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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 07/09/2025

✊ “It’s time to build an education service for the many, not the few, not just the privileged.” - UCU president Maria Chondrogianni at #TUC2025, moving our motion for a fully funded national education service. ✅ Delegates backed the motion unanimously.

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Peter Crowther @pjcrowther.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

“Warwick is distinctive because it’s real.” Using university funds to pay for an advertorial in Vogue Singapore where an executive is featured in a fashion photoshoot and discusses his legacy is possibly one of the most tone-deaf moves I’ve ever seen in UKHE and the bar was already incredibly high.

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The UCU branch at De Montfort University Leicester @ucudmu.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Solidarity with our excellent colleagues at BCU!

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Thank you to South and City College Birmingham @ucu.org.uk rep and FE NEC member Saffi who brought support to us at our lobby of the @mybcu.bsky.social governors meeting. Draws attention to cuts to adult education and university cuts as part of a wider program of attacks on student access to support

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Great support from @staffsucu.bsky.social Aidan at our @ucu.org.uk lobby of the @mybcu.bsky.social governors today. Thank you Staffs for your ongoing support including your donation to our fighting fund! #SaveBCU

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Jonathan Potter @drjonpotter.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Please support BCU staff fighting against cuts! We're repeatedly told these are not financially driven yet they have been rushed through with little planning or fairness.

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Learning rep Geoff addresses the @ucu.org.uk lunchtime lobby of @mybcu.bsky.social governors, drawing attention to the impact of cutting graduate coaches: increasing caseload will reduce the individualised attention our graduates need and deserve #SaveBCU

Geoff with megaphone in front of branch banner

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

New member @1hannahharvey.bsky.social who has supported members as a @ucu.org.uk buddy addresses our lunchtime lobby of the @mybcu.bsky.social governors today, bringing attention to the importance academic skills members bring for students - disbanding these teams will hit students hard

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

. @ucu.org.uk membership secretary Graham addresses the lobby of @mybcu.bsky.social governors this lunchtime highlighting the value teaching and learning librarians bring to students & the damage cutting them will do #SaveBCU

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Professional Services rep and @ucu.org.uk negotiator @pjcrowther.bsky.social reads out a list of the areas affected by cuts and downgrades at our lunchtime lobby of the @mybcu.bsky.social governors today. No to redundancies, no to downgrading, no to cuts to student support!

Professional Services rep Pete reading a list of areas affected by cuts at lobby

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

📢📢📢Starting soon 📢 📢📢 Join colleagues and supporters at the UCU lobby of the governors meeting. No to redundancies! No to cuts to student support!

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 09/07/2025

Adult education is under threat. Funding slashed by 6% and no mention in the government’s spending review. As a vital lifeline for so many we can’t let it be cut without a fight. Tomorrow, 6pm we launch our campaign to #SaveAdultEducation. Join us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9cQ...

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Save Adult Education campaign launch online meeting

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

🚨 Lobby the BCU governors! 🚨 On Wed 16th BCU governors are meeting for an update on the current review, which has put 342 staff at risk of redundancy & cuts student support in multiple ways. Join our lobby: 1pm outside Parkside Building Bring your solidarity and your sun cream! #SaveBCU

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 09/07/2025

📢 Birmingham City University is planning cuts that put 342 staff at risk, slashing student support despite admitting there’s no financial need. This is a threat to student success and staff wellbeing. ✊ Sign the petition to stop the cuts @bcu-ucu.bsky.social

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Petition to @mybcu.bsky.social governors: remove the threat to 342 jobs and cuts to student support at BCU! Please sign and share @ucu.org.uk www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

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Stop redundancies and cuts to student support at Birmingham City University

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leedsucu.bsky.social @leedsucu.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Solidarity with BCU UCU! Please sign and share their petition.

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Peter Crowther @pjcrowther.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Production underway for the next batch of Join UCU fidget toys for @bcu-ucu.bsky.social’s recruitment push as we battle the threat of compulsory redundancy with 342 colleagues put at risk.

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Peter Crowther @pjcrowther.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Please support @bcu-ucu.bsky.social and sign our petition to stop the threat of compulsory redundancy for 342 staff. chng.it/nKTdm2RCZ7 @ucu.org.uk branches we need your support!

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Petition to @mybcu.bsky.social governors: remove the threat to 342 jobs and cuts to student support at BCU! Please sign and share @ucu.org.uk www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

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Stop redundancies and cuts to student support at Birmingham City University

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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

. @bcu-ucu.bsky.social members have been amazing: stepping up as buddies to accompany at risk colleagues, joining drop-ins not just to get advice but to offer support, s - and - voting overwhelmingly to escalate strike action as we approach a new year if there is no movement in our dispute.

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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Beyond busy with amazing @bcu-ucu.bsky.social as we fight a 340+ attack on jobs & ongoing dispute over performance management against a backdrop of suddenly imposed workload-increasing policy changes at same time as shrinking teams with over 200 "silent redundancies" through MARS.

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

BCU UCU are hosting an open trans rights organising meeting: Thursday 3rd July, 6pm, in the Smoke Room at the Woodman. Please do come along and invite colleagues. Please also check your email for a link to fill in the EHRC consultation by Mon 30th June, along with UCU guidance for this.

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

BCU UCU members 📢 Branch meeting Monday 1pm. Check your email for your link. Come along to build our collective fight-back!

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

BCU Fightback: Daily at-risk advice briefings: 8am and 5pm - check your inbox for details on how to join. Support at risk colleagues: volunteer to be a UCU buddy, link to send your availability in branch mailout. Remember to contribute to our collective formal consultation, links in your email.

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Liverpool Hope Uni UCU Branch @beourhope.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Today Liverpool Hope UCU held a rally on Open Day. Our fight is for not only our colleagues and jobs, but for our current & future students. They all deserve the best. #UCU

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The UCU branch at De Montfort University Leicester @ucudmu.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The results of the De Montfort university UCU branch's formal No Confidence ballot have now been confirmed: a resounding 90% voted no confidence in the VC and the ULB This is the fourth significant No Confidence vote passed during the current round of proposed redundancies

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

We were out with today in the annual celebration of the Chainmakers victory in Cradley Heath 115 years ago & of women trade unionists every day! As we face a big week ahead, we remember Mary McArthur's words. A union is like a bundle of sticks: one stick can bend & snap but together we are strong

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

BCU UCU members 📢 Branch meeting Monday 1pm. Check your email for your link. Come along to build our collective fight-back!

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

BCU ucu members 📢 At risk? Join our morning meeting preps & evening debriefs running at 8am & 5pm daily - check your email for links. Not at risk? Volunteer as a union buddy to support a colleague in their meetings & join the branch meeting on Monday to build our collective fight-back

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

UCU have called on BCU leadership to take redundancies off the table, as part of our ongoing dispute demands to protect jobs & negotiate on performance targets. With 340 jobs at risk & a live strike ballot, join our branch meeting on Monday to set a position to empower our negotiators.

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Peter Crowther @pjcrowther.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Please sign this petition for @ucusurrey.bsky.social. We’ve already lost our new professional services colleagues to a subsidiary @bcu-ucu.bsky.social with a weaker pension provision and no union representation. This needs to be resisted at every institution!

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Peter Crowther @pjcrowther.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Absolute legends! ✊ Great to see this as we start a fresh struggle @bcu-ucu.bsky.social

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Peter Crowther @pjcrowther.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Phenomenal work from @ducuuo.bsky.social. They’ve worked tirelessly to save jobs amidst a crisis not of their own making. Surely BCU can see the light and take compulsory redundancy off the table when our finances are in good order? @bcu-ucu.bsky.social

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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Rhianwen Roberts, @ucu.org.uk FE policy officer, opens her keynote at the BCU FE conference with a message of solidarity for @bcu-ucu.bsky.social & all affected by the 340 potential redundancies announced. Calls on leadership to take them off the table & to negotiate with the branch.

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Our chair, also Mids NEC rep, @illdoitanyway.bsky.social updates the regions and nations meeting about victimising attacks on FE reps in West Mids, updates congress on BCU recruitment spike in out-of-bargaining dispute

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Our FE neighbour Safia from South and City College tells the regions and nations fringe about the importance of the adult spending cuts for all educators

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Our brilliant ARPS rep & regional sec @pjcrowther.bsky.social raising the roof @ regions & nations meeting on eve of UCU congress. Our dispute is about unity between academic staff, PS staff & students. Division & attacks on resourcing are a mindless approach to the wider sectoral death-spiral

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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Looking forward to speaking at this on 28th June. Come along and celebrate the women chainmakers of Cradley Heath and women trade unionists everywhere! 🪧 ⛓️‍💥🪧⛓️‍💥🪧 @ucuequality.bsky.social @bcu-ucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @birminghamtuc.bsky.social

THE WOMEN
CHAINMAKERS' FESTIVAL 2025
TUC Midlands
Come and celebrate our local history at this year's
Chainmakers' Festival-right here in the heart of Cradley Heath!
This special day brings our community together to remember the incredible women chainmakers' of 1910, whose fight for fair pay helped shape workers' rights across the UK.
What's on:
Live Music & Entertainment
Street Theatre & Re-enactments
Traditional Chainmaking Demonstrations
Guest Speakers
Stalls, Food & Fun for the Whole Family
It's FREE - and everyone's welcome!
SATURDAY 28 JUNE 2025
11AM - 4PM
MARY MACARTHUR GARDENS
B64 5AP
Bring your friends, your family, and your community spirit.
Let's celebrate Cradley Heath's proud place in history!

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Peter Crowther @pjcrowther.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I’ve visited the @newcastleucu.bsky.social picket this morning to bring some Brummie solidarity from @bcu-ucu.bsky.social. Great turnout here.

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

The sun is shining on the big @ucu.org.uk rally for education where BCU members have joined branches around the country to call on the government to fund education!

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 09/05/2025

UCU has written to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson over the OfS’s damaging £585,000 fine against the University of Sussex. This sets a dangerous precedent for free speech, inclusion, and university funding. Our universities are not culture war battlegrounds. www.ucu.org.uk/media/15036/...

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Our members joined people across the labour movement this morning in support of the @unitewestmidlands.bsky.social Birmingham Bin Strikers. Birmingham Council must negotiate meaningfully and step back from their brutal attack on workers pay and conditions. Solidarity from the BCU UCU dispute!

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BCU UCU @bcu-ucu.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

May Day bank holiday, brought to you (along with having a weekend), by the efforts of trade union members. Enjoy and support your union! 😎

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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Our brilliant Professional Services rep @pjcrowther.bsky.social speaking up for PS members at the @bcu-ucu.bsky.social strike rally #BCUstrike 🪧

Pete in sun with mic, me in background, shadows on paving slabs, glass building front of Parkside behind

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