Cardiff Met UCU Met Caerdydd
@ucu-cardiff-met.bsky.social
Providing guidance, support & negotiating on behalf of Cardiff Met UCU members. Yn rhoi arweiniad, cefnogaeth a thrafod ar rhan aelodau UCU Met Caerdydd.
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🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
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May 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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#UCU2025 Congress has voted to raise a trade dispute with the government.
@drjogrady.bsky.social On BBC Radio 4 this morning our general secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social lays out the stark reality of the crisis facing our sector
@drjogrady.bsky.social On BBC Radio 4 this morning our general secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social lays out the stark reality of the crisis facing our sector
May 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
#UCU2025 Congress has voted to raise a trade dispute with the government.
@drjogrady.bsky.social On BBC Radio 4 this morning our general secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social lays out the stark reality of the crisis facing our sector
@drjogrady.bsky.social On BBC Radio 4 this morning our general secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social lays out the stark reality of the crisis facing our sector
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"It is shameful that university cuts have become so severe under a Labour government that our union is now laying the ground for a trade union dispute with the education secretary." @drjogrady.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-thr...
#ProtectEducationNow #StopTheCuts #ucu2025
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-thr...
#ProtectEducationNow #StopTheCuts #ucu2025
UCU threatens government with national strike over HE funding
UK’s biggest academic union eyes showdown with Labour minister as it tries to respond to wave of university cuts
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"It is shameful that university cuts have become so severe under a Labour government that our union is now laying the ground for a trade union dispute with the education secretary." @drjogrady.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-thr...
#ProtectEducationNow #StopTheCuts #ucu2025
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucu-thr...
#ProtectEducationNow #StopTheCuts #ucu2025
🚨TODAY🚨
11.30 - 12.30.
Rally opposite Llandaff Campus.
Solidarity to all staff at risk.
join us for an hour of protest against Cardiff Metropolitans Compulsory Redundancy Proposals.
11.30 - 12.30.
Rally opposite Llandaff Campus.
Solidarity to all staff at risk.
join us for an hour of protest against Cardiff Metropolitans Compulsory Redundancy Proposals.
Staff at Cardiff Metropolitan University have called on the institution to use money from the Welsh government to alleviate the threat of compulsory redundancies. @julietterowsell.bsky.social reports
#AcademicSky #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSky
Cardiff Met job cuts add to pressure on HE in Welsh capital
Staff want additional funding allocated by the Welsh government to be used to remove threat of compulsory redundancies
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🚨TODAY🚨
11.30 - 12.30.
Rally opposite Llandaff Campus.
Solidarity to all staff at risk.
join us for an hour of protest against Cardiff Metropolitans Compulsory Redundancy Proposals.
11.30 - 12.30.
Rally opposite Llandaff Campus.
Solidarity to all staff at risk.
join us for an hour of protest against Cardiff Metropolitans Compulsory Redundancy Proposals.
🚨TODAY🚨
11.30 - 12.30.
Solidarity to all staff at risk.
join us for an hour of protest against Cardiff Metropolitans Compulsory Redundancy Proposals.
11.30 - 12.30.
Solidarity to all staff at risk.
join us for an hour of protest against Cardiff Metropolitans Compulsory Redundancy Proposals.
The University and College Union is to stage a demonstration outside the Llandaff campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University in protest against redundancy proposals ✍️Martin Shipton
Protest planned against compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met
Martin Shipton The University and College Union is to stage a demonstration outside the Llandaff campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University in protest against redundancy proposals. Members of the Cardi...
nation.cymru
May 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🚨TODAY🚨
11.30 - 12.30.
Solidarity to all staff at risk.
join us for an hour of protest against Cardiff Metropolitans Compulsory Redundancy Proposals.
11.30 - 12.30.
Solidarity to all staff at risk.
join us for an hour of protest against Cardiff Metropolitans Compulsory Redundancy Proposals.
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If Cardiff Met continue with proposed compulsory redundancies, they will be the first university to cross the line.
UCU a say NO to compulsory redundancies.
@drjogrady.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk @cardiffucu.bsky.social
UCU a say NO to compulsory redundancies.
@drjogrady.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk @cardiffucu.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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The University and College Union is to stage a demonstration outside the Llandaff campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University in protest against redundancy proposals ✍️Martin Shipton
Protest planned against compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met
Martin Shipton The University and College Union is to stage a demonstration outside the Llandaff campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University in protest against redundancy proposals. Members of the Cardi...
nation.cymru
May 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The University and College Union is to stage a demonstration outside the Llandaff campus of Cardiff Metropolitan University in protest against redundancy proposals ✍️Martin Shipton
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📢 loud hailer ✅
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
May 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
📢 loud hailer ✅
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
If Cardiff Met continue with proposed compulsory redundancies, they will be the first university to cross the line.
UCU a say NO to compulsory redundancies.
@drjogrady.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk @cardiffucu.bsky.social
UCU a say NO to compulsory redundancies.
@drjogrady.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk @cardiffucu.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
If Cardiff Met continue with proposed compulsory redundancies, they will be the first university to cross the line.
UCU a say NO to compulsory redundancies.
@drjogrady.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk @cardiffucu.bsky.social
UCU a say NO to compulsory redundancies.
@drjogrady.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk @cardiffucu.bsky.social
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“At UEA, it is understood that 22 staff are earning more than £150k and 4 staff are on £205k. At a time when university managers are pushing through large-scale job cuts, this is frankly obscene”
🎓'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 10:27 AM
“At UEA, it is understood that 22 staff are earning more than £150k and 4 staff are on £205k. At a time when university managers are pushing through large-scale job cuts, this is frankly obscene”
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Good thing that management got rid of many colleages at the ITS service desk and Technology Enhanced Learnint Team and our PGR coordinators and is reorganising our Student Experience Team.
All for the sake of the AskQM chatbot that nobody uses.
All for the sake of the AskQM chatbot that nobody uses.
Great job everyone
May 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Good thing that management got rid of many colleages at the ITS service desk and Technology Enhanced Learnint Team and our PGR coordinators and is reorganising our Student Experience Team.
All for the sake of the AskQM chatbot that nobody uses.
All for the sake of the AskQM chatbot that nobody uses.
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oh hi, would you look at that! That thing that staff have been saying for a while is the death knell of universities recognised as being the death knell of universities!
Great to be on the same page, but let's not pretend that loads of us put a lot of effort to make administrators see this for years
Great to be on the same page, but let's not pretend that loads of us put a lot of effort to make administrators see this for years
Brooke Storer-Church and Ben Vulliamy argue that the government should address the limitations of competitive pressures in the sector to secure the financial stability and long-term impact of higher education
The era of hyper competition between universities needs to end
Brooke Storer-Church and Ben Vulliamy argue that the government should address the limitations of competitive pressures in the sector to secure the financial stability and long-term impact of higher…
buff.ly
May 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
oh hi, would you look at that! That thing that staff have been saying for a while is the death knell of universities recognised as being the death knell of universities!
Great to be on the same page, but let's not pretend that loads of us put a lot of effort to make administrators see this for years
Great to be on the same page, but let's not pretend that loads of us put a lot of effort to make administrators see this for years
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Cardiff University has further scaled back its planned job cuts and handed a reprieve to some degree courses in a further softening in its approach to restructuring, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social
#AcademicAky #jobcuts
#AcademicAky #jobcuts
Cardiff scales back redundancies again with 138 jobs now at risk
Job cuts target drops from initial 400 after university accepts proposals put forward by staff which will see schools ‘teaching higher numbers of students’
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Cardiff University has further scaled back its planned job cuts and handed a reprieve to some degree courses in a further softening in its approach to restructuring, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social
#AcademicAky #jobcuts
#AcademicAky #jobcuts
📢 loud hailer ✅
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
May 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
📢 loud hailer ✅
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
🪧placards ✅
🙌people coming in numbers ✅
come and join us to protest the proposed compulsory redundancies at Cardiff Met.
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From an initial 400 planned job cuts to 138??
Brilliant work by @cardiffucu.bsky.social.
Let's keep fighting!!
Brilliant work by @cardiffucu.bsky.social.
Let's keep fighting!!
Cardiff University has further scaled back its planned job cuts and handed a reprieve to some degree courses in a further softening in its approach to restructuring, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social
#AcademicAky #jobcuts
#AcademicAky #jobcuts
Cardiff scales back redundancies again with 138 jobs now at risk
Job cuts target drops from initial 400 after university accepts proposals put forward by staff which will see schools ‘teaching higher numbers of students’
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
From an initial 400 planned job cuts to 138??
Brilliant work by @cardiffucu.bsky.social.
Let's keep fighting!!
Brilliant work by @cardiffucu.bsky.social.
Let's keep fighting!!
Compulsory redundancies are cruel and unnecessary.
Cardiff Met UCU have requested that Cardiff Met re-open their voluntary severance programme, or if necessary a VOLUNTARY redundancy programme across the whole university.
@ucu.org.uk @senedd.wales @vickyblake.bsky.social @dyfrigjones.bsky.social
Cardiff Met UCU have requested that Cardiff Met re-open their voluntary severance programme, or if necessary a VOLUNTARY redundancy programme across the whole university.
@ucu.org.uk @senedd.wales @vickyblake.bsky.social @dyfrigjones.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Compulsory redundancies are cruel and unnecessary.
Cardiff Met UCU have requested that Cardiff Met re-open their voluntary severance programme, or if necessary a VOLUNTARY redundancy programme across the whole university.
@ucu.org.uk @senedd.wales @vickyblake.bsky.social @dyfrigjones.bsky.social
Cardiff Met UCU have requested that Cardiff Met re-open their voluntary severance programme, or if necessary a VOLUNTARY redundancy programme across the whole university.
@ucu.org.uk @senedd.wales @vickyblake.bsky.social @dyfrigjones.bsky.social
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My Substack on the Cardiff University situation is out....
March 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
My Substack on the Cardiff University situation is out....
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Yes research will suffer and consultants will flourish!
Management consultants and university futures: Academic capitalism and the capture of UK public higher education
This article shows how management consultancy firms, particularly the Big Four, leveraged their position to become key brokers in English higher education, expanding their influence across multiple...
doi.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Yes research will suffer and consultants will flourish!
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The University of Edinburgh is expecting to shed staff and curb capital spending in a bid to save £140 milllion over the next 18 months, according to its vice-chancellor.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
February 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The University of Edinburgh is expecting to shed staff and curb capital spending in a bid to save £140 milllion over the next 18 months, according to its vice-chancellor.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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Union work is a marathon that never ends. We need to develop ourselves both to meet current crises and build for the long term good. That means building positive industrial relations with our employers and raising our positive profile with the community.
February 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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TOMORROW! We've got members from branches across #UKHE speaking as well as Head of Equality and Policy @ucu.org.uk
All very welcome to join for as long or as short as you can, just register for the link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All very welcome to join for as long or as short as you can, just register for the link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
TOMORROW! We've got members from branches across #UKHE speaking as well as Head of Equality and Policy @ucu.org.uk
All very welcome to join for as long or as short as you can, just register for the link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All very welcome to join for as long or as short as you can, just register for the link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...