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Official account of King's College London University and College Union. The purpose of a union is to empower members with voice + votes at work. Our values are democracy, equality, inclusion, fairness and justice.
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This may not be about you, but it is happening to the people around you. Are you comfortable with that? Please vote in the KCL UCU e-ballot on academic freedom and safeguarding

Great analysis from @parkesland.bsky.social on the connection between attacks on Palestine solidarity and attacks on trans rights. Relevant to our wider mobilising as a union and our current dispute about academic freedom and safeguarding at KCL UCU

The Starmer regime decided, on the same day, to proscribe Palestine Action and to impose trans segregation on the Parliamentary estate. These are not unrelated events.

Trouble at King's College London ⤵️ Join a union. Stand together. 🧵 ⤵️

Over the last year, your colleagues, comrades and friends at KCL have been harassed for defending Palestinian rights, upholding academic freedom and union activism. THIS is why we are balloting members NOW. But what exactly has been happening?

Solidarity with colleagues at KCL! kcl.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/06/11/c...

📣📣 the e-ballot for KCL UCU’s dispute on academic freedom and staff safeguarding is now open 📣📣 members: you will receive an email from yoursay with the link. Please use your vote! @ucu.org.uk #academicfreedom

🇵🇸🗣️TOMORROW 17 June there will be protests at 3 sites supplying Israel’s F-35 fighter jets. Our branch supports the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Please join in Havant, Rochester and Sheffield if you can. Logistic and transport info ➡️ palestinecampaign.org/events/prote... #armsembargo

We have been developing a new KCL UCU website, independent of the KCL Union pages, hosted by the national union. This is still in development, with more pages on our campaigns, resources and news coming soon. Take a 👀 and let us know what to include ➡️

📢📢📢Last week at our General Meeting KCL UCU voted to hold an online consultative ballot over management’s failure to protect academic freedom and safeguard staff from targeted harassment ⭐️The indicative ballot will open week beginning June 16⭐️ @UCU #academicfreedom

🗣️As of this week we have voted to open a trade dispute with the government’s Secretary of State for education over the higher education funding model. There is an organising meeting on Tuesday 3 June, 6-7pm. Register below ⬇️ novaramedia.com/2025/05/26/uni… lu.ma/zs6bklhz?local���

Read more about the UCU’s new trade dispute with the Secretary of State for education over the crisis cause by the UK higher education funding model ➡️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🇵🇸 ✊ Yesterday at our KCL UCU General Meeting members voted in favour of 2️⃣ motions calling for ⭐️ a consultative ballot on possible industrial action to protect academic freedom; and ⭐️reaffirming our commitment to campaigning for KCL to divest from genocide. Full wording ⬇️

‼️Please join us for a very important General Meeting Wednesday at 1pm on Teams or in K2.31.‼️We will be discussing ⬇️ ⭐️King’s Strategy 2030 ⭐️Management’s hostile response to the Palestine encampment ⭐️Possible escalation of our industrial action on academic freedom

Truer today than ever before!

Moving towards a trade dispute with the Secretary of State for Education! UCU Congress voted to support a national trade dispute with the government over the Higher Education funding crisis. Motion & further info: lu.ma/a0vv0sjb?tk=... JOIN to discuss next steps 3 June, 6pm: lu.ma/zs6bklhz 🧵

Motion brought by @ucuessex.bsky.social @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social @ducu.bsky.social @kclucu.bsky.social, Oxford, Kingston, UAL #UCU2025 #UCUCongress

Extending a vote of thanks to all KCL UCU branch members who are representing us at #ucu congress in Liverpool in the coming days!

We continue to be deeply concerned by management’s threats to forcibly remove the Palestine Solidarity Encampment. A letter has been drafted by branch members in support of the Encampment students. Please consider signing it ⬇️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

KCL UCU sends its solidarity to the students who have, since Monday evening, re-occupied King’s Strand campus quad to protest our university’s continued complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and oppression of the Palestinian people. Our full statement ➡️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The next National Demonstration - Nakba 77 for Palestine is taking place this coming Saturday17 May in London at 12pm. The Trade Union bloc will assemble from 12pm at Cleopatra’s Needle on Victoria Embankment. Please come and help with the KCL UCU banner

The student encampment is still in place. Please do attend the student staff assembly in the Strand Quad today at 1pm ✊🇵🇸

📢 The next TUC-sponsored Workplace Day of Action for Palestine is this Thursday 15 May (12.30pm) on Nakba Day. KCL UCU will hold a rally outside the Strand Building. Join us to stand for justice in Palestine 📢https://images.app.goo.gl/nJRNV3yxKYpfWgUq7