One of the most frustrating things about this crisis is the continually poor communication with staff and students. Reading about what is likely to happen to you in the media creates such distrust in management.
01.04.2025 07:41 β π 13 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
The admission.
βThereβs been inadequate financial discipline and control.β
βPoor investment decisions including in IT systems.β
βWeak compliance in financial control and a lack of accountability.β
βInadequate oversight at executive and court levels of our financial positionβ.
This is damning!
22.03.2025 12:48 β π 26 π 20 π¬ 0 π 1
Amidst all the other chaos, the garden pond is so often a place of calm and renewal π #frogspawn
22.03.2025 12:57 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The cuts to 632 posts announced by university executives hide behind the numbers.
Every post is a person, a valued colleague.
We share their stories, as part of our grassroots We are the 632 campaign #WeAreThe632 #SaveDundeeUni
Up first is Anya who talks about how this will affect Dundee. 1/2
20.03.2025 17:41 β π 77 π 56 π¬ 1 π 4
Alfie popped by to see us yesterday. They pointed out that we already have 237 colleagues who have already left the University of Dundee.
We were told we need to lose 632 jobs top of this!
869 colleagues will be lost and this is just phase 1!
#PicketLinePets #PicketPups #dogs #SaveHE
14.03.2025 07:44 β π 25 π 22 π¬ 0 π 1
Bonnie visited us on the picket line and said we should resist βthe ruffcovery planβ put forward by the people responsible for the crisis at the University of Dundee.
The plan is presented as inevitable. It is not.
Stand up and resist.
#PicketLinePets #PicketPups #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
13.03.2025 09:23 β π 22 π 6 π¬ 0 π 3
Week 2 of our industrial action to save jobs at the University of Dundee begins now.
Come and join or visit our friendly picket line at the Tower Building, every day from 8am.
Hereβs what we have achieved in the first week.
03.03.2025 08:08 β π 23 π 22 π¬ 0 π 2
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