Loes
@loenave.bsky.social
Northeast England based SL Heritage Studies - Caring for future worlds.
#freepalestine #solidarity
#freepalestine #solidarity
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Solidairy pickets join us all!
May 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Solidairy pickets join us all!
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£274M. This they proudly present, at the same time they are making 38 people compulsory redundant…. To save £3.8M
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Newcastle Uni's £274m Castle Leazes halls set for approval
Planners are set to approve Newcastle University's plans on Friday despite concerns from residents.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
£274M. This they proudly present, at the same time they are making 38 people compulsory redundant…. To save £3.8M
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Estates not education
£274M. This they proudly present, at the same time they are making 38 people compulsory redundant…. To save £3.8M
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Newcastle Uni's £274m Castle Leazes halls set for approval
Planners are set to approve Newcastle University's plans on Friday despite concerns from residents.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Estates not education
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Open letter to Bridget Phillipson from @newcastleucu.bsky.social + UCU Northern Region. Sign and share widely. @ducu.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Open Letter: Save Higher Education – A Call for Urgent Action Higher Education is in Crisis
docs.google.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Open letter to Bridget Phillipson from @newcastleucu.bsky.social + UCU Northern Region. Sign and share widely. @ducu.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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It’s the final day we can send in our ballot @newcastleucu.bsky.social to be in a position to collectively decide how what action we take in the face of proposed redundancies and changes that would transform the university for staff and students. Don’t stick your head in the sand!
February 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It’s the final day we can send in our ballot @newcastleucu.bsky.social to be in a position to collectively decide how what action we take in the face of proposed redundancies and changes that would transform the university for staff and students. Don’t stick your head in the sand!
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On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science.
The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people.
The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people.
The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
February 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science.
The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people.
The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people.
The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
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But members are angry! As @ucu.org.uk estimated (in 2022) staff pay had fallen by 25.5% in real terms since 2009 (probably higher now?). Yet, number of people on the highest pay, over £100.000, and who are not on ucu-negotiated pay scales, is skyrocketing www.ucu.org.uk/article/1212...
Strike action escalates with staff at 24 more universities joining UK-wide walkout
Strike action at UK universities spread to 68 institutions today as staff blamed bosses for failing to make improved offers on pensions and pay & working conditions.
www.ucu.org.uk
February 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
But members are angry! As @ucu.org.uk estimated (in 2022) staff pay had fallen by 25.5% in real terms since 2009 (probably higher now?). Yet, number of people on the highest pay, over £100.000, and who are not on ucu-negotiated pay scales, is skyrocketing www.ucu.org.uk/article/1212...
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Oh, yes, we know this is not what is going to save Higher Education. See ALL of our other posts, and for example this open letter docs.google.com/document/d/e...
February 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Oh, yes, we know this is not what is going to save Higher Education. See ALL of our other posts, and for example this open letter docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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A Palestinian child has been killed and two other people wounded in an Israeli drone attack on eastern Jenin as the Israeli military's deadly armed raids continued across the occupied West Bank aje.io/d7sunb
February 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A Palestinian child has been killed and two other people wounded in an Israeli drone attack on eastern Jenin as the Israeli military's deadly armed raids continued across the occupied West Bank aje.io/d7sunb
aje.io/v4l538 so little reporting on this, massive student movement
Thousands protest in Serbia to mark three months since deadly roof collapse
Tens of thousands march in Novi Sad, blocking roads and bridges in protest against government corruption.
aje.io
February 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
aje.io/v4l538 so little reporting on this, massive student movement
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The crisis in Higher Education is biting hard. Thousands are at risk of losing their jobs across the sector. Please sign and share this open letter calling on the Secretary of State for Education to act.
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
Open Letter: Save Higher Education – A Call for Urgent Action Higher Education is in Crisis
docs.google.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The crisis in Higher Education is biting hard. Thousands are at risk of losing their jobs across the sector. Please sign and share this open letter calling on the Secretary of State for Education to act.
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"This is not an isolated problem. It is a nationwide crisis."
Thank you for taking the initiative on this letter, @newcastleucu.bsky.social! And an excellent letter it is too, clear and referenced.
Please everyone who cares about higher education and research, co-sign. #UKHE
Thank you for taking the initiative on this letter, @newcastleucu.bsky.social! And an excellent letter it is too, clear and referenced.
Please everyone who cares about higher education and research, co-sign. #UKHE
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
Open Letter: Save Higher Education – A Call for Urgent Action Higher Education is in Crisis
docs.google.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"This is not an isolated problem. It is a nationwide crisis."
Thank you for taking the initiative on this letter, @newcastleucu.bsky.social! And an excellent letter it is too, clear and referenced.
Please everyone who cares about higher education and research, co-sign. #UKHE
Thank you for taking the initiative on this letter, @newcastleucu.bsky.social! And an excellent letter it is too, clear and referenced.
Please everyone who cares about higher education and research, co-sign. #UKHE
Pretty terrifying stuff this www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will bird flu spark a human pandemic? Scientists say the risk is rising
H5N1 is adapting to new mammalian hosts, raising the possibility of the virus spreading between humans.
www.nature.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Pretty terrifying stuff this www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
Open Letter: Save Higher Education – A Call for Urgent Action Higher Education is in Crisis
docs.google.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
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Minimum annual cost of senior management at Newcastle University is £23.8 m
143*100000+52*130000+15*160000+190000*2 = 23.8 million (data from Newcastle UCU)
In many Unis, annual deficit is comparable to senior management pay bill
Newcastle Uni say they want savings of £20 m in staff costs 😉
143*100000+52*130000+15*160000+190000*2 = 23.8 million (data from Newcastle UCU)
In many Unis, annual deficit is comparable to senior management pay bill
Newcastle Uni say they want savings of £20 m in staff costs 😉
January 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Minimum annual cost of senior management at Newcastle University is £23.8 m
143*100000+52*130000+15*160000+190000*2 = 23.8 million (data from Newcastle UCU)
In many Unis, annual deficit is comparable to senior management pay bill
Newcastle Uni say they want savings of £20 m in staff costs 😉
143*100000+52*130000+15*160000+190000*2 = 23.8 million (data from Newcastle UCU)
In many Unis, annual deficit is comparable to senior management pay bill
Newcastle Uni say they want savings of £20 m in staff costs 😉
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A government needs to invest in education, in the future of people, in our young people, in people who want to deepen or broaden their knowledge and skills. The system is so clearly underfunded and broken. Fix it!
🚨Our preliminary ballot on pay and funding opens 1 March!
The government’s unfunded 2.8% pay offer isn’t good enough.
Without extra funding schools will face impossible choices: cut staff, resources, or both.
Let’s send a clear message to the government to #FundFairPay. 🔗 buff.ly/4jnuBod
The government’s unfunded 2.8% pay offer isn’t good enough.
Without extra funding schools will face impossible choices: cut staff, resources, or both.
Let’s send a clear message to the government to #FundFairPay. 🔗 buff.ly/4jnuBod
January 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A government needs to invest in education, in the future of people, in our young people, in people who want to deepen or broaden their knowledge and skills. The system is so clearly underfunded and broken. Fix it!
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Newcastle University announcing 300 FTE redundancies. Come to the EGM Wed 1pm, and as we saw this coming, our ballot opened Monday - vote as soon as it arrives (by post). We will be fighting this, and join forces with the other two campus unions UNITE and UNISON
www.ucu.org.uk/article/13809
www.ucu.org.uk/article/13809
Strike ballot to open at Newcastle University over the impact of £35m cuts
Over 1,000 UCU members will be balloted for strike action at Newcastle University later this month over £35m in cuts management is slashing from the university's budget.
www.ucu.org.uk
January 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Newcastle University announcing 300 FTE redundancies. Come to the EGM Wed 1pm, and as we saw this coming, our ballot opened Monday - vote as soon as it arrives (by post). We will be fighting this, and join forces with the other two campus unions UNITE and UNISON
www.ucu.org.uk/article/13809
www.ucu.org.uk/article/13809
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£715 Million was spent on the failed Rwanda deportation scheme. £715 Million could have been spent on children living in poverty in the UK or community projects or genuine reparations. As much as I detest Rwanda's participation, I will salute them not giving back any coins.
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 3, 2024 at 9:09 AM
£715 Million was spent on the failed Rwanda deportation scheme. £715 Million could have been spent on children living in poverty in the UK or community projects or genuine reparations. As much as I detest Rwanda's participation, I will salute them not giving back any coins.
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Israel violating Lebanon ceasefire agreement with dozens of strikes on south - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-fires-deadly-strikes-south-lebanon-apparent-breach-ceasefire-agreement
Israel violating Lebanon ceasefire agreement with dozens of strikes on south
Lebanese officials are pursuing diplomatic efforts to 'stop Israeli violations'
www.middleeasteye.net
December 3, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Israel violating Lebanon ceasefire agreement with dozens of strikes on south - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-fires-deadly-strikes-south-lebanon-apparent-breach-ceasefire-agreement
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The idea of conducting Research Excellence and Teaching Excellence Frameworks in these conditions (as well as National Student Survey) is a bit ridiculous really. Loads of the depts and schools they're covering won't even exist in two or three years.
There's no doubt whatsoever that British Higher Ed is in headlong retreat. All the stuff Ministers talk about - Widening Participation, more intense teaching, local links, regional growth - is Potemkin Village fantasy. It just won't and can't happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sussex University: Hundreds of jobs up for voluntary redundancy
After other cost-saving measures, the vice-chancellor has launched a voluntary redundancy scheme.
www.google.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:45 PM
The idea of conducting Research Excellence and Teaching Excellence Frameworks in these conditions (as well as National Student Survey) is a bit ridiculous really. Loads of the depts and schools they're covering won't even exist in two or three years.
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Top Dutch court advised to uphold export ban of F-35 components to Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dutch-top-court-advised-uphold-export-ban-f-35-components-israel
Top Dutch court advised to uphold export ban of F-35 components to Israel
Supreme Court's advocate general rejects all objections posed by Dutch government over F-35 export ban ordered in February
www.middleeasteye.net
December 2, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Top Dutch court advised to uphold export ban of F-35 components to Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dutch-top-court-advised-uphold-export-ban-f-35-components-israel
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Another Saturday, another 70 parcels packed and dispatched, by our members, to our members! This is just one of the many ways in which we work together & support one another #SolidarityNotCharity
December 1, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Another Saturday, another 70 parcels packed and dispatched, by our members, to our members! This is just one of the many ways in which we work together & support one another #SolidarityNotCharity
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Cambridge students renew pro-Palestine protests, call for arms deals review - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/cambridge-students-renew-pro-palestine-protests-call-arms-deals-review
Cambridge students renew pro-Palestine protests, call for arms deals review
This marks the first escalation since the university said over the summer that it would review its ties to arms deals
www.middleeasteye.net
November 24, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Cambridge students renew pro-Palestine protests, call for arms deals review - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/cambridge-students-renew-pro-palestine-protests-call-arms-deals-review