Calling for solidarity across UCU branches. We are fighting against cuts, casualisation and marketised education!
UCU Solidarity Movement
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Labour lost nearly four times as many voters to the Greens as Reform.
Yet all you hear about is Reform's threat to Labour.
Why? Because
a) the left aren't treated as legitimate political actors
b) Labour's masters prefer bashing migrants to challenging wealth and power
Reading this as one of my many tasks today. Very downcast to see all those universities founded in the 1960s to foster the whole person, communities of hope and the conditions of freedom... ripped apart and trashed just a couple of generations later. For no good reason.
There is no award or accomplishment that protects an academic, a department, or a degree programme from the cuts. There is always a place to move the goalposts. They're killing higher education in the UK.
Our solidarity goes to our colleagues at the University of Nottingham. Your fight is our fight!
Glen O'Hara
Owen Jones
Show solidarity and support for @uonucu.bsky.social! Donate here: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Action- the administration says they are making 100% salary reductions in response to our marking and assessment boycott and that all other work from participants during this time is "voluntary."
Response- We strike for two months straight.
westbridgfordwire.com/university-o...
Today our members passed this motion to move to indefinite strike action if 100% pay deductions are imposed by management.
Punitive deductions are an attack on our members and our right to take industrial action. We will not work without pay.
goldsmithsucu.org/2026/05/21/e...
Please sign and share this petition - c.org/Wh2NJg5dpc. Prevent mass course closures at yet another apparently financially stable university. Solidarity and strength to @uhertfordshireucu.bsky.social! @ucu.org.uk
2,700 staff at the University of Nottingham have been told that they are "at risk". The UCU branch is fighting back.
🌟 Rush solidarity to @uonucu.bsky.social!
🌟 Donate to their fighting fund at uonucu.org
🌟 Come to the activist meeting on Tuesday in this thread! 👇
Iʼm raising money to support the Nottingham UCU hardship fund. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
Staff at the University of Nottingham will strike for 61 days from Monday 1 June to Friday 31 July (2026) in addition to the day of strike action set for
This emergency motion was passed with overwhelming support at the emergency branch meeting on 21/05/2026. This branch notes that: GUCU branch committee members and the employer have met three times .....
Action- the administration says they are making 100% salary reductions in response to our marking and assessment boycott and that all other work from participants during this time is "voluntary."
Response- We strike for two months straight.
westbridgfordwire.com/university-o...
After our successful ballot, this branch has now declared a Marking and Assessment Boycott (MAB) starting on the 20th of May, as well as one day of strike on 22nd of May.
What is happening?
MA...
🧪 #AcademicSky 🇬🇧 30% staff cut in Chemistry at Nottingham. Two years ago, the Department received the RSC Prize in Excellence for Higher Education.
Resources and talent going to waste. UKG doing nothing to preserve strategic know-how for the country.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/notting...
Staff at the University of Nottingham will strike for 61 days from Monday 1 June to Friday 31 July (2026) in addition to the day of strike action set for
The "watershed moment" for the HE crisis is upon us.
The Nottingham announcement may be the tipping point. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/notting...
University of Nottingham UCU branch
Fabrizio Scarpa
UCU Solidarity Movement
The department's technicians and support staff are also at risk
