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The UK HE Pay and Redundancies Campaign and Local Fights Against Job Losses
The UK-wide ballot on pay and redundancies was announced this week. Ballot papers will go out on 20 October. All five trade unions are in dispute, and, in an unprecedented step, the unions are coor…
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THIS SUNDAY 2 November 11-12.30 via Zoom: Organising to Win in Post-16 Education and Beyond: Unity & Solidarity not Warfare & Division.
Followed by UCU Left AGM 12.30.
Links below:
uculeft.org/organising-t...
Followed by UCU Left AGM 12.30.
Links below:
uculeft.org/organising-t...
Organising to Win in Post-16 Education and Beyond: Unity & Solidarity not Warfare & Division.
Sunday 2nd November11 – 12.30 public meeting, followed by UCU Left AGM 12.30 – 1pm Zoom: Speakers:Maria Chondrogianni, UCU PresidentSerafeim Rizos, Greek trade unionists and teacher in…
uculeft.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
THIS SUNDAY 2 November 11-12.30 via Zoom: Organising to Win in Post-16 Education and Beyond: Unity & Solidarity not Warfare & Division.
Followed by UCU Left AGM 12.30.
Links below:
uculeft.org/organising-t...
Followed by UCU Left AGM 12.30.
Links below:
uculeft.org/organising-t...
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Zarah Sultana says join Your Party, but fight to shape it
👇She spoke at a 500-strong meeting after a week of divisions that threatened the whole Your Party project
socialistworker.co.uk/news/zarah-s...
👇She spoke at a 500-strong meeting after a week of divisions that threatened the whole Your Party project
socialistworker.co.uk/news/zarah-s...
Zarah Sultana says join Your Party, but fight to shape it
Zarah Sultana spoke at a 500-strong meeting after a week of divisions that threatened the whole Your Party project
socialistworker.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Zarah Sultana says join Your Party, but fight to shape it
👇She spoke at a 500-strong meeting after a week of divisions that threatened the whole Your Party project
socialistworker.co.uk/news/zarah-s...
👇She spoke at a 500-strong meeting after a week of divisions that threatened the whole Your Party project
socialistworker.co.uk/news/zarah-s...
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My article on Michael Kidron, theorist of the permanent arms economy, in the latest issue of International Socialism. isj.org.uk/kidron-polit...
Understanding the Permanent Arms Economy: an introduction to the political economy of Michael Kidron • International Socialism
Capitalism and war have always been profoundly connected. Max Weber noted the important role that financing the wars of European states played in the development of early modern capitalism.1 The bond ...
isj.org.uk
October 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My article on Michael Kidron, theorist of the permanent arms economy, in the latest issue of International Socialism. isj.org.uk/kidron-polit...
Comrades in the UCU Solidarity Movement have arrived on BlueSky! 🥊
Complete the ballot paper.
Your union is calling you to vote YES and YES.
Everyone should vote. Democracy requires participation.
UCU is your union and this is your decision.
For what the dispute is about, go to ucu.org.uk/WeAreTheUniv...
#WeAreTheUniversity
@ucu.org.uk
Your union is calling you to vote YES and YES.
Everyone should vote. Democracy requires participation.
UCU is your union and this is your decision.
For what the dispute is about, go to ucu.org.uk/WeAreTheUniv...
#WeAreTheUniversity
@ucu.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Comrades in the UCU Solidarity Movement have arrived on BlueSky! 🥊
Comrade Christina! We need to:
- stop redudancies in the HE sector
- save our casualised staff
It worked at Newcastle and Dundee, let's organise nationally for the same win!
VOTE YES!
- stop redudancies in the HE sector
- save our casualised staff
It worked at Newcastle and Dundee, let's organise nationally for the same win!
VOTE YES!
“I’m voting YES for our students because we need a fair, fully funded education. We’ve watched 10 Thousand redundancies last year and we cannot let it happen again. Students aren’t getting a fair deal, and neither are we.” - Christina.
Tell us why you’re voting YES below 👇
Tell us why you’re voting YES below 👇
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Comrade Christina! We need to:
- stop redudancies in the HE sector
- save our casualised staff
It worked at Newcastle and Dundee, let's organise nationally for the same win!
VOTE YES!
- stop redudancies in the HE sector
- save our casualised staff
It worked at Newcastle and Dundee, let's organise nationally for the same win!
VOTE YES!
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Excellent response to the YP chaos by @tomashtengely.bsky.social socialistworker.co.uk/news/what-is...
What is going on in Your Party?
A row in the leadership of Your Party threatens the whole project—but building an insurgent left alternative remains the priority.
socialistworker.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Excellent response to the YP chaos by @tomashtengely.bsky.social socialistworker.co.uk/news/what-is...
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A state of emergency in Welsh and UK higher education
Bangor University staff in vice chancellor vote of no confidence
UCU union members at Bangor University passed a motion of no confidence due to staff and budget cuts.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A state of emergency in Welsh and UK higher education
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A reminder to members to vote in the indicative ballot by October 3rd
September 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A reminder to members to vote in the indicative ballot by October 3rd
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Comrades! This casual vacancy election closes tomorrow.
Vote for Bee Hughes as UK-elected representative for HE if you have not yet done so. For a fighting, member-led union #ucu
Vote for Bee Hughes as UK-elected representative for HE if you have not yet done so. For a fighting, member-led union #ucu
Please vote for @beehughes.bsky.social in the current casual vacancy elections on UCU HEC. For a member-led, fighting union.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1411...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1411...
Bee Hughes (Liverpool John Moores University)
www.ucu.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Comrades! This casual vacancy election closes tomorrow.
Vote for Bee Hughes as UK-elected representative for HE if you have not yet done so. For a fighting, member-led union #ucu
Vote for Bee Hughes as UK-elected representative for HE if you have not yet done so. For a fighting, member-led union #ucu
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Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
September 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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✊ “It’s time to build an education service for the many, not the few, not just the privileged.”
- UCU president Maria Chondrogianni at #TUC2025, moving our motion for a fully funded national education service.
✅ Delegates backed the motion unanimously.
- UCU president Maria Chondrogianni at #TUC2025, moving our motion for a fully funded national education service.
✅ Delegates backed the motion unanimously.
September 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
✊ “It’s time to build an education service for the many, not the few, not just the privileged.”
- UCU president Maria Chondrogianni at #TUC2025, moving our motion for a fully funded national education service.
✅ Delegates backed the motion unanimously.
- UCU president Maria Chondrogianni at #TUC2025, moving our motion for a fully funded national education service.
✅ Delegates backed the motion unanimously.
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At #TUC2025, UCU President Maria Chondragianni challenged Labour on higher education:
“The Tories introduced a failed, marketised model across education. This has been disastrous.”
✊ We will keep holding Labour to account.
#ucu #WeAreTheUniversity
“The Tories introduced a failed, marketised model across education. This has been disastrous.”
✊ We will keep holding Labour to account.
#ucu #WeAreTheUniversity
September 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
At #TUC2025, UCU President Maria Chondragianni challenged Labour on higher education:
“The Tories introduced a failed, marketised model across education. This has been disastrous.”
✊ We will keep holding Labour to account.
#ucu #WeAreTheUniversity
“The Tories introduced a failed, marketised model across education. This has been disastrous.”
✊ We will keep holding Labour to account.
#ucu #WeAreTheUniversity
Comrades! This casual vacancy election closes tomorrow.
Vote for Bee Hughes as UK-elected representative for HE if you have not yet done so. For a fighting, member-led union #ucu
Vote for Bee Hughes as UK-elected representative for HE if you have not yet done so. For a fighting, member-led union #ucu
Please vote for @beehughes.bsky.social in the current casual vacancy elections on UCU HEC. For a member-led, fighting union.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1411...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1411...
Bee Hughes (Liverpool John Moores University)
www.ucu.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Comrades! This casual vacancy election closes tomorrow.
Vote for Bee Hughes as UK-elected representative for HE if you have not yet done so. For a fighting, member-led union #ucu
Vote for Bee Hughes as UK-elected representative for HE if you have not yet done so. For a fighting, member-led union #ucu
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Our ballot to renew our ability to take industrial action at the University of Dundee opens today.
Melissa D’Ascenzio, Dundee University UCU branch co-president, said: “The university’s students and staff have been badly let down.
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Melissa D’Ascenzio, Dundee University UCU branch co-president, said: “The university’s students and staff have been badly let down.
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September 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Our ballot to renew our ability to take industrial action at the University of Dundee opens today.
Melissa D’Ascenzio, Dundee University UCU branch co-president, said: “The university’s students and staff have been badly let down.
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Melissa D’Ascenzio, Dundee University UCU branch co-president, said: “The university’s students and staff have been badly let down.
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📣 All out! Defend refugees at the Cladhan Hotel and support #Falkirk anti-racists this Sun 7th Sept. We need to keep up the fight and let the far-right know they are not welcome!
#RefugeesWelcome
📣 Sun 7th Sept, 11am
📍Assemble Cladhan Hotel, Falkirk, FK1 1UF
#RefugeesWelcome
📣 Sun 7th Sept, 11am
📍Assemble Cladhan Hotel, Falkirk, FK1 1UF
September 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📣 All out! Defend refugees at the Cladhan Hotel and support #Falkirk anti-racists this Sun 7th Sept. We need to keep up the fight and let the far-right know they are not welcome!
#RefugeesWelcome
📣 Sun 7th Sept, 11am
📍Assemble Cladhan Hotel, Falkirk, FK1 1UF
#RefugeesWelcome
📣 Sun 7th Sept, 11am
📍Assemble Cladhan Hotel, Falkirk, FK1 1UF
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Defend Our Juries figures arrested in escalation of state repression
👇A Statement released by the group says “This level of political repression is not what we expect in a democracy"
socialistworker.co.uk/news/defend-...
👇A Statement released by the group says “This level of political repression is not what we expect in a democracy"
socialistworker.co.uk/news/defend-...
Defend Our Juries figures arrested in escalation of state repression - Socialist Worker
Five members were arrested in a dawn raid on Tuesday morning
socialistworker.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Defend Our Juries figures arrested in escalation of state repression
👇A Statement released by the group says “This level of political repression is not what we expect in a democracy"
socialistworker.co.uk/news/defend-...
👇A Statement released by the group says “This level of political repression is not what we expect in a democracy"
socialistworker.co.uk/news/defend-...
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This is completely unacceptable intimidation. Every visa holder is already nervous about their visa, every university. is already draconian about visa compliance. This is just harming students to score headline points with the far right. Stop playing games with our students.
Home Office tells foreign students they will be removed if they overstay visas
About 130,000 to be contacted for first time in response to ‘alarming’ spike in numbers claiming asylum
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This is completely unacceptable intimidation. Every visa holder is already nervous about their visa, every university. is already draconian about visa compliance. This is just harming students to score headline points with the far right. Stop playing games with our students.
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Anti-racists ‘won’t be divided by fascists’ at refugee hotel protests
👇A round-up of the far right protests and the counter-demonstrations to them, which took place across Britain
socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
👇A round-up of the far right protests and the counter-demonstrations to them, which took place across Britain
socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
Anti-racists ‘won’t be divided by fascists’ at refugee hotel protests
A round-up of the far right protests and the counter-demonstrations to them, which took place across Britain
socialistworker.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Anti-racists ‘won’t be divided by fascists’ at refugee hotel protests
👇A round-up of the far right protests and the counter-demonstrations to them, which took place across Britain
socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
👇A round-up of the far right protests and the counter-demonstrations to them, which took place across Britain
socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
Please vote for @beehughes.bsky.social in the current casual vacancy elections on UCU HEC. For a member-led, fighting union.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1411...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1411...
Bee Hughes (Liverpool John Moores University)
www.ucu.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Please vote for @beehughes.bsky.social in the current casual vacancy elections on UCU HEC. For a member-led, fighting union.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1411...
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1411...
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@ducuuo.bsky.social Dundee University plan to cut 632FTE collapses @ucu.org.uk @uculeft.bsky.social
socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...
socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...
Dundee university strikers force bosses to back down
Workers at the University of Dundee have won a major victory against bosses who were determined to slash jobs and cut students’ education. Bosses at the Scottish university announced on Tuesday that ...
socialistworker.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
@ducuuo.bsky.social Dundee University plan to cut 632FTE collapses @ucu.org.uk @uculeft.bsky.social
socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...
socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...
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One of the funniest pieces of nonsense I've read in a long time about the future for HE. The market solution is:
"... offering more flexible courses, and connecting with the over-50s who never attended university but have money to spare."
@ucu.org.uk @uculeft.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social
"... offering more flexible courses, and connecting with the over-50s who never attended university but have money to spare."
@ucu.org.uk @uculeft.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social
UK Universities
“‘They’re hopeless’, one Labour insider told me before the general election. In the eyes of many on the left, they lost the plot on excessive vice chancellor pay and perks, student experience and teaching quality.”
#UKHE #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd
“‘They’re hopeless’, one Labour insider told me before the general election. In the eyes of many on the left, they lost the plot on excessive vice chancellor pay and perks, student experience and teaching quality.”
#UKHE #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd
Can our universities be saved?
Universities are facing their biggest crisis in modern history, yet most are in denial and living in la-la land. Warning bells have been ringing for some years, but the descent has been precipitous. J...
www.spectator.co.uk
January 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
One of the funniest pieces of nonsense I've read in a long time about the future for HE. The market solution is:
"... offering more flexible courses, and connecting with the over-50s who never attended university but have money to spare."
@ucu.org.uk @uculeft.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social
"... offering more flexible courses, and connecting with the over-50s who never attended university but have money to spare."
@ucu.org.uk @uculeft.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social
