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Jo Grady’s UCU election win challenged over ‘unfair advantage’ Candidates who stood in 2024 poll seek rerun of campaign after claiming incumbent broke rules by using union resources

Check out the coverage in THE, and stay tuned.

It's an uphill battle + taken nearly 2 years for the union watchdog to hold a hearing. Grady's using union money to hire a pricey KC, so the odds are against us. But we will fight to win for our colleagues.
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Utterly disgusted by this.

11 January 2023, Grady tells UCU senior managers in secret WhatsApp group chat "every single decision we make/thing we do has to be seen through the below lense... Re-elect GS".

11 January 2023, in response to Grady's instruction that everything UCU does has to be "Re-elect GS", a senior manager replies "And has been, hopefully"

🚨🧵The 2024 UCU General Secretary was so corrupt that @vickyblake.bsky.social + I are fighting a Certification Officer case to re-run it, 10 Feb. Grady won by 182 votes from 114,310 members, turnout 15%.

In secret, Grady ordered UCU managers to "Re-elect GS" +said she'd "destroy" her opponents...

Jo Grady’s UCU election win challenged over ‘unfair advantage’ Candidates who stood in 2024 poll seek rerun of campaign after claiming incumbent broke rules by using union resources

The @timeshighered.bsky.social has reported that @ewanmg.bsky.social and I have applied to the Certification Officer regarding concerns over the 2024 UCU general secretary election. UCU has characterised this as “smearing”, via a spokesperson.

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Education, Children and Young People Committee | Scottish Parliament TV

A true reflection of what university staff feel about the current Higher Education crisis.

If you missed the Scottish Parliament Committee’s evidence session on Wednesday you can watch it here.

Thanks to the ECYP Committee for inviting us to take part.

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

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 🐕

A conical Holly tree coveted in snow, under an almost full moon.

Snow under the moon

Waterfall, John Knox's pulpit, Fife.

Heriot-Watt Scholar provide online learning to Scottish schools, colleges, & to HW students

You, your children or your students may have used it.

You can help secure Scholar for future learners. Use the form to speak out for a unique learning service👇

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It appears 99% of the population are not able to and/or are unwilling to 'learn' anything if it means they might have to minorly inconvenience themselves.

It's important not to normalise spreading germs around. If someone is ill with respiratory symptoms encourage them to self-isolate and not attend in person any work or social events (if they can afford it)... or at the very least wear a mask. Haven't we learnt anything from the pandemic?

Thanks again for all your support @maggiechapman.bsky.social ✊🏽

Maggie wearing a dark blue coat standing next to 5 people, 4 of whom are wearing bright pink UCU beanies. They are holding the Dundee UCU banner. The Tower Building is in the background.

Glad to be able to pop by the @ducuuo.bsky.social picket line as they were just getting set up this morning.
Staff are on strike in the cold & damp to say NO to compulsory redundancies. Management must engage with staff properly: co-design a recovery plan, do not impose cuts!
#Solidarity

The Interim Principal clearly said on STV News there would be no redundancies. Now he is trying to make hundreds of us redundant. Was that misleading people? Was it lying? Total ineptitude?

Whatever it is, staff and students have no trust in this ‘leadership’.

Solidarity to all of Dundee’s workers as they strike in the face of some of most caricaturishly mismanagement this sector has seen to date (although god knows the competition is heating up). May this venerable institution survive and thrive; victory to the strikers!

Day 2 of our strike action.Heres some photos from yesterday’s action.

Come and join us if you value jobs at the University of Dundee.

#SaveDundeeUni #SaveHE

Busy @ducuuo.bsky.social picket lines on day two of their week long strike to save jobs and oppose compulsory redundancies #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #NoCompulsoryRedundancies

We need to stop shipping in vastly overpaid, underperforming ‘executives’ who don’t care about OUR university or OUR city. These people (in this picture) are the people who CAN save OUR university.

So sorry I missed this. RIP Saffy x

More job cuts are not necessary.
@dundee.ac.uk senior management are ideologically obsessed with them.
For reasons unknown they are determined to destroy the institution and, by extension, the city of Dundee.

A split composite photo. On the left, the interim Principal of the University of Dundee, Nigel Seaton. He is wearing a black suit and white shirt, with a white bow tie. Closed captions say “There won’t be any redundancies”. On the right, Prof Nigel Seaton is photographed giving evidence at the Scottish Parliament. Closed captions say “We never said there wouldn’t be any.”

A split photograph image of Prof Nigel Seaton. In the image on the left it states June 2025 and the closed caption reads “There will be no redundancies”. On the right image dated October 2025, the closed captions state “We never said there would not be.”

We realise that opinions can change. If you repeated a statement which no longer reflects your position, you should explain why.

Stating you never made the statement in the first place is harmful as it erodes everyone’s trust.

How can we have trust in this leadership?

Shocking behaviour from a supposed 'leader' of Higher Education. #LowPrincipals

@ucu.org.uk @parliament.scot

@willierennie.bsky.social @maggiechapman.bsky.social @michaelmarra.bsky.social @joefitzsnp.bsky.social

@maggiechapman.bsky.social @ucuscotland.bsky.social

We can also quote him word for word from a meeting with all staff on 1st July.

“I do want to emphasises the fact that it’s a pure voluntary severance scheme.

It will not be followed by a redundancy scheme.

There is no secret Plan B.”

#UKHE @ucu.org.uk

Redundancies were ruled out on three occasions by the most senior staff member at the University of Dundee.

Once to STV, once to staff and once in an interview with the Courier.

Now they are denying they said it when in front of our elected representatives.

Oh look! Our Interim Principal is modelling lying for a living. At the risk of cutting his employees’ living.

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.