@chondrogianni.bsky.social
UCU President, Academic, Linguist
Mischaracterised by university leaders as financial ‘saving’, austerity is in truth vandalism. It ravages decades of training, accrued and accredited knowledge, and publicly funded research.
02.11.2025 12:35 — 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
"China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show"
03.11.2025 10:45 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
At least 36,000 Sudanese have fled since fall of El Fasher to RSF, says UN agency
03.11.2025 11:31 — 👍 42 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 2Much solidarity with professor Laura Murphy.
Can we now have an overhaul of the funding system so we don’t expose our research infrastructure to interference by foreign powers please? Thanks.
Photo of my hand posting a pre-paid envelope into a red postbox.
Posting my YES vote for strike action as part of UNISON in Higher Education’s national pay campaign - this year’s dismal 1.4% pay ‘rise’ is the latest in a long line of real terms pay cuts.
We deserve so much better.
Fund our future!
Fund our pay!
@unisonmmu.bsky.social @unisoninhe.bsky.social
Shocking story! We need to intensify our collective defence of academic freedom @ucu.org.uk
Huge solidarity to Prof. Laura Murphy and to Sheffield Hallam UCU
Post your ballot, support FE and HE!
#WeAreTheUniversity
#NewDealForFe
Bought some ice cream from the cornershop & posted my @ucu.org.uk ballot.
As my dept rep said this week, pensions took 5 years to win, we've got to be dogged & stubborn even when we're tired.
There's no way (higher) education will get better without education workers fighting for it
#WeAreTheUni
Because even this giant spider isn't as horrifying as working conditions, job insecurity and pay erosion in Higher Education
Vote and vote "Yes"
#wearetheUniversity
A "Voluntary Enhanced Retirement" scheme was announced by the VC at University of Leeds earlier today.
We encourage all members to attend our 13 Nov branch General Meeting (12:45-2pm, online) and to keep watch on your emails for more info/advice and further meetings (incl. email sent today ~13:30)
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!
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social hosting a speaker from @leicesterucu.bsky.social next week, and voting to donate to their hardship fund. Solidarity.
30.10.2025 10:55 — 👍 4 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
🗳️🗳️🗳️ hi comrades! A reminder to vote soon and #voteyes in BOTH the national @ucu.org.uk AND the local KCL UCU ballot! #wearetheuniversity #wearekcl
28.10.2025 19:37 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2@leicesterucu.bsky.social begin a further two weeks of strikes from 10 November in their fight against redundancies. Share solidarity, make donations to their strike fund and join demonstrations 12/13 November!
29.10.2025 11:56 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Members on strike to save jobs at UHI Executive Office today #StopTheCuts #SaveHE @uhiucu.bsky.social
30.10.2025 12:55 — 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
Not just a Halloween costume @ulsteruni.bsky.social 👇
- Always being asked to "do more with less"
- hyper surveillance culture
- increased workload intensity
- policy that puts students against staff
Time to stand up to it...
Vote 'yes' in the @ucu.org.uk #wearetheuniversity industrial ballot
Pink poster titled “GUCU upcoming events.” Lists: • 28 Oct: Equalities Drop-in (online, 12–2 pm) • 12 Nov: How does our union work? (in person, 4–5:30 pm) • 12 Nov: GUCU Quiz Night! (in person, from 6:30 pm) • 19 Nov: “Invisible Work” — Workload Drop-in (in person, 3–4:30 pm) • 21 Nov: Screening: Light (2025) (in person, 6 pm) • 26 Nov: Equalities Drop-in (online, 10 am–12 pm) Text notes: “Room details and Zoom links in emails.” Goldsmiths UCU logo at the bottom.
GUCU events this term 💥 Info session for members + quiz night (12/11), workload (19/11) & equalities drop-in (26/11), and a solidarity film screening (21/11)!
📧 Check your emails for room details & Zoom links. #GoldsmithsUCU
Ten Reasons to Vote Yes in the @ucu.org.uk ballot
1⃣ 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝘀
A YES vote strengthens the hand of your elected negotiators and your union in the face of a set of employers making massive cuts in pay and jobs.
More @ucu.org.uk #WeAreTheUniversity ballots flying in today
Our members are fed up with declining student learning conditions and staff working conditions!
The trajectory of redundancies is vast and long. Let’s say enough is enough - vote yes to the national strike!
29.10.2025 11:58 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Leicester management want to cut 150 jobs and wipe out entire departments.
Staff and students are standing together to stop this destruction.
Members are striking from the week of 10 Nov and taking to the streets on 12 Nov. Join us in Leicester. Together we can fight this.
#WeAreTheUniversity
No one takes strike action lightly, but staff at Sheffield’s universities have been pushed too far.
⚠️ 28 days of strikes announced at University of Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam over job cuts.
Education workers deserve better.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
Yesterday our interim Principal, gave evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee.
He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies.
Judge for yourself.
I am at the #DurhamMinersGala
@ucu
for Palestine, for disability proper support, for trans rights, for migrants and refugees, for post-16 education, for union #solidarity, ready to support the #FE ballot and the #HE consultative ballot.
We @ucu
are at the #DurhamMinersGala to honour the
@DurhamMiners
and the TU movement across the four nations.
I am representing every post-16 education member today, every branch defending jobs and demanding better pay and conditions.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/employi...
@zoefranklinld.bsky.social ld.bsky.social @theguardian.com @theipaper.com @drjogrady.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @timeshighered.bsky.social @chondrogianni.bsky.social
More than 90% of residents doctors who voted in the ballot for industrial action in England have voted YES
The results are in: we have a clear mandate to strike.
More than 90% of you who voted in our ballot, voted YES.
You’ve made it clear: enough is enough.
Our fight for full #PayRestoration for resident doctors in England continues.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
Join Liverpool Hope UCU Branch Rally tomorrow in support of those 39 staff whose jobs are at risk from redundancy. Location Eden Car Park, Taggart Avenue L16 9JD. 10am. All welcome. liverpoolhopeucu.github.io/home/#Events
The event location has changed, but the team will be there to assist. #ucu
Shane O’Neill, Jim McGeorge and Iain Gillespie knew of a £40m projected deficit and the need for £40m savings on 2 July 2024 at Dundee University
Page 50 of the Gillies report, states that Jim and Shane wrote to Schools and Directorates that day.
Their evidence at Scot Parliament does not match
