LSE UCU
@lseucu.bsky.social
The London School of Economics branch of the University and College Union.
Website: lseucu.com
Website: lseucu.com
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Lancaster University UCU members have beaten back compulsory redundancies.
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Strikes suspended in Lancaster University staff job cuts row - BBC News
The university is trying to save £30m amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Lancaster University UCU members have beaten back compulsory redundancies.
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
After weeks of pressure management has agreed to halt all forced job cuts until July 2026.
This is a victory for jobs and every branch fighting cuts across the sector. We are the university.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Look at those graphs — then get your ballot in ASAP!
Next Wednesday is your LAST safe day to post, but don’t wait until then!
Next Wednesday is your LAST safe day to post, but don’t wait until then!
As we near the last safe day for ballot posting in the current national UCU ballot (get 'em in by Wed, preferably sooner), let's remember what we're fighting for. We'll start with the graphs we made last week. Decades of pay erosion has left many of us a full pay spine point below where we should be
And here we are! Literally every spine point is paying less in real terms than it was back in 2008. Spine point 5 (now replaced by the real living wage) is down by about 3.4%. By spine point 10, we're down over 10%. By spine point 23, over 20%, ultimately reaching a 22.1% reduction. 3/3
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Look at those graphs — then get your ballot in ASAP!
Next Wednesday is your LAST safe day to post, but don’t wait until then!
Next Wednesday is your LAST safe day to post, but don’t wait until then!
🚨 Reminder‼️
If you never received or have lost your ballot, SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER is the LAST day to request a replacement!
Here is the link to the ballot replacement form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Don’t delay! Get your replacement now & post your ballot immediately! #WeAreTheUniversity
If you never received or have lost your ballot, SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER is the LAST day to request a replacement!
Here is the link to the ballot replacement form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Don’t delay! Get your replacement now & post your ballot immediately! #WeAreTheUniversity
We are the University HE replacement ballot request / I've voted form
This form allows UCU higher education members to request a replacement ballot for the 2025 HE industrial action ballots, or to self-report that they have already voted.
yoursay.ucu.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🚨 Reminder‼️
If you never received or have lost your ballot, SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER is the LAST day to request a replacement!
Here is the link to the ballot replacement form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Don’t delay! Get your replacement now & post your ballot immediately! #WeAreTheUniversity
If you never received or have lost your ballot, SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER is the LAST day to request a replacement!
Here is the link to the ballot replacement form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Don’t delay! Get your replacement now & post your ballot immediately! #WeAreTheUniversity
It is Transgender Awareness Week.
Trans rights remain under attack in the UK.
Our branch believes that trans people are who they say they are, and trans rights are human rights!
Trans rights remain under attack in the UK.
Our branch believes that trans people are who they say they are, and trans rights are human rights!
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It is Transgender Awareness Week.
Trans rights remain under attack in the UK.
Our branch believes that trans people are who they say they are, and trans rights are human rights!
Trans rights remain under attack in the UK.
Our branch believes that trans people are who they say they are, and trans rights are human rights!
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We must stick together! Chat to your colleagues and vote YES!
Then tell us you’ve voted!
Then tell us you’ve voted!
No university is immune to the devastating trend sweeping the sector! Return your ballot to show Vice Chancellors that #WeAreTheUniversity!
Pickets across the country. A march through Leicester.
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We must stick together! Chat to your colleagues and vote YES!
Then tell us you’ve voted!
Then tell us you’ve voted!
No university is immune to the devastating trend sweeping the sector! Return your ballot to show Vice Chancellors that #WeAreTheUniversity!
Pickets across the country. A march through Leicester.
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
Hundreds of jobs on the line.
We’re not standing by while the sector burns.
We will continue to fight.
Congrats to all involved for yesterday!
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
No university is immune to the devastating trend sweeping the sector! Return your ballot to show Vice Chancellors that #WeAreTheUniversity!
🚨 You have 2 weeks from today to request a replacement ballot. 🗳️ Don’t wait - do it now if you still haven’t received yours!
If you have but have not returned it, do so now! Last safe day to post is 26th Nov! ✅
To those who’ve already voted - thank you! 🙏🏼
Let’s show managers #WeAreTheUniversity
If you have but have not returned it, do so now! Last safe day to post is 26th Nov! ✅
To those who’ve already voted - thank you! 🙏🏼
Let’s show managers #WeAreTheUniversity
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🚨 You have 2 weeks from today to request a replacement ballot. 🗳️ Don’t wait - do it now if you still haven’t received yours!
If you have but have not returned it, do so now! Last safe day to post is 26th Nov! ✅
To those who’ve already voted - thank you! 🙏🏼
Let’s show managers #WeAreTheUniversity
If you have but have not returned it, do so now! Last safe day to post is 26th Nov! ✅
To those who’ve already voted - thank you! 🙏🏼
Let’s show managers #WeAreTheUniversity
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YES! We love to see the solidarity from our LSE colleagues!
Let’s keep those votes pouring in!
Let’s keep those votes pouring in!
We were glad to welcome Jo Grady to our branch last week to fire up our members and get the vote out!
Remember to send your ballot in TODAY — and order a replacement if you haven’t received one yet!
#WeAreTheUniversity
Remember to send your ballot in TODAY — and order a replacement if you haven’t received one yet!
#WeAreTheUniversity
If you don’t vote YES, there’s no major pressure point.
✅ If you’ve voted - well done.
❌ If you haven’t - VCs see you as being on their side.
As Jo Grady said on last night’s live: we need every single vote to hit the legal threshold that’s how we win real change.
#VoteYES #WeAreTheUniversity
✅ If you’ve voted - well done.
❌ If you haven’t - VCs see you as being on their side.
As Jo Grady said on last night’s live: we need every single vote to hit the legal threshold that’s how we win real change.
#VoteYES #WeAreTheUniversity
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
YES! We love to see the solidarity from our LSE colleagues!
Let’s keep those votes pouring in!
Let’s keep those votes pouring in!
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🚨 Reminder to post your ballot! Don’t wait - drop it in the postbox today!
If you haven’t received yours, request a replacement ballot NOW: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
If you’ve already voted, let UCU know: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
#WeAreTheUniversity
If you haven’t received yours, request a replacement ballot NOW: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
If you’ve already voted, let UCU know: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
#WeAreTheUniversity
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨 Reminder to post your ballot! Don’t wait - drop it in the postbox today!
If you haven’t received yours, request a replacement ballot NOW: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
If you’ve already voted, let UCU know: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
#WeAreTheUniversity
If you haven’t received yours, request a replacement ballot NOW: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
If you’ve already voted, let UCU know: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
#WeAreTheUniversity
We were glad to welcome Jo Grady to our branch last week to fire up our members and get the vote out!
Remember to send your ballot in TODAY — and order a replacement if you haven’t received one yet!
#WeAreTheUniversity
Remember to send your ballot in TODAY — and order a replacement if you haven’t received one yet!
#WeAreTheUniversity
If you don’t vote YES, there’s no major pressure point.
✅ If you’ve voted - well done.
❌ If you haven’t - VCs see you as being on their side.
As Jo Grady said on last night’s live: we need every single vote to hit the legal threshold that’s how we win real change.
#VoteYES #WeAreTheUniversity
✅ If you’ve voted - well done.
❌ If you haven’t - VCs see you as being on their side.
As Jo Grady said on last night’s live: we need every single vote to hit the legal threshold that’s how we win real change.
#VoteYES #WeAreTheUniversity
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We were glad to welcome Jo Grady to our branch last week to fire up our members and get the vote out!
Remember to send your ballot in TODAY — and order a replacement if you haven’t received one yet!
#WeAreTheUniversity
Remember to send your ballot in TODAY — and order a replacement if you haven’t received one yet!
#WeAreTheUniversity
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🚨 GETTING THE VOTE OUT ACROSS THE UK! 🚨
This Thursday, join us LIVE as branches from every corner of the country share how they’re driving the YES vote home. 💪📮
🗓 Thursday 13 November, 7PM
📺 Watch on UCU X and YouTube
VOTE NOW. VOTE YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity #UCULive
This Thursday, join us LIVE as branches from every corner of the country share how they’re driving the YES vote home. 💪📮
🗓 Thursday 13 November, 7PM
📺 Watch on UCU X and YouTube
VOTE NOW. VOTE YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity #UCULive
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🚨 GETTING THE VOTE OUT ACROSS THE UK! 🚨
This Thursday, join us LIVE as branches from every corner of the country share how they’re driving the YES vote home. 💪📮
🗓 Thursday 13 November, 7PM
📺 Watch on UCU X and YouTube
VOTE NOW. VOTE YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity #UCULive
This Thursday, join us LIVE as branches from every corner of the country share how they’re driving the YES vote home. 💪📮
🗓 Thursday 13 November, 7PM
📺 Watch on UCU X and YouTube
VOTE NOW. VOTE YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity #UCULive
🚨 Reminder to post your ballot! Don’t wait - drop it in the postbox today!
If you haven’t received yours, request a replacement ballot NOW: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
If you’ve already voted, let UCU know: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
#WeAreTheUniversity
If you haven’t received yours, request a replacement ballot NOW: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
If you’ve already voted, let UCU know: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
#WeAreTheUniversity
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🚨 Reminder to post your ballot! Don’t wait - drop it in the postbox today!
If you haven’t received yours, request a replacement ballot NOW: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
If you’ve already voted, let UCU know: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
#WeAreTheUniversity
If you haven’t received yours, request a replacement ballot NOW: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
If you’ve already voted, let UCU know: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
#WeAreTheUniversity
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Hospital workers to receive thousands of pounds in back pay after strikes www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Hospital workers to receive thousands of pounds in back pay after strikes
It comes after a union said the staff have been working 'well above their salary band for years'
www.nottinghampost.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Hospital workers to receive thousands of pounds in back pay after strikes www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
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#UCU2025 congress has passed a motion to prepare to raise a formal dispute with the Education Secretary over the devastating funding crisis in higher education.
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
May 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#UCU2025 congress has passed a motion to prepare to raise a formal dispute with the Education Secretary over the devastating funding crisis in higher education.
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will.
#UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
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In £140m cuts, a £90m cut to staff is not only disproportionate, unfair and a failure to uphold the law on preventing redundancies, but could also seriously depress the University's income. Staff are sounding the alarm:
We will not stand for this!
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
We will not stand for this!
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Renewed call for Edinburgh University bosses to be grilled by MSPs on £140m cuts plan
A trade union letter cited the potentially ‘devastating’ impact of the cuts
www.scotsman.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In £140m cuts, a £90m cut to staff is not only disproportionate, unfair and a failure to uphold the law on preventing redundancies, but could also seriously depress the University's income. Staff are sounding the alarm:
We will not stand for this!
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
We will not stand for this!
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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Post that ballot!
June 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Post that ballot!
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Now, more than ever, it is important to: JOIN A UNION!
June 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Now, more than ever, it is important to: JOIN A UNION!
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📣It is our firm stance that protecting students and staff at UEA requires us to fight compulsory redundancies with every tool we have.
🥰We've had a fantastic turnout on the picket line this week and are so grateful to everyone who has supported us.
🚩Together we can #SaveUEA
🥰We've had a fantastic turnout on the picket line this week and are so grateful to everyone who has supported us.
🚩Together we can #SaveUEA
May 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📣It is our firm stance that protecting students and staff at UEA requires us to fight compulsory redundancies with every tool we have.
🥰We've had a fantastic turnout on the picket line this week and are so grateful to everyone who has supported us.
🚩Together we can #SaveUEA
🥰We've had a fantastic turnout on the picket line this week and are so grateful to everyone who has supported us.
🚩Together we can #SaveUEA
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The idea you can cut your way to profitability is baffling - says UCU @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.heraldscotland.com/news/2517000...
Edinburgh University could cut 1750 staff jobs, claims union
Edinburgh University staff have claimed that bosses at the institution, who say they are wrestling with a financial crisis, could cut 1750 jobs.
www.heraldscotland.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The idea you can cut your way to profitability is baffling - says UCU @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social #StopTheCuts #SaveHE www.heraldscotland.com/news/2517000...
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There is power in coming together and acting as a collective in moments of crisis, and we need to act together to support all our colleagues who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy.
Join us on the picket this Weds 26th. #SaveUEA
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-sta... @ucu.org.uk
Join us on the picket this Weds 26th. #SaveUEA
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-sta... @ucu.org.uk
UEA staff to strike over plans to cut more than 150 jobs
Union branch at redundancy-hit institution to stage one-day walkout
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
There is power in coming together and acting as a collective in moments of crisis, and we need to act together to support all our colleagues who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy.
Join us on the picket this Weds 26th. #SaveUEA
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-sta... @ucu.org.uk
Join us on the picket this Weds 26th. #SaveUEA
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uea-sta... @ucu.org.uk
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We are out picketing this week to fight the threat of redundancies. Come find us on the picket line Monday, Wednesday and Friday!
March 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We are out picketing this week to fight the threat of redundancies. Come find us on the picket line Monday, Wednesday and Friday!
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UCU - University of Bradford staff back strike action over 300 job cull www.ucu.org.uk/article/1394...
University of Bradford staff back strike action over 300 job cull
University of Bradford staff have overwhelmingly backed strike action in a consultative ballot over plans to axe at least 300 jobs in a programme of cuts that will see chemistry and film & television ...
www.ucu.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
UCU - University of Bradford staff back strike action over 300 job cull www.ucu.org.uk/article/1394...
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Up and at it early today!
Plan is to be back on the line later this week and next.
Strike fund here:
www.pcs.org.uk/donate
Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎
@tuc.org.uk @muel73.bsky.social @lgsmigrants.bsky.social @protestfamily.com
@weshallovercome1.bsky.social
Plan is to be back on the line later this week and next.
Strike fund here:
www.pcs.org.uk/donate
Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎
@tuc.org.uk @muel73.bsky.social @lgsmigrants.bsky.social @protestfamily.com
@weshallovercome1.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Up and at it early today!
Plan is to be back on the line later this week and next.
Strike fund here:
www.pcs.org.uk/donate
Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎
@tuc.org.uk @muel73.bsky.social @lgsmigrants.bsky.social @protestfamily.com
@weshallovercome1.bsky.social
Plan is to be back on the line later this week and next.
Strike fund here:
www.pcs.org.uk/donate
Solidarity! That’ll work 😎✊😎
@tuc.org.uk @muel73.bsky.social @lgsmigrants.bsky.social @protestfamily.com
@weshallovercome1.bsky.social
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UCU - Industrial action warning over cuts at Edinburgh University www.ucu.org.uk/article/1395...
Industrial action warning over cuts at Edinburgh University
The University and College Union (UCU) Scotland today (Monday) warned the principal of the University of Edinburgh that strikes and other forms of industrial action are a real possibility if senior ma...
www.ucu.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UCU - Industrial action warning over cuts at Edinburgh University www.ucu.org.uk/article/1395...
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Kingston University's world-leading philosophy centre faces closure as management announces plans to shut entire humanities department.
We stand with our Kingston University branch & condemn the “barrage of closures to courses and entire departments”
We must #STOPtheCuts
We stand with our Kingston University branch & condemn the “barrage of closures to courses and entire departments”
We must #STOPtheCuts
Kingston axes philosophy centre in humanities department shutdown
Staff and students fight to save famed unit, transferred from Middlesex University in 2010
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Kingston University's world-leading philosophy centre faces closure as management announces plans to shut entire humanities department.
We stand with our Kingston University branch & condemn the “barrage of closures to courses and entire departments”
We must #STOPtheCuts
We stand with our Kingston University branch & condemn the “barrage of closures to courses and entire departments”
We must #STOPtheCuts