. We stand with @uniteucu.bsky.social and call on national leadership to act with dignity and negotiate in good faith. goldsmithsucu.org/2025/09/29/m...
With the UNHRC declaring Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide, today we passed a motion calling on the UK government to open evacuation routes for Gazan students with UK university offers, and to stop subjecting them to extraordinarily harsh visa rules. goldsmithsucu.org/2025/09/29/m...
Motion calling for UKVI to evacuate all Palestinian offer holders who meet UKVI requirements - Goldsmiths University and College Union
This motion was passed at our branch meeting on 29/09/2025. Full text below: Motion calling for UKVI to evacuate all Palestinian offer holders who meet UKVI requirements This branch notes ...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
With the UNHRC declaring Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide, today we passed a motion calling on the UK government to open evacuation routes for Gazan students with UK university offers, and to stop subjecting them to extraordinarily harsh visa rules. goldsmithsucu.org/2025/09/29/m...
Today we passed a motion donating £500 to UCL cleaners’ strike fund (w @iwgbunion.bsky.social ) as they fight mass redundancies threatened by UCL & Sodexo. Cross-union solidarity is our best defence against attacks on our working conditions! goldsmithsucu.org/2025/09/29/m...
Motion in solidarity with UCL cleaners fighting redundancies - Goldsmiths University and College Union
This motion was passed at our branch meeting on 29/09/2025. Full text below: Solidarity with UCL Cleaners Fighting Redundancies This Branch Notes: This Branch Believes: This Branch Resolves: To publi...
goldsmithsucu.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today we passed a motion donating £500 to UCL cleaners’ strike fund (w @iwgbunion.bsky.social ) as they fight mass redundancies threatened by UCL & Sodexo. Cross-union solidarity is our best defence against attacks on our working conditions! goldsmithsucu.org/2025/09/29/m...
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Day two of picketing today! We will once again be at the north, west, and south entrances of UP and the Derby rd entrance of Jubilee campus from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
Come show your support, stand in solidarity, and learn all about what and why we are fighting!
#StopTheCuts
Come show your support, stand in solidarity, and learn all about what and why we are fighting!
#StopTheCuts
September 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Day two of picketing today! We will once again be at the north, west, and south entrances of UP and the Derby rd entrance of Jubilee campus from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
Come show your support, stand in solidarity, and learn all about what and why we are fighting!
#StopTheCuts
Come show your support, stand in solidarity, and learn all about what and why we are fighting!
#StopTheCuts
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Absolutely insulting that our own union is trying the dirties trick to get workers to declare participation in order to deduct 100% of their wages for Action Short of Strike.
Thanks for making it 100 times harder to challenge that if and when university managers implement those tricks.
Thanks for making it 100 times harder to challenge that if and when university managers implement those tricks.
September 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Absolutely insulting that our own union is trying the dirties trick to get workers to declare participation in order to deduct 100% of their wages for Action Short of Strike.
Thanks for making it 100 times harder to challenge that if and when university managers implement those tricks.
Thanks for making it 100 times harder to challenge that if and when university managers implement those tricks.
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We need more in-depth reporting on UK university finances like this. Research , research funding and their relation to teaching and teaching funding could do with a similar level of detail. Here's a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/3ImSMWa
The shadow economy behind the international student boom
A lucrative revenue stream for universities has led to an industry of unregulated agents now under scrutiny for making lofty promises
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September 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
We need more in-depth reporting on UK university finances like this. Research , research funding and their relation to teaching and teaching funding could do with a similar level of detail. Here's a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers: on.ft.com/3ImSMWa
Who’d have thought that UCU senior management would look at the punitive strategies used by university management in local disputes and think, 'Ah, that’s a brillitant way to attempt some strike-breaking'?
Do you want to know how UCU senior management has responded to UCU branches calling on them to remove their threat of deductions? This is how.
How would you react?
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u...
How would you react?
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u...
September 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Who’d have thought that UCU senior management would look at the punitive strategies used by university management in local disputes and think, 'Ah, that’s a brillitant way to attempt some strike-breaking'?
Thanks to everyone who’s already donated to our fundraisers for incoming Palestinian students from Gaza! We’re halfway to our goal in just a few days. Reposting the links in this thread for anyone who had trouble accessing them. 🍉🍉🍉
September 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Thanks to everyone who’s already donated to our fundraisers for incoming Palestinian students from Gaza! We’re halfway to our goal in just a few days. Reposting the links in this thread for anyone who had trouble accessing them. 🍉🍉🍉
🆘🍉 As the genocide continues, a small number of Palestinian students will evacuate the Gaza Strip for the UK, including four due to join us at Goldsmiths for a.a. 25/26. Israeli authorities are forcing them to leave all they have behind, and they need our practical solidarity. Please donate!
September 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🆘🍉 As the genocide continues, a small number of Palestinian students will evacuate the Gaza Strip for the UK, including four due to join us at Goldsmiths for a.a. 25/26. Israeli authorities are forcing them to leave all they have behind, and they need our practical solidarity. Please donate!
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Powerful statement from BLM UK on the rise of Britain’s far right and Saturday’s march, including notice of an important public meeting on 28 October
ukblm.org/news/defeat-...
ukblm.org/news/defeat-...
ukblm.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Powerful statement from BLM UK on the rise of Britain’s far right and Saturday’s march, including notice of an important public meeting on 28 October
ukblm.org/news/defeat-...
ukblm.org/news/defeat-...