@froschlein.bsky.social
Psychology, JDM, running, UCU, personal views
UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Thank you. Keep having flashbacks to shaping for excellence. At least they haven’t given this exercise a stupid name.
28.10.2025 21:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today colleagues across 5 academic and 1 Professional Services area were informed that their redundancy consultation process starts next week. Spare a thought for all these people who will spend the next 4 months in limbo. Our fight continues and we will be out on strike again from 10 November
28.10.2025 14:32 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0We need to combine our local fight @leicesterucu.bsky.social with our national fight @ucu.org.uk for maximum impact.
28.10.2025 09:36 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0"It is in this random way that the universe is returned to its benign and hopeful axis, a reminder that you never know who you will meet on a picket line and how much that will mean. "
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
Universities would not function without support staff. A 1.4% pay offer is an insult to their hard work and dedication. All staff deserve better than a real-terms pay cut.
The UNISON pay ballot for industrial action opens TODAY. VOTE YES for industrial action. #fundourfuture #fundourpay
Very proud of my UCU branch for its 15 days of strike action! We stand firm and are planning for further action to force Leicester University to retreat from job cuts. Watch this space for details of a national demonstration in Leicester on 12 November.
17.10.2025 16:17 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Yep I feel the same. It’s been an intense three weeks but I fear it’s only going to get worse. Roll on some time off at Christmas!
17.10.2025 16:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Week 3, day 5: Last day of our three week strike.
We were joined by Red Leicester choir and staff and students worked on their percussion skills. Back to the office on Monday but our fight against job cuts and course closures continues.
MOST RECENT UPDATES (in the past fortnight, approximately; last updated 16 October 2025) Brunel is again facing compulsory redundancies Derby proposed 200 redundancies Edge Hill made compulsory redundancies over the Summer Glasgow Caledonian has its mutual severance scheme opened for the third time and is teaching out multiple courses. They’re under a UKVI-imposed plan. Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh is going through its second voluntary redundancy scheme Staffordshire is cutting jobs for the third consecutive year Teesside is trying to get rid of one third of lecturers in four schools by the end of the month.
HR departments are finishing their calculations of the harm done by Clearing, it seems…
This is completely unsustainable; we can’t drastically adjust our staffing every single autumn in response to the volatility of the recruitment cycle. #SaveHE #UKHE
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Thank you to everyone who came to our vigil. It was an incredible display of support.
Thank you also to City of Leicester UNISON and York St John UCU, the latest of many Union branches to donate and send messages of solidarity.
How do we defend the UK university sector?
Join us at this online rally tonight at 6:30pm with our colleagues from Leicester, London Region and Newcastle UCU, and national negotiators.
Register at tinyurl.com/UCU-UniteThe...
Leicester are co-hosting this rally to discuss how we defend education locally and nationally. Hear from local and national negotiators and join in the conversation.
More details and registration here: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Wear black and join us tomorrow at 1.30 outside Fielding Johnson Building ahead of the important Council meeting at 2pm.
14.10.2025 15:58 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Ridiculous that Geography Geology and Environment at Leicester is under threat. @leicesterucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk . In the shadow of where David Attenborough grew up (house at the back), we are on strike to protest against this threat. #climatechange #attenborough
14.10.2025 12:06 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Week 3, day 3: GGE showcase, learning the history behind the naming of the Kathleen Kenyon Building with Alice Samson, and more picket animals!
14.10.2025 14:57 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
The GGE showcase made us ask ourselves what the loss of GGE and its many connections in the University will mean for the ecosystem and sustainability agenda at the University.
14.10.2025 15:06 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0We have had so many great teach outs during the last two weeks of striking and this one turned into a published essay!
11.10.2025 17:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Next week picket plans.
Note the change in some of the picket times!
Staff and students came together early on a Friday morning to send us into negotiations. Our @leicesterucu.bsky.social community is amazing! Shame our managers were not willing to actually negotiate. At least they listened and they certainly heard the crowd behind us! The strike continues.
11.10.2025 05:32 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Super proud of Kristen, her teach-out was definitely one of the highlights of these first two weeks of industrial action.
10.10.2025 20:34 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
EGM tomorrow:
09.10.2025 17:26 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Week 2, day 3:
- more pickets!
- councillor Patrick Kitterick spoke in solidarity with staff raising key points about the importance of staff and the marketisation of education
- Bernard's teach out started an important discussion about the challenges for migrant workers.
08.10.2025 16:58 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
@leicesterucu.bsky.social Today we had s lovely showcase from modern languages and why it matters in a multi-lingual city as Leicester. And our students stand with us every day, thank you!
07.10.2025 15:51 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
@leicesterucu.bsky.social Our students deserve a big thanks for supporting us at the picket line every day, now in week 2. It means a lot to have the students backing for fighting the looming job cuts at University of Leicester in 6 schools
06.10.2025 21:14 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0It was wonderful you are all amazing! It would be madness to cut Modern Languages at Leicester.
07.10.2025 17:34 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Our members have voted to support industrial action to fight against job cuts passed today!
In the ballot our 72% of members were in favour of strike action, and 90% in favour of action short of strike. Turnout was 58%.
Thank you to all members, reps and officials for helping us get the vote out.
Tomorrow's teach out: meet the Modern Languages Team at 1.15 in SBB for their modern languages showcase.
Note the change in picket times!
Pay at Kent has remained pretty much static for some years now because of the financial problems.
When will UK government realise HE desperately needs support?
