Nadine Zubair
@nadinezubair.bsky.social
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UCU - Labour's attempt to "outflank Reform" on international students "political suicide", says UCU www.ucu.org.uk/article/1415...
Labour's attempt to "outflank Reform" on international students "political suicide", says UCU
Responding to the Secretary of State for the Home Office's announcement that international students will receive texts warning them against claiming asylum, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said:
www.ucu.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
UCU - Labour's attempt to "outflank Reform" on international students "political suicide", says UCU www.ucu.org.uk/article/1415...
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Plans to cut mental health courses at the University of East Anglia have been criticised as “short-sighted” and a “dereliction of civic responsibility”.
More on the proposed Clinical Psychology course closures at UEA via @timeshighered.bsky.social - www.timeshighereducation.com/news/closure...
More on the proposed Clinical Psychology course closures at UEA via @timeshighered.bsky.social - www.timeshighereducation.com/news/closure...
Closure of UEA mental health courses ‘deeply concerning’
University says NHS and apprenticeship changes make programmes ‘no longer viable’ but union calls move a ‘dereliction of civic responsibility’
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Plans to cut mental health courses at the University of East Anglia have been criticised as “short-sighted” and a “dereliction of civic responsibility”.
More on the proposed Clinical Psychology course closures at UEA via @timeshighered.bsky.social - www.timeshighereducation.com/news/closure...
More on the proposed Clinical Psychology course closures at UEA via @timeshighered.bsky.social - www.timeshighereducation.com/news/closure...
The outward ripples of the unchecked job cuts across Higher Ed in the UK this year that the govt has allowed to happen.
I wonder how many jobs have been lost in UK universities over the year. (Edinburgh Uni alone is looking to shed approx 2,000 jobs). I genuinely wonder whether over 2 year there will have been 40,000 jobs lost across HE sector via early retirement, redundancy, limited tutor roles & non-replacement
July 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The outward ripples of the unchecked job cuts across Higher Ed in the UK this year that the govt has allowed to happen.
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BREAKING: University of East Anglia plans to axe THREE vital mental health training programmes, putting 19 jobs at risk. These programmes train frontline NHS mental health workers who work directly with vulnerable patients.
July 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
BREAKING: University of East Anglia plans to axe THREE vital mental health training programmes, putting 19 jobs at risk. These programmes train frontline NHS mental health workers who work directly with vulnerable patients.
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UEA: the clearest case of ‘you can’t cut yourself to success’.
Sort this out, government. It is on you, as you are the only ones who can put an end to the spirals of absurd recruitment projections, tinkering with entry requirements, and taking out megalomaniac loans-with-harmful-covenants. #UKHE
Sort this out, government. It is on you, as you are the only ones who can put an end to the spirals of absurd recruitment projections, tinkering with entry requirements, and taking out megalomaniac loans-with-harmful-covenants. #UKHE
Add UEA to the list for the third time. The latest cuts are in clinical psychology affecting ~18 staff who train mental health professionals.
Shocking & short-sighted the cuts will be devastating for staff, students and for the region too.
@uea-ucu.bsky.social is fighting to save these jobs. ✊
Shocking & short-sighted the cuts will be devastating for staff, students and for the region too.
@uea-ucu.bsky.social is fighting to save these jobs. ✊
New redundancies in Higher Education at:
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.
July 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
UEA: the clearest case of ‘you can’t cut yourself to success’.
Sort this out, government. It is on you, as you are the only ones who can put an end to the spirals of absurd recruitment projections, tinkering with entry requirements, and taking out megalomaniac loans-with-harmful-covenants. #UKHE
Sort this out, government. It is on you, as you are the only ones who can put an end to the spirals of absurd recruitment projections, tinkering with entry requirements, and taking out megalomaniac loans-with-harmful-covenants. #UKHE
Add UEA to the list for the third time. The latest cuts are in clinical psychology affecting ~18 staff who train mental health professionals.
Shocking & short-sighted the cuts will be devastating for staff, students and for the region too.
@uea-ucu.bsky.social is fighting to save these jobs. ✊
Shocking & short-sighted the cuts will be devastating for staff, students and for the region too.
@uea-ucu.bsky.social is fighting to save these jobs. ✊
New redundancies in Higher Education at:
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.
July 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Add UEA to the list for the third time. The latest cuts are in clinical psychology affecting ~18 staff who train mental health professionals.
Shocking & short-sighted the cuts will be devastating for staff, students and for the region too.
@uea-ucu.bsky.social is fighting to save these jobs. ✊
Shocking & short-sighted the cuts will be devastating for staff, students and for the region too.
@uea-ucu.bsky.social is fighting to save these jobs. ✊
The furore over certain Glastonbury performers' statements and banning Palestine Action are distracting tactics.
We shouldn't allow our selves to get pulled away from the actual story which is the extreme violence being perpetrated daily on Palestinians, especially in #Gaza.
We shouldn't allow our selves to get pulled away from the actual story which is the extreme violence being perpetrated daily on Palestinians, especially in #Gaza.
July 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The furore over certain Glastonbury performers' statements and banning Palestine Action are distracting tactics.
We shouldn't allow our selves to get pulled away from the actual story which is the extreme violence being perpetrated daily on Palestinians, especially in #Gaza.
We shouldn't allow our selves to get pulled away from the actual story which is the extreme violence being perpetrated daily on Palestinians, especially in #Gaza.
This.
The cycle of redundancies is NOT the solution to the H.E. crisis.
Well done @ducuuo.bsky.social!
The cycle of redundancies is NOT the solution to the H.E. crisis.
Well done @ducuuo.bsky.social!
Breaking news – Redundancy notice (Section 188) removed
The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened.
This is our victory! 1/3
The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened.
This is our victory! 1/3
June 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This.
The cycle of redundancies is NOT the solution to the H.E. crisis.
Well done @ducuuo.bsky.social!
The cycle of redundancies is NOT the solution to the H.E. crisis.
Well done @ducuuo.bsky.social!
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The List in meme-format: qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
June 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The List in meme-format: qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
How are we allowing scores of people to be killed daily when they come seeking the only access they have to food and aid?
We are all complicit in this violence.
#Gaza #FreePalestine
We are all complicit in this violence.
#Gaza #FreePalestine
June 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
How are we allowing scores of people to be killed daily when they come seeking the only access they have to food and aid?
We are all complicit in this violence.
#Gaza #FreePalestine
We are all complicit in this violence.
#Gaza #FreePalestine
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Wait, what? Sholay’s original ending was cut due to censors?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sholay: The Bollywood epic roars back to the big screen after 50 years
Fifty years on, Sholay - arguably Hindi cinema’s most iconic film - makes a spectacular return.
www.bbc.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Wait, what? Sholay’s original ending was cut due to censors?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Repeat after me: protest is free speech
June 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Repeat after me: protest is free speech
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An example of a culture where it is one rule for those at the top and another for everyone else.
University of Dundee culture change will happen only when people who have aligned themselves with the values of the previous Principal and interim Principal, resign
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
University of Dundee culture change will happen only when people who have aligned themselves with the values of the previous Principal and interim Principal, resign
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
Dundee University's ex-chief Iain Gillespie's expenses broke rules, auditors find
A secret report reveals how the then principal was approving his own expenses - some of which broke university rules.
www.thecourier.co.uk
June 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
An example of a culture where it is one rule for those at the top and another for everyone else.
University of Dundee culture change will happen only when people who have aligned themselves with the values of the previous Principal and interim Principal, resign
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
University of Dundee culture change will happen only when people who have aligned themselves with the values of the previous Principal and interim Principal, resign
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
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The Senior Management Teams of our universities should never have been put in the position where they either had to or were empowered to destroy a key sector of state infrastructure piecemeal. Basic governance failure.
The university cutting jobs today is Lancaster, which may lose about 400 more roles. Every single day in Higher Education is like this. Why won't someone stop the madness?
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/education/la...
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/education/la...
Uni must make job cuts as falling student numbers mean £30m. savings must be made
Lancaster University has revealed it needs to make a significant number of job cuts as it seeks to save £30m. in the financial year, partly due to falling student numbers.
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Senior Management Teams of our universities should never have been put in the position where they either had to or were empowered to destroy a key sector of state infrastructure piecemeal. Basic governance failure.
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Eight compulsory redundancies. Just how much do you hate your staff that you go through the trouble of destroying the livelihoods of these colleagues, for just *eight* salaries. What's that, in relation to the entire operating budget of the university?
www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/s...
www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/s...
Latest update on UEA's financial sustainability plan | UEA
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">A UEA spokesperson said:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Follo...
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June 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Eight compulsory redundancies. Just how much do you hate your staff that you go through the trouble of destroying the livelihoods of these colleagues, for just *eight* salaries. What's that, in relation to the entire operating budget of the university?
www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/s...
www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/s...
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This is one situation where university executives taking a pay cut could likely find all of that cost
June 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is one situation where university executives taking a pay cut could likely find all of that cost
UEA has this week issued compulsory redundancy notices to a very small number of staff despite making most of their savings through voluntary means and a big restructure.
This is the 2nd round of cuts in 2 years. We expect more to come.
@uea-ucu.bsky.social will keep resisting these cuts.
This is the 2nd round of cuts in 2 years. We expect more to come.
@uea-ucu.bsky.social will keep resisting these cuts.
'A growing number of universities are warning they will have to make compulsory redundancies as financial problems worsen, leading staff to fear that the sector’s cuts have entered “a new phase” of disruption.' 1/3
Cuts ‘enter dangerous new phase’ as compulsory redundancies rise
University workers warn forcing staff to leave could become the new normal for institutions looking to save money
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
UEA has this week issued compulsory redundancy notices to a very small number of staff despite making most of their savings through voluntary means and a big restructure.
This is the 2nd round of cuts in 2 years. We expect more to come.
@uea-ucu.bsky.social will keep resisting these cuts.
This is the 2nd round of cuts in 2 years. We expect more to come.
@uea-ucu.bsky.social will keep resisting these cuts.
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We’ve just launched a free online course on ‘Born-digital research in the humanities’ reshaped.sas.ac.uk. It covers key concepts, ethics, copyright & accessing, collecting and analysing born-digital data. You can browse the course with guest access or create an account. All CC-BY-NC licensed!
May 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We’ve just launched a free online course on ‘Born-digital research in the humanities’ reshaped.sas.ac.uk. It covers key concepts, ethics, copyright & accessing, collecting and analysing born-digital data. You can browse the course with guest access or create an account. All CC-BY-NC licensed!
And in the midst of the UK-EU news, this bit of devastating news for UK universities was lobbed in by the education secretary today.
More cuts to h.e. funding...
Ffs
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ofs-str...
More cuts to h.e. funding...
Ffs
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ofs-str...
OfS strategic priority fund cut by £100 million as review begins
Ministers to seek to ensure money used to support high-cost subjects better aligns with priorities for growth
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
And in the midst of the UK-EU news, this bit of devastating news for UK universities was lobbed in by the education secretary today.
More cuts to h.e. funding...
Ffs
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ofs-str...
More cuts to h.e. funding...
Ffs
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ofs-str...
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You can blame ‘the tough wider context of HE problems’, but at the heart of it all are rotten managers and executives making unthinkably negligent decisions with destructive consequences for staff, students, and knowledge.
Coventry really representing the future of the university by firing a bunch of staff and then jumping headfirst into property development.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Coventry University reveals city centre development plans - BBC News
Coventry University wants to build a hotel, shops and homes on the site of the old Civic Centre.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You can blame ‘the tough wider context of HE problems’, but at the heart of it all are rotten managers and executives making unthinkably negligent decisions with destructive consequences for staff, students, and knowledge.
Important piece by @conorbollins.bsky.social
not only explaining the situation, discussing remediation but posing the important question about "what universities are and what they should be"...
@uea-ucu.bsky.social has been challenging mgmt on all these issues as we face redundancies.
not only explaining the situation, discussing remediation but posing the important question about "what universities are and what they should be"...
@uea-ucu.bsky.social has been challenging mgmt on all these issues as we face redundancies.
🎓'When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?'
🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis
🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA
labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...
🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis
🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA
labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...
Education, education, education? When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?
All levels of our education system face a systemic crisis. Yet as with so many other areas of policy, Keir Starmer doesn't seem to have any hopes for education at all, writes Connor Bollins.
labouroutlook.org
May 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Important piece by @conorbollins.bsky.social
not only explaining the situation, discussing remediation but posing the important question about "what universities are and what they should be"...
@uea-ucu.bsky.social has been challenging mgmt on all these issues as we face redundancies.
not only explaining the situation, discussing remediation but posing the important question about "what universities are and what they should be"...
@uea-ucu.bsky.social has been challenging mgmt on all these issues as we face redundancies.
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Last day on the picket with @uea-ucu.bsky.social , fighting to get management to take compulsory redundancies off the table. Their road is a cruel, unnecessary, and frankly obstinate one. They say they don’t believe morale is low. They say neither us nor the students will notice.
May 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Last day on the picket with @uea-ucu.bsky.social , fighting to get management to take compulsory redundancies off the table. Their road is a cruel, unnecessary, and frankly obstinate one. They say they don’t believe morale is low. They say neither us nor the students will notice.
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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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Redundancies remain on the table at UEA.
"It’s time for UEA management to do the right thing, drop the threats, engage meaningfully, and commit to real accountability." @drjogrady.bsky.social
Solidarity with all striking staff. ✊
#SaveUEA #UCU
"It’s time for UEA management to do the right thing, drop the threats, engage meaningfully, and commit to real accountability." @drjogrady.bsky.social
Solidarity with all striking staff. ✊
#SaveUEA #UCU
We're back out on the picket line this morning, standing in solidarity with colleagues at risk of compulsory redundancy and demanding university management to change course. #SaveUEA
May 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Redundancies remain on the table at UEA.
"It’s time for UEA management to do the right thing, drop the threats, engage meaningfully, and commit to real accountability." @drjogrady.bsky.social
Solidarity with all striking staff. ✊
#SaveUEA #UCU
"It’s time for UEA management to do the right thing, drop the threats, engage meaningfully, and commit to real accountability." @drjogrady.bsky.social
Solidarity with all striking staff. ✊
#SaveUEA #UCU
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www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/c... Grim reading - government inaction on the sector's failed funding model is drastically reducing student choice and impoverishing our research capacity. We can't cut ourselves into excellence. Real investment is needed now
Universities grip financial crisis – but at what cost to the nation?
New survey reveals the full of extent of cost cutting measures universities are taking following years of frozen tuition fees.
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/c... Grim reading - government inaction on the sector's failed funding model is drastically reducing student choice and impoverishing our research capacity. We can't cut ourselves into excellence. Real investment is needed now