Sheffield UCU
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
Updates from the University of Sheffield branch of the University and College Union.
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Website: ucu.group.shef.ac.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/sheffielducu
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Website: ucu.group.shef.ac.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/sheffielducu
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UCL UCU branch voted for a second donation of £5,000 to Sheffield UCU #FightingFund on Thursday, and pledged *another* £5K towards the next Sheffield UCU strike.
That's £10K in the hand, and £5K in the tank.
Keep those donations coming.
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
@uclucu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk
That's £10K in the hand, and £5K in the tank.
Keep those donations coming.
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
@uclucu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 AM
UCL UCU branch voted for a second donation of £5,000 to Sheffield UCU #FightingFund on Thursday, and pledged *another* £5K towards the next Sheffield UCU strike.
That's £10K in the hand, and £5K in the tank.
Keep those donations coming.
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
@uclucu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk
That's £10K in the hand, and £5K in the tank.
Keep those donations coming.
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
@uclucu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no... @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal!
If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.
These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.
www.megaphone.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no... @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
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Management at the University of Sheffield has created a crisis. Staff want to work but are being denied that opportunity, causing great damage to staff, students and the wider community. Today @sheffielducu.bsky.social members are rallying to say #StoptheLockout #ucu
January 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Management at the University of Sheffield has created a crisis. Staff want to work but are being denied that opportunity, causing great damage to staff, students and the wider community. Today @sheffielducu.bsky.social members are rallying to say #StoptheLockout #ucu
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@sheffielducu.bsky.social Colleagues are still locked out and receiving no pay as they continue to be involved in industrial action. Please donate and share widely where you can.🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton
I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!
www.gofundme.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
@sheffielducu.bsky.social Colleagues are still locked out and receiving no pay as they continue to be involved in industrial action. Please donate and share widely where you can.🙏
www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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Stronger together ✊
Hear from #LboroUCU members on why union membership matters and how we support each other.
Be part of it: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/
@ucu.org.uk #UCU #JoinAUnion
Hear from #LboroUCU members on why union membership matters and how we support each other.
Be part of it: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/
@ucu.org.uk #UCU #JoinAUnion
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Stronger together ✊
Hear from #LboroUCU members on why union membership matters and how we support each other.
Be part of it: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/
@ucu.org.uk #UCU #JoinAUnion
Hear from #LboroUCU members on why union membership matters and how we support each other.
Be part of it: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/
@ucu.org.uk #UCU #JoinAUnion
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Staff ,supporters and students gathered outside Firth Court today in solidarity with colleagues locked out and facing withheld pay after lawful strike action at
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
January 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Staff ,supporters and students gathered outside Firth Court today in solidarity with colleagues locked out and facing withheld pay after lawful strike action at
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
If you took strike action or have been locked out by management, you can claim financial support from UCU national or the local branch. Apply now at ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/industrial-a...
January 30, 2026 at 12:08 PM
If you took strike action or have been locked out by management, you can claim financial support from UCU national or the local branch. Apply now at ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/industrial-a...
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Members of the administration at the University of Sheffield are threatening to lock out members of @sheffielducu.bsky.social who do not reschedule teaching lost to recent strike action. It's an incredibly damaging choice and a horrible precedent to set if it moves through.
Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton
I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!
www.gofundme.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Members of the administration at the University of Sheffield are threatening to lock out members of @sheffielducu.bsky.social who do not reschedule teaching lost to recent strike action. It's an incredibly damaging choice and a horrible precedent to set if it moves through.
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Sheffield have been doing these reviews since at least 2018. They're always awful, done without any notion that there are human beings behind job titles.
For senior management to announce more, now, when the current dispute is ongoing smacks of punishment.
Solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social
For senior management to announce more, now, when the current dispute is ongoing smacks of punishment.
Solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social
Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social
The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff.
Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.
This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.
This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
January 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Sheffield have been doing these reviews since at least 2018. They're always awful, done without any notion that there are human beings behind job titles.
For senior management to announce more, now, when the current dispute is ongoing smacks of punishment.
Solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social
For senior management to announce more, now, when the current dispute is ongoing smacks of punishment.
Solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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This is so awful. Solidarity with my friends and former colleagues @sheffielducu.bsky.social
Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social
The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff.
Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.
This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.
This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
January 23, 2026 at 6:01 PM
This is so awful. Solidarity with my friends and former colleagues @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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Thanks to @rorfitelli.bsky.social for coming to the London Region meeting today.
Delegates agreed to motions of solidarity through their branches, campaign for every branch in London to do likewise, and build a serious solidarity campaign in the capital.
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
Delegates agreed to motions of solidarity through their branches, campaign for every branch in London to do likewise, and build a serious solidarity campaign in the capital.
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social
The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff.
Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.
This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.
This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
January 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Thanks to @rorfitelli.bsky.social for coming to the London Region meeting today.
Delegates agreed to motions of solidarity through their branches, campaign for every branch in London to do likewise, and build a serious solidarity campaign in the capital.
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
Delegates agreed to motions of solidarity through their branches, campaign for every branch in London to do likewise, and build a serious solidarity campaign in the capital.
@sheffielducu.bsky.social
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Really disgusted by how staff are being treated at Sheffield after participating in legal industrial action, for which they are already lost pay! A new low has been reached. @sheffielducu.bsky.social
@sheffielducu.bsky.social accuses managers of "bullying tactics" after staff told they will face further pay deductions for not rescheduling teaching missed during industrial action www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sheffie... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social
Sheffield strikers lose more pay for not rearranging teaching
University accuses staff of ‘breach of contract’ for failing to reorganise lectures lost during recent industrial action
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Really disgusted by how staff are being treated at Sheffield after participating in legal industrial action, for which they are already lost pay! A new low has been reached. @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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Solidarity to @sheffielducu.bsky.social whose management are displaying shocking behaviour. Ashamed of my alma mater.
From yesterday's picket: inspiring speech from Robyn Orfitelli (University of Sheffield) encouraging us to stay out and stay strong, because ours is an ethical fight!
January 25, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Solidarity to @sheffielducu.bsky.social whose management are displaying shocking behaviour. Ashamed of my alma mater.
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Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social
The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff.
Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.
This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.
This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
Union condemns continued docking of staff pay following strike action at University of Sheffield
The University and College Union (UCU) has today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action
www.ucu.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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Not been on bluesky for a while but I'm currently locked out alongside other @sheffielducu.bsky.social members for refusing to undermine our strike action last semester. Any letters of solidarity welcome and you can find a donations link to support us here www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton
I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Not been on bluesky for a while but I'm currently locked out alongside other @sheffielducu.bsky.social members for refusing to undermine our strike action last semester. Any letters of solidarity welcome and you can find a donations link to support us here www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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University of Sheffield staff are now officially locked out! Please consider a small donation to help us continue our fight to save the university from the greed of corporate power! Please also share the link! @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton
I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!
www.gofundme.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM
University of Sheffield staff are now officially locked out! Please consider a small donation to help us continue our fight to save the university from the greed of corporate power! Please also share the link! @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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Solidarity with @sheffielducu.bsky.social - please donate to striking members as they are now facing 100% deductions! It is our right to strike.
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 21, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Solidarity with @sheffielducu.bsky.social - please donate to striking members as they are now facing 100% deductions! It is our right to strike.
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My Sheffield colleagues are locked out for not mitigating strike action and doing the teaching they haven’t been paid for, please donate to @sheffielducu.bsky.social if you can spare a few quid: www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
My Sheffield colleagues are locked out for not mitigating strike action and doing the teaching they haven’t been paid for, please donate to @sheffielducu.bsky.social if you can spare a few quid: www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
♥️💜♥️
Our branch has just passed a motion in support of @sheffielducu.bsky.social ’s struggle against compulsory redundancies & union busting. Donate to their fighting fund if you can! Full text here: goldsmithsucu.org/2026/01/21/s...
Solidarity with Sheffield UCU branch - Goldsmiths University and College Union
This emergency motion was passed by branch at the ordinary meeting on 21/01/2026. This branch notes that: This branch believes that: This branch resolves to:
goldsmithsucu.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:27 AM
♥️💜♥️
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@sheffielducu.bsky.social accuses managers of "bullying tactics" after staff told they will face further pay deductions for not rescheduling teaching missed during industrial action www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sheffie... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social
Sheffield strikers lose more pay for not rearranging teaching
University accuses staff of ‘breach of contract’ for failing to reorganise lectures lost during recent industrial action
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
@sheffielducu.bsky.social accuses managers of "bullying tactics" after staff told they will face further pay deductions for not rescheduling teaching missed during industrial action www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sheffie... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social
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Many of my colleagues @sheffielducu.bsky.social are 'locked out' for refusing to replace teaching missed during strike. Deductions have already been taken for that action. If you have any cash spare, donations gratefully received so that branch can support members. gofund.me/9b971e2a8
Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton
I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!
gofund.me
January 20, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Many of my colleagues @sheffielducu.bsky.social are 'locked out' for refusing to replace teaching missed during strike. Deductions have already been taken for that action. If you have any cash spare, donations gratefully received so that branch can support members. gofund.me/9b971e2a8
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Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS.
#UKHE is setting a terrible example of enabling horrendous employers' practices which destroy #WorkersRights. That #EmploymentRightsBill cannot come soon enough.
Sending much solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social, and DO DONATE TO THEIR HARDSHIP FUND
#UKHE is setting a terrible example of enabling horrendous employers' practices which destroy #WorkersRights. That #EmploymentRightsBill cannot come soon enough.
Sending much solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social, and DO DONATE TO THEIR HARDSHIP FUND
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS.
#UKHE is setting a terrible example of enabling horrendous employers' practices which destroy #WorkersRights. That #EmploymentRightsBill cannot come soon enough.
Sending much solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social, and DO DONATE TO THEIR HARDSHIP FUND
#UKHE is setting a terrible example of enabling horrendous employers' practices which destroy #WorkersRights. That #EmploymentRightsBill cannot come soon enough.
Sending much solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social, and DO DONATE TO THEIR HARDSHIP FUND
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Received official notice today that my employer will be withholding 100% of pay for the next three weeks, to myself and all other members of @sheffielducu.bsky.social who refuse (as is our legal right, and our solidaristic duty) to reschedule classes cancelled due to strike action. Outrageous.
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Received official notice today that my employer will be withholding 100% of pay for the next three weeks, to myself and all other members of @sheffielducu.bsky.social who refuse (as is our legal right, and our solidaristic duty) to reschedule classes cancelled due to strike action. Outrageous.