Well done to @uonucu.bsky.social for getting such a strong turnout, and good luck on your action! 💪

University of Nottingham staff vote to strike over job cut threat - BBC News Staff at the University of Nottingham plan to take action over proposals to cut more than 250 jobs.

“Considering the drastic plans for job losses and restructuring, we are left with no alternative in order to protect the jobs.”

Lopa Leach @uonucu.bsky.social
on the YES vote to strike action.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lecturers from Cardiff University predict its dystopian future Anonymous What will a “leaner and more efficient” Cardiff University look like? Cardiff University’s Executive Board has set out their vision for ‘digital transformation’ in Wales in 2035, where ‘digi...

The first step in building the new Cardiff university has been cuts of around 280 academic jobs and at least a dozen programmes, mostly from the arts and humanities, in a four-month manufactured crisis

Cardiff University academic who objected to cuts robbed of title through 'spite' Martin Shipton A distinguished archaeologist and academic who publicly opposed Cardiff University’s cuts programme has been “spitefully” denied a status often given to retired professors. James Whitle...

nation.cymru/news/cardiff... Disgusting behaviour from Cardiff University. Our valued colleagues must not be denied emeritus status simply for being committed trade unionists, and all institutions that do this should be named and shamed

meme: a man with a mustache and glasses is speaking to a woman with platinum blond hair. "University managers keep pushing through restructures claiming it will make things cheaper" "well, did it work for those people?" asks the woman. "No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might but... but it might work for us"

The List in meme-format: qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

'We're female professors, here's why we think Dundee University has a women problem' Professors Angela Daly and Annalu Waller say Dundee University is destroying its commitment to gender equality in STEM.

The University of Dundee has a women problem

“In our view this culture of sexism runs deeper than the sidelining of women speaking up and out and persists beyond the ignominious end of Iain Gillespie’s tenure as Principal of the university.”

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/c...

REDUNDANCIES PROCESS CONTINUES

This is a follow up to our post on Tuesday regarding the interim-Principal stating "There won't be any redundancies" in an STV interview

Prof Seaton has clarified his remarks by stating that he meant "There will be no redundancies related to the recovery plan". 1/3

Newcastle University strike action over as dispute settled Strike action from academics at Newcastle University is over now an agreement has been reached between a trade union and management

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Congratulations to Newcastle; may their victory Inspire all who face similar fights ✊✊✊

Newcastle University staff strike ends in settlement University and College Union members end strike action prompted by the threat of job losses.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

oh hey, government, this is why you SORT OUT THE FUNDING SYSTEM for universities alongside getting governance sorted. Because otherwise you're going to have to keep throwing good money after bad. Because we all know you cannot afford a university *actually* going under, however ballsy you sound.

The results of the De Montfort university UCU branch's formal No Confidence ballot have now been confirmed: a resounding 90% voted no confidence in the VC and the ULB

This is the fourth significant No Confidence vote passed during the current round of proposed redundancies

Dundee given £40 million bailout following ‘unprecedented’ crisis Money for ailing institution from Scottish Funding Council comes on top of the £22 million previously made available

Another £40m for University of Dundee from Scottish govt. Underlines how bad things are there - but can’t help feeling other Scottish unis would have liked a share of the £62m now handed to Dundee when they were cutting jobs, etc www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dundee-...

WHOA!!!!! Dundee, you legends!

Other VCs, it can be done!

The English higher education market is broken New regulator powers should include the ability to claw back pay from vice-chancellors in the event of financial catastrophe

Hard to argue with the headline, though debatable use of the word market, and the analysis is a bit superficial.

www.ft.com/content/7514...

We sure do!

DAVID CLEGG: The rot in Dundee’s leadership runs deeper than the university The Courier's editor David Clegg criticises the "culture of secrecy" gripping Dundee institutions beyond the crisis-hit university.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/5... "Let’s not pretend these are isolated blunders. This is a pattern – a public sector culture where too many in charge act like they’re above the rules. Paid with your money. Protected by the press office. Answerable to no one."

Lecturers from Cardiff University predict its dystopian future Anonymous What will a “leaner and more efficient” Cardiff University look like? Cardiff University’s Executive Board has set out their vision for ‘digital transformation’ in Wales in 2035, where ‘digi...

nation.cymru/opinion/lect...

Absolutely infuriating that this is the end point of vastly inflated salaries for Vice Chancellors and other top admin whose obsence pay raises at a time of pension cuts were always justified on the grounds that only they could manage the new era of competitive marketized higher education.

Lancaster University to cut one in five academic jobs Institution says it is ‘not immune’ to financial challenges as it looks to axe 400 jobs

'The university has informed staff of plans to cut 400 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions by July 2026, with academics the first to go.'

Professor Andy Schofield, VC at Lancaster University since 2020, will take up position of Principal & VC at Glasgow University on 1 October 2025.

Reminder to all members: join us for our Emergency General Meeting today (Monday , 23rd) at 11.30 to discuss the newly launched voluntary severance scheme and other matters.

We are extremely concerned by the letter from Ernst and Young, auditors at the University of Dundee.

The letter suggests that executives submitted inaccurate responses during the auditing process.

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www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

Redundancies Are Not the Solution The VS scheme. Course closures. Promotion deferral. Deletion of course combinations. Redundancies. These have been some of the University's highlights for the past 1.5 years. Taken together, these actions represent a sustained and escalating attack on the livelihoods of dedicated staff at LHU and the integrity of the country's HE sector as a whole. None of these ‘solutions’ have made or will ever make LHU financially sustainable in the long-term. These are short-sighted and unjust initiatives that have eroded and will continue to erode the trust and morale of the very people who have committed their lives and careers to the mission of LHU: to inspire and support students from all walks of life and, crucially, to educate students in the round - i.e., to show them that learning is a quest for truth, honesty, and goodness. Redundancies may save some money in the short-term but universities around the country are consistently and repeatedly underestimating

extremely insightful report from Liverpool Hope about the financial state of the university and the long-term risks posed by the course closures and redundancies.

drive.google.com/file/d/1qcu1...

#UKHE #SaveHe

YouTube video by STV News Edinburgh University lectures strike over compulsory redundancies

STV news coverage of today’s rally. #stopthecuts #ucuedinburgh #ucu #universityofedinburgh youtube.com/watch?v=08vO...

I’m striking today in opposition to planned £140m cuts at the University of Edinburgh. Less than three years ago, I left the University of Roehampton after all the academics in my School were sent letters telling us we were being put at risk of redundancy.

UCU members on Edinburgh picket line

No More Cuts written in chalk

UCU members on Edinburgh picket line

UCU members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are striking today over University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs

We're fighting against these reckless proposals

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Tomorrow @sutrscotland.bsky.social national demonstration (Sat 21/6) in Glasgow: Aye Welcome Refugees - Stop the Far Right. Assemble 12noon, Barrowland Park for march. Then music and carnival from 2.30pm at the Old Fruitmarket #AyeWelcomeRefugees #StopTheFarRight

Edinburgh academics strike over £140m funding cuts The strikes are intended to disrupt the university’s annual Open Day, where thousands of prospective students and their families will visit campus.

Herald coverage: Edinburgh university staff strike today as 1800 job losses threatened www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525177...

STABLE FUNDING.

The experiment of having the country's higher education and research reliant on the volatility of student fees, AND removing any predictability by removing the student number distribution clearly doesn't work.