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A New Deal for FE: petition for binding national bargaining in FE buff.ly/y6ltFIN Don't delay sign the petition for A New Deal for FE TODAY @marisharay.bsky.social @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social @mybool.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @drjogrady.bsky.social @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social @munirawilson.bsky.social

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Thousands of jobs are at risk in higher education. @drjogrady.bsky.social told @itvnews.bsky.social how UCU is fighting back with our #STOPtheCUTS campaign👇 Sign the petition now: stopthecutspetition.org.uk

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UK higher education faces an unprecedented crisis 🚨 With thousands of jobs at risk the UK govt must step in 👇

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Higher education is on its knees. We must #STOPtheCUTS ✂️ Sign the petition 👇 stopthecutspetition.org.uk Job cuts, course cuts, real term pay cuts. ONE in TWO universities cutting jobs or announcing redundancies. We need urgent government intervention to #FundHENow.

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This past weekend reps from across Wales travelled to Cardiff to attend the UCU Cymru Annual Congress ✊ Great to see everyone coming together, representing Wales and addressing matters central to our members 👏 #UCUCymruCongress2025

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We’re submitting our petition for binding national bargaining on 7 March 👏 This is your chance to tell employers & the govt that we need a #NewDealforFE Sign the petition now and demand: 👉 manageable workloads 👉 pay parity with schoolteachers 🔗 newdealforfe.org.uk

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Incredible sights on the @newcastleucu.bsky.social picket line this morning. We will fight tooth and nail to protect jobs. The whole union is behind you. Solidarity ✊

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10,000 jobs at risk, strike action across the country 🚨 These cuts are harming staff and students. We must #STOPtheCUTS @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social shares our story 👇

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Out in force at the Newcastle Pickets today! Nick rocking the picket sign! 🪧❤️ @ucu.org.uk @quantumchancellor.bsky.social

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Staff shocked by threat of job cuts at Truro and Penwith College despite having millions in reserve. Management needs to start working protecting jobs and student provision. Regional Support Official Alison Chapman discussed with BBC Cornwall this morning 👇

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UCU Official Katharine Clarke expressed her disappointment that “It has been ten months since members agreed to stand down industrial action and absolutely no progress has been made concerning the workload part of the offer." in The Impartial Reporter 👇

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Absolute pleasure to be in Cardiff today, speaking with our Welsh members, and an honour to address the conference on matters central to our members and how UCU is uniting the fights they face.

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Diwedd diwrnod hir ond buddiol yng nghyngres UCU Cymru. Gwych gallu croesawu @jogrady.bsky.social a @mybool.bsky.social i Gaerdydd - a diolch i Estelle Hart am gadeirio’r Gyngres, ac i @vthuppil.bsky.social am gadeirio’r gynhadledd Addysg Uwch yn y Gymraeg.

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Excellent coverage of the difficulties that our members are facing at @ducu.bsky.social & @newcastleucu.bsky.social on @itvtynetees.bsky.social. With strike action imminent management must start to prioritise jobs over vanity projects. Higher education is in crisis, the government must intervene.

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Hundreds of Jobs at risk at Bangor University 🚨 UCU Bangor's Dyfrig Jones (@dyfrigjones.bsky.social) spoke to @bbcwales.bsky.social about the devastating impact these cuts will have 👇

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Our 'Cradle to Grave' policy conference is just around the corner. A chance for members to gather & discuss some of the biggest challenges facing the sectors where we organise. 🗓️ Saturday 29 March 📍 CCT Venues, Smithfield, London 🔗 Register: ucu.wufoo.com/forms/from-c...

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Higher education is in crisis ⏰ 🚨 200 jobs at risk at Bangor University 🚨 Cardiff University planning to cut 400 jobs 🚨 90 jobs on the line at University of South Wales We must stop the cuts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Solidarity, colleagues! Durham smashed our consultative ballot and management has been uninterested in fair negotiations….sadly, we may be following suit unless things change.

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300 jobs at risk at Newcastle University 🚨 Our members should not pay the price for vice-chancellors' inability to manage finances. @newcastleucu.bsky.social say enough is enough.

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"We are a world-leading sector, but the world is watching us crumble" Our members share the impact of destructive cuts with the @bbcnews.bsky.social 👇 Higher education is in crisis, the government must intervene.

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📢 Calling further education members 📢 We welcome The Education Select Committee's launch of the 'Making FE fit for the Future' inquiry. We will be a proactive participant. Sign the #NewDealforFE petition, show your support & feed in 👇 🔗 newdealforfe.org.uk youtube.com/shorts/R9xRb...

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📢 @newcastleucu.bsky.social vote YES to strike action🚨 "Our members have overwhelmingly backed strike action because they refuse to allow their colleagues to pay the price for management's failure to budget effectively." 🗣️ @drjogrady.bsky.social ✊

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🚨 We're supporting the Workplace Day of Action 🚨 Join us and take action to call for an end to government and corporate complicity in Israel’s atrocities. 🗓️ Thursday, 13 February 📍 Your Workplace

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🚨 10 days of strike action starts tomorrow⏰ Staff at the University of Sheffield International College will be on the picket line from 8am tomorrow morning in a fight to save their jobs. Send them your solidarity ✊

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TODAY! Join the workplace day of action for Palestine https://buff.ly/40MHpfh @marisharay.bsky.social @ldfpalestine.bsky.social @mybool.bsky.social @calummillerld.bsky.social @pscupdates.bsky.social @laylamoran.bsky.social @unitesharon.bsky.social

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Another blow to adult & community education in @feweek.bsky.social report that budgets set to be cut ❌ ACE transforms lives delivering vital skills & opportunities that society needs. We need a #NewDealforFE ✊ Read our response 👇 www.ucu.org.uk/article/1390...

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Thanks to everyone who attended the rally outside Senedd. 300+ called for stabilising the higher education sector. I'm grateful to Vikki Howells MS, Minister for Further & Higher Education, for meeting with me & fellow union leaders. Our red line will always be no compulsory redundancies @ucu.org.uk

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📣UEA UCU members have overwhelmingly voted YES to industrial action, in the largest turnout we've had in a paper ballot at UEA. 📣We hope management will now recognise the depth of feeling there is at the University about the need to avoid compulsory redundancies. #SaveUEA

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Coventry University is in crisis: 👉 300 jobs at risk 👉 Severe cuts across faculties Yet the vice-chancellor: 👉 Received an £80,768 bonus on £300k+ salary 👉 Rewarded with position at the DBT Sign the petition, urge the govt to rescind his role 👇 bit.ly/4aL7iAN

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🚨 @uea-ucu.bsky.social vote YES to industrial action "leadership now needs to start listening to their staff and work with us to avoid compulsory redundancies & further unrest on campus." 🗣️ @drjogrady.bsky.social With 190 staff members at risk we must fight these cuts ✊

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Our members out in force today at the UCU Cymru rally against the brutal cuts Cardiff University is threatening to make. Our General Secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social spoke to @bbcwales.bsky.social about the devastating impact they would have on our members.

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Black History is 365 Days! Black Inventor’s

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Prison educators are severely underfunded and unsupported. We are demanding change. Find out more about our #UnlockingFutures campaign 👉 www.ucu.org.uk/UnlockingFut...

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Our General Secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social went on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social last night to tell the nation about the shockingly low pay of further education college lecturers 👇

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Catford Adult Education Institute-prospectus 1977-78 #furthereducation #UKFE #FE #histed

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UCU South West Region: Anti-casualisation & equalities in education event https://buff.ly/42nmRML @mybool.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @marisharay.bsky.social @uoblibdems.bsky.social @sarahgibsonmp.bsky.social @unisonsw.bsky.social @ucusw-regcom.bsky.social @bristollibdems.bsky.social

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Q: Why do we need unions? A:

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Join this Holocaust Memorial Day webinar on 27 Jan🕯️ Led by Professor of Holocaust Studies, Zoe Waxman & introduced by UCU General Secretary, Jo Grady. Register here 👉 bit.ly/3WBIKo7

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Good to see the Sheffield East Asian Studies group so well organised in the face of the threat! Here's a handy overview of what people can do to support: sites.google.com/view/sheffie...

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Our statement on the government's changes to the Higher Education 'Free Speech' act 👇 Read online here 👇 www.ucu.org.uk/article/1381...

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Strike ballot opened at University of East Anglia. Almost one in six staff put at risk of redundancy. "Our members will be voting yes to strike action because they refuse to pay the price for management's continued failings." @drjogrady.bsky.social.

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"There are far too many examples of dodgy financial behaviour from further education bosses, which puts staff and students at risk, and the ESFA now needs to publish the outcomes of its investigations so these bosses can be held to account."🗣️ Paul Bridge

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