Dispute with the secretary of state? Funding model based on students’ future debt At least 20,000 jobs cut across the Higher Education on top of disappearance of fixed-term contracts 100 UK universities restructuring and making redundancies Deteriorating working conditions lead to worse learning conditions Employers are emboldened to do nothing to save universities We need a funding system that works for students, staff, and universities

This funding system doesn’t work for anyone, it is dependent on putting students in years of debt and on staff’s job insecurity.

Information about moving towards a dispute with the Secretary of State: www.universityrankandfile.org.uk/campaigns

The weather did not stop today's pickets, teach-out on solidarity, and student march!
Thanks to our speakers and everyone who joined us.
See you all tomorrow at 11!

The scene is dominated by a lovely red pillar box, Left: A small white dog, paws on pillar box, looks on enthusiastically as a ballot is posted by an arm coming in from the right.

A ballot envelope slides into a rectangular style post box

Ballots across Scotland from Heriot-Watt, Strathclyde, Stirling & Aberdeen are going in the post
Vote now Save jobs
Post your ballot (with or without a dog) (don't post the dog they're not covered by the prepaid stamp) @ucuscotland.bsky.social
#UCU #Scholar #GTVO #Heriot-Watt #dogsPostingBallots 🐕

Read this thread for the lived experience of what it's like in almost all UK universities now - just an internal implosion. Organisationally, morally, in terms of capacity and morale.

Our university leadership published their expenses for most of 2025. Reviewing these is a traumatic experience. We note the following:

Total ULB expenses since May 2022 are at £347,923.38
Expenses since August 2024 are at £118,985.24 (during which time they aggressively pursued redundancy...

We love to see it !

Have you voted in the #WeAreTheUniversity ballot yet?

If not, vote now and vote YES!

@ucu.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk

Add your signature to demand that the University of St Andrews sever its links with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem @ucustandrews.bsky.social www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...

There should be a joint statement from the five unions in the next day or so (which also mentions pay, jobs, and nationally agreed employment conditions).

For now, here is some further detail on what our dispute is about and what we UCU members will be balloted on nationally:

#WeAreTheUniversity

Thanks to all the @ucu.org.uk branches supporting us today and this week! Here's a link to our hardship fund -- solidarity donations appreciated! www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/hff-fundrais...

When institutions fail to guarantee international law and human rights, collective action becomes essential.
I encourage all staff and students at the University of St Andrews to read—and consider signing—this letter

A fantastic away day for the branch committee today. Lots of planning for the year ahead. And plenty of ways for members to get more involved!

University of St Andrews - End Link With Hebrew University Open letter from staff and students Link in bio

Staff and students at St Andrews - sign the open letter calling on the university to end links with Hebrew University www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...

Letter to UCU Trustees and NEC Dear National Executive Committee and UCU Trustees, As members of UCU, we are writing to you to raise serious concerns about the continued breakdown of industrial relations between UCU and its staff. ...

"We value the work that all of the staff at UCU provide to our branches, and expect them to have access to the same fair work practices that we fight for as a union."

Open letter for all @ucu.org.uk members to sign in support of @uniteucu.bsky.social
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

St Andrews people - sign the letter calling on the University to condemn the Supreme Court ruling forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Image promoting our strike rally on 12-1pm on 1 May outside UCU head office in London.

📣 May Day Rally 📣

We remain on strike. With our employer continuing to refuse to meet for talks, join our strike rally on Thursday 1 May, 12-1pm outside UCU head office, Carlow Street, London.

All welcome to show your support for making UCU a safe & professional workplace.

#ThriveNotSurvive

Rally for trans rights in St Andrews on Thursday at noon outside college gate.

See you there!

University of Nottingham plans to cut more than 250 jobs Announcing the consultation, the university said it was a "critical moment for universities across the UK".

And there it is. A shocking, appalling, and deeply disappointing announcement of an entirely unnecessary move from the university.

But this is exactly why we have already started organising .

University Withholds Name of Donor Mentioned in Stella Maris Report Despite two Freedom of Information requests from the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES), the University of St Andrews continues to withhold the name of the “prospective funder” menti...

Is there a connection between the sacking of rector Stella Maris and the refusal to disclose the name of a University of St Andrews donor? Article worth reading from the University's magazine: www.thesaint.scot/post/univers...

We are not just numbers on a spreadsheet. We are not just a cost to cut. We are not a quick way to save university managers from the consequences of their own decisions.

We are people, looking to live our lives, trying to keep ourselves and our families secure. We deserve to be able to do that.

The Unite banner and flags at the entrance to the UCU offices. The banner reads ‘against the slow cancellation of trade union democracy’. There’s a luminous green infographic bubble that says, ‘Sign the Petition in Solidarity with Unite UCU.’

Solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social on their third of twenty escalating days strike action, in their ongoing disputes with @ucu.org.uk over an unsafe and racist workplace as well as pay. Support our comrades fighting toxic management by signing the petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

UK HE shrinking This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…

“Happy” anniversary to The List. A year of this webpage mapping, watching managers cut jobs & departments to meet local KPIs while transforming the shape of higher education & research across the country. And government enabling this.

Tuesday we’ll be out again. People keep telling us how angry and upset they are, how they don’t understand that there is ZERO movement, and wonder how much management even care. People are done, students are done, management need to stop these damaging cuts NOW.

Powerful testimony from @ducuuo.bsky.social #WeAreThe632 about the job cuts in Dundee and its impact on all our lives. Share widely @uculeft.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social @ucustandrews.bsky.social

Rule of thumb: don’t threaten your staff.

For those who have difficulty understanding: don’t threaten your staff to stop them from shedding light on what is being done to public institutions.

Education, Children and Young People Committee | Scottish Parliament TV

Acting Chair of Court was “baffled” by the University of Dundee’s finances. And looks forward to the investigation helping to uncover what went wrong!

They still don’t know what went wrong at the University of Dundee.

www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/educ...

Every time university senior managers tell you they care, show them this little detail from Dundee.

Solidarity with our Newcastle University members on strike today ✊

The 6th day of strike action this month fighting against hundreds of job cuts 💪

The whole union is behind you 🪧

Read more: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1391...

‘A slap in the face’: Edinburgh uni staff rage at principal’s second job amid layoffs Edinburgh university principal Sir Peter Mathieson has taken a potentially lucrative second job despite warning staff of looming layoffs.

Do our 'leaders' live on a different planet than their staff, we wonder?

theferret.scot/edinburgh-un...