@ucuaberdeen.bsky.social
University of Aberdeen Branch of the University & College Union
Solidarity to Dundee! #WeAreTheUniversity
Very strong turnout this morning on the first of our five days strike.
On Friday, in a meeting with the interim Principal, he confirmed his ideology is to cut as many jobs as possible.
Support our action to save jobs and save the University!
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
On Friday, in a meeting with the interim Principal, he confirmed his ideology is to cut as many jobs as possible.
Support our action to save jobs and save the University!
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Solidarity to Dundee! #WeAreTheUniversity
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Vote yes to fight for a national agreement against HE cuts and closures #wearetheuniversity @ucu.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Vote yes to fight for a national agreement against HE cuts and closures #wearetheuniversity @ucu.org.uk
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📣 Every convo counts. Every vote matters. 💥
Join us Thursday 30 Oct, 7PM for UCU LIVE: Winning it in the Workplace 🗣️💪
Let’s talk about how we WIN THIS BALLOT together! 🗳️
📺 Live on X or YouTube @ucuorguk
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
Join us Thursday 30 Oct, 7PM for UCU LIVE: Winning it in the Workplace 🗣️💪
Let’s talk about how we WIN THIS BALLOT together! 🗳️
📺 Live on X or YouTube @ucuorguk
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
October 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
📣 Every convo counts. Every vote matters. 💥
Join us Thursday 30 Oct, 7PM for UCU LIVE: Winning it in the Workplace 🗣️💪
Let’s talk about how we WIN THIS BALLOT together! 🗳️
📺 Live on X or YouTube @ucuorguk
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
Join us Thursday 30 Oct, 7PM for UCU LIVE: Winning it in the Workplace 🗣️💪
Let’s talk about how we WIN THIS BALLOT together! 🗳️
📺 Live on X or YouTube @ucuorguk
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
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We’re into week two of the ballot, time to get back to basics.
Why vote? Because your voice is the only way to change what’s happening in our sector:
📉 Falling pay
⚠️ Rising insecurity
💬 Broken national agreements
Every vote counts.
Vote YES. Post your ballot.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Why vote? Because your voice is the only way to change what’s happening in our sector:
📉 Falling pay
⚠️ Rising insecurity
💬 Broken national agreements
Every vote counts.
Vote YES. Post your ballot.
#WeAreTheUniversity
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We’re into week two of the ballot, time to get back to basics.
Why vote? Because your voice is the only way to change what’s happening in our sector:
📉 Falling pay
⚠️ Rising insecurity
💬 Broken national agreements
Every vote counts.
Vote YES. Post your ballot.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Why vote? Because your voice is the only way to change what’s happening in our sector:
📉 Falling pay
⚠️ Rising insecurity
💬 Broken national agreements
Every vote counts.
Vote YES. Post your ballot.
#WeAreTheUniversity
Our members are voting to protect jobs and fight cuts across the sector #WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
Our combined @ucu.org.uk and @unison.org.uk household posting our YES/YES votes! We're voting to protect pay, jobs, and conditions across the sector 📮🗳️ @ucuaberdeen.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Our members are voting to protect jobs and fight cuts across the sector #WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
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Our combined @ucu.org.uk and @unison.org.uk household posting our YES/YES votes! We're voting to protect pay, jobs, and conditions across the sector 📮🗳️ @ucuaberdeen.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our combined @ucu.org.uk and @unison.org.uk household posting our YES/YES votes! We're voting to protect pay, jobs, and conditions across the sector 📮🗳️ @ucuaberdeen.bsky.social
Solidarity from Aberdeen UCU to colleagues at Leicester UCU. It is shocking to see yet another example of academic and professional services staff being targeted through no fault of their own.
Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
October 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Solidarity from Aberdeen UCU to colleagues at Leicester UCU. It is shocking to see yet another example of academic and professional services staff being targeted through no fault of their own.
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Labour's idea of 'free speech' is freedom to make trans people feel unsafe on campus, but not the freedom to criticise Israel.
March 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Labour's idea of 'free speech' is freedom to make trans people feel unsafe on campus, but not the freedom to criticise Israel.
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Our branch just passed a motion in solidarity with Unite UCU. It's not just the right thing to do to treat those working for UCU with the same respect we demand from our own employers, it's a matter of maintaining the moral authority of the union itself.
Our branch offers full solidarity to Unite UCU 💪.
UCU's senior management need to engage meaningully and settle this dispute.
We encourage members of our union to consider donating to the Unite UCU strike fund 👉 unite-ucu-strike-fund.raiselysite.com
bsky.app/profile/unit...
UCU's senior management need to engage meaningully and settle this dispute.
We encourage members of our union to consider donating to the Unite UCU strike fund 👉 unite-ucu-strike-fund.raiselysite.com
bsky.app/profile/unit...
March 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Our branch just passed a motion in solidarity with Unite UCU. It's not just the right thing to do to treat those working for UCU with the same respect we demand from our own employers, it's a matter of maintaining the moral authority of the union itself.
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Haven’t we been there a few years ago? Academic salaries in the UK are not particularly generous compared to other countries, and a reasonably good pension scheme (already way less generous than when I started) provided some degree of compensation.
'UK universities have got to address their “sacred cows” such as expensive pension schemes as they seek ways to pursue the “far-reaching change” needed to come through the current financial crisis, a parliamentary reception has heard.' 1/3
Transform by addressing ‘sacred cows’, UK universities told
Expensive pension schemes among issues highlighted as institutions look for ways out of current turmoil
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Haven’t we been there a few years ago? Academic salaries in the UK are not particularly generous compared to other countries, and a reasonably good pension scheme (already way less generous than when I started) provided some degree of compensation.
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The same answer that has been attempted again and again, grind staff harder and reduce working conditions and you'll have profitable universities. Doesn't account for the fact the the limited pool of skilled labour running degree level courses won't accept being treated in this way. Try again.
'UK universities have got to address their “sacred cows” such as expensive pension schemes as they seek ways to pursue the “far-reaching change” needed to come through the current financial crisis, a parliamentary reception has heard.' 1/3
Transform by addressing ‘sacred cows’, UK universities told
Expensive pension schemes among issues highlighted as institutions look for ways out of current turmoil
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The same answer that has been attempted again and again, grind staff harder and reduce working conditions and you'll have profitable universities. Doesn't account for the fact the the limited pool of skilled labour running degree level courses won't accept being treated in this way. Try again.
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Entirely correct move. More of this please and stay available to journalists to describe just how *bad* the whole process of arrival at this judgement was. Don't let it settle as accepted narrative.
University of Sussex taking legal action over £585,000 free speech fine
Vice-chancellor Sasha Roseneil accuses Office for Students of seeking to ‘persecute’ rather than solve problems
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Entirely correct move. More of this please and stay available to journalists to describe just how *bad* the whole process of arrival at this judgement was. Don't let it settle as accepted narrative.
Solidarity with striking staff at Unite UCU. It's shameful that the dispute is still not resolved. Please consider donating to their strike fund, here: unite-ucu-strike-fund.raiselysite.com
We deeply regret our strike action which begins today in our Campaign for A Safe and Professional Workplace. With our dispute now a year old we remain resolute that the toxic bullying culture, racism and victimisation that our members and officers are experiencing must end.
uniteucu.wordpress.com
uniteucu.wordpress.com
Unite UCU
Unite branch (LE127) for employees of the University and College Union
uniteucu.wordpress.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Solidarity with striking staff at Unite UCU. It's shameful that the dispute is still not resolved. Please consider donating to their strike fund, here: unite-ucu-strike-fund.raiselysite.com
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We deeply regret our strike action which begins today in our Campaign for A Safe and Professional Workplace. With our dispute now a year old we remain resolute that the toxic bullying culture, racism and victimisation that our members and officers are experiencing must end.
uniteucu.wordpress.com
uniteucu.wordpress.com
Unite UCU
Unite branch (LE127) for employees of the University and College Union
uniteucu.wordpress.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We deeply regret our strike action which begins today in our Campaign for A Safe and Professional Workplace. With our dispute now a year old we remain resolute that the toxic bullying culture, racism and victimisation that our members and officers are experiencing must end.
uniteucu.wordpress.com
uniteucu.wordpress.com
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Our branch offers full solidarity to Unite UCU 💪.
UCU's senior management need to engage meaningully and settle this dispute.
We encourage members of our union to consider donating to the Unite UCU strike fund 👉 unite-ucu-strike-fund.raiselysite.com
bsky.app/profile/unit...
UCU's senior management need to engage meaningully and settle this dispute.
We encourage members of our union to consider donating to the Unite UCU strike fund 👉 unite-ucu-strike-fund.raiselysite.com
bsky.app/profile/unit...
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Our branch offers full solidarity to Unite UCU 💪.
UCU's senior management need to engage meaningully and settle this dispute.
We encourage members of our union to consider donating to the Unite UCU strike fund 👉 unite-ucu-strike-fund.raiselysite.com
bsky.app/profile/unit...
UCU's senior management need to engage meaningully and settle this dispute.
We encourage members of our union to consider donating to the Unite UCU strike fund 👉 unite-ucu-strike-fund.raiselysite.com
bsky.app/profile/unit...
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Solidarity to @uniteucu.bsky.social - standing up for its members in the face of huge pressure. As everyone who has ever taken IA knows, those with power often control the narrative & this makes it even harder but I know that every member of the Unite Committee wants to resolve this dispute.
We deeply regret our strike action which begins today in our Campaign for A Safe and Professional Workplace. With our dispute now a year old we remain resolute that the toxic bullying culture, racism and victimisation that our members and officers are experiencing must end.
uniteucu.wordpress.com
uniteucu.wordpress.com
Unite UCU
Unite branch (LE127) for employees of the University and College Union
uniteucu.wordpress.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Solidarity to @uniteucu.bsky.social - standing up for its members in the face of huge pressure. As everyone who has ever taken IA knows, those with power often control the narrative & this makes it even harder but I know that every member of the Unite Committee wants to resolve this dispute.
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Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social who are starting 20+ strikes given ongoing dispute with employer (UCU). Our union (UCU) is in an ongoing dispute with their own staff.
Embarrassing to say the least. Awful to see same tone & messaging VCs use vs us when we strike used to undermine striking UCU staff
Embarrassing to say the least. Awful to see same tone & messaging VCs use vs us when we strike used to undermine striking UCU staff
All solidarity with the brilliant people workers from @uniteucu.bsky.social! They are vital to our union and the union and the way their well-concerns are being dismissed is utterly unconscionable.
HQ, sort this. How are we going to “ReclaimHE” without the organisers making that possible?
HQ, sort this. How are we going to “ReclaimHE” without the organisers making that possible?
We deeply regret our strike action which begins today in our Campaign for A Safe and Professional Workplace. With our dispute now a year old we remain resolute that the toxic bullying culture, racism and victimisation that our members and officers are experiencing must end.
uniteucu.wordpress.com
uniteucu.wordpress.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Solidarity @uniteucu.bsky.social who are starting 20+ strikes given ongoing dispute with employer (UCU). Our union (UCU) is in an ongoing dispute with their own staff.
Embarrassing to say the least. Awful to see same tone & messaging VCs use vs us when we strike used to undermine striking UCU staff
Embarrassing to say the least. Awful to see same tone & messaging VCs use vs us when we strike used to undermine striking UCU staff
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In this exchange last week, the interim Principal at Dundee University can’t recall if anyone on UEG or Court thought that the idea of a £200k Transformation Director was a bad idea.
Douglas Ross MSP
“You’re saying that we got rid of the incompetent ones, and the ones that are left are fine.”
Douglas Ross MSP
“You’re saying that we got rid of the incompetent ones, and the ones that are left are fine.”
March 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In this exchange last week, the interim Principal at Dundee University can’t recall if anyone on UEG or Court thought that the idea of a £200k Transformation Director was a bad idea.
Douglas Ross MSP
“You’re saying that we got rid of the incompetent ones, and the ones that are left are fine.”
Douglas Ross MSP
“You’re saying that we got rid of the incompetent ones, and the ones that are left are fine.”
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For the first time ever, the Scottish Parliament is considering compelling witnesses to attend a meeting of one of its committees.
These are clearly unprecedented times, caused by the executive leadership at the University of Dundee.
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
These are clearly unprecedented times, caused by the executive leadership at the University of Dundee.
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University chiefs could be FORCED to attend Holyrood grilling
Holyrood’s powerful education committee is taking advice on using a legal power for the first time to compel people to attend in person.
www.thecourier.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
For the first time ever, the Scottish Parliament is considering compelling witnesses to attend a meeting of one of its committees.
These are clearly unprecedented times, caused by the executive leadership at the University of Dundee.
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
These are clearly unprecedented times, caused by the executive leadership at the University of Dundee.
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
Solidarity to striking staff at Dundee! This is a tragedy on a massive scale
Today, Shane O’Neill, our interim Principal announced the University of Dundee needs to cut 632 jobs to be financially sustainable.
Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov).
That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov).
That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dundee University to cut 632 jobs to plug £35m deficit
The University and College Union condemned the
www.bbc.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Solidarity to striking staff at Dundee! This is a tragedy on a massive scale
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The staff that they plan to sack are in no way at fault for the mess the exec has created.
There needs to be accountability.
And Scot gov should step in to make sure staff, students and the city of Dundee are not ruined by the (criminal?) Financial mismanagement of others
There needs to be accountability.
And Scot gov should step in to make sure staff, students and the city of Dundee are not ruined by the (criminal?) Financial mismanagement of others
Today, Shane O’Neill, our interim Principal announced the University of Dundee needs to cut 632 jobs to be financially sustainable.
Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov).
That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov).
That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dundee University to cut 632 jobs to plug £35m deficit
The University and College Union condemned the
www.bbc.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The staff that they plan to sack are in no way at fault for the mess the exec has created.
There needs to be accountability.
And Scot gov should step in to make sure staff, students and the city of Dundee are not ruined by the (criminal?) Financial mismanagement of others
There needs to be accountability.
And Scot gov should step in to make sure staff, students and the city of Dundee are not ruined by the (criminal?) Financial mismanagement of others
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Today, Shane O’Neill, our interim Principal announced the University of Dundee needs to cut 632 jobs to be financially sustainable.
Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov).
That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov).
That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dundee University to cut 632 jobs to plug £35m deficit
The University and College Union condemned the
www.bbc.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Today, Shane O’Neill, our interim Principal announced the University of Dundee needs to cut 632 jobs to be financially sustainable.
Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov).
That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov).
That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Solidarity to @newcastleucu.bsky.social as their strike to protect jobs starts today. We at @ducu.bsky.social stand with you in the fight to protect our universities and our communities from the impact of these devastating cuts.
March 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Solidarity to @newcastleucu.bsky.social as their strike to protect jobs starts today. We at @ducu.bsky.social stand with you in the fight to protect our universities and our communities from the impact of these devastating cuts.
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Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.
March 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.
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Resolution of the dispute between @uniteucu.bsky.social and UCU (as employer) is now far beyond urgent. Reading these testimonials (linked in post⬇️) from UCU staff is heartbreaking & reading the recent 'management instruction' excerpt v unnerving, esp in the wake of the Hon Treasurer's resignation.
This dispute needs to be resolved - we cannot function as a union when the internal culture is so broken. It is in everybody’s interest to find a way through that restores trust & achieving this in a constructive way requires properly listening to staff voices uniteucu.wordpress.com/unite-voices/
Unite voices
In their own words: the lived experiences of UCU staff.
uniteucu.wordpress.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Resolution of the dispute between @uniteucu.bsky.social and UCU (as employer) is now far beyond urgent. Reading these testimonials (linked in post⬇️) from UCU staff is heartbreaking & reading the recent 'management instruction' excerpt v unnerving, esp in the wake of the Hon Treasurer's resignation.