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Unite - University of Dundee @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

UCEA’S 1.4% PAY OFFER IS SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH- HE INSTITUTIONS CAN AFFORD TO PAY MORE. With real inflation (RPI) still running high at over 4.6% (Aug 2025) there is no end in sight to the cost-of-living crisis. 1.4% is also a massive national pay cut.

1.4% is yet another real terms pay cut. Stand together vote yes together.

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Unite - University of Dundee @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The University of Dundee has issued a statement on the findings of the Gillies Report revealed today: www.dundee.ac.uk/towards-fina...

Gillies Report brings impetus to University recovery
The University of Dundee has responded to the publication of the Gillies Report into the deterioration of the University's financial position.
• University acknowledges clear failings in financial monitoring, management and governance.
• Professor Shane O'Neill, Interim Principal and Vice-Chancellor, steps down
• Acting Chair of Court, and Chair of Finance & Policy, both bringing forward departures, with immediate effect
• Leadership will digest the full implications of the report and commit to act on the findings.
Departing Interim Principal has apologised for the impact this situation has had on many people, particularly our staff and students.

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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Back at #STUC25 listening to @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social emergency motion about the financial mismanagement at @dundee.ac.uk & compulsory job losses that the executive want to make. #Solidarity with all staff and students at Dundee Uni!

Speaker at the platform talking about Dundee university. The STUC banner is in the background, in the Caird Hall

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Unite - University of Dundee @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

📣 Unite in the University of Dundee: STUC Rally Against Redundancies 📍Where: Tower Building, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN 📅 When: Tuesday 29 April at 12:00 CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE - REGISTRATION FORM: buff.ly/WY601Od See you there! 🚩✊🏻

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Unite - University of Dundee @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Defend Dundee University March and Rally 🕰️ Assemble at 11:40am 🗺️ Blackness Road Unite Office 🪧 March at 12pm ➡️ Albert Square for the rally 🤝 Part of Speak Oot! Dundee’s Festival of Trade Unionism Details below 👇

MAY DAY
DUNDEE
3RD MAY 2025
DEFEND DUNDEE UNIVERSITY
Assemble: 11.40am
Unite Office
Blackness Road
March: 12noon
Rally: 12.30 Albert Square
Organised by Dundee Trades
Union Council
SPEA

SPEAK OOT
Dundee's Festival of Trade Unionism
Saturday 26 April to Saturday 3 May 2025

SPEAK OOT
Saturday 26 April to Saturday 3 May 2025
DUNDEE'S FESTIVAL OF TRADE UNIONISM
Saturday 26 April - 13:00
Dundee Food Not Bombs
Community Meal
Keiller Centre, DD1 1DQ

Monday 28 April - 12:00
International Workers
Memorial Day Ceremony
City Square, DD1 3BB

Monday 28 April - 18:00
Dundee-Nablus Twinning
Association & FBU
Speak Oot for Palestine Queens Hotel, DDI 4DU

Tuesday 29 April - 18:00
Film Viewing: Red Skirts on
Clydeside + Discussion
Living Rent, Tenants' Union Generator Projects, DD1 4JG

Wednesday 30 April - 12:00
Rethinking Universalism Maggie Chapman, Jeane
Freeman & Chris Birt (JRF)
City Chambers, DD1 3BG

Thursday 1 May - 19:00
Book Launch: The Lost & Early
Writings of James Connolly
Unite the Union
Blackness Road, DD1 5PB

Saturday 3 May - 11:45
May Day March & Rally
Dundee Trades Council
Unite the Union
Blackness Road, DD1 5PB

Saturday 3 May - 14:00
May Day Social
Dundee Burns Club
37 Union Street, DD1 4BS

For more info & to register for events speakoot@gmail.com

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Unite - University of Dundee @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The full timeline for the University of Dundee crisis probe has been revealed in this article from @thecourier.co.uk More details: dlvr.it/TKKf1R

The full timeline:
April 10: International audit firm BDO appointed as investigation team.

April 11: Pamela Gillies visits Dundee University to meet liaison member.

April 14: Pamela Gillies and BDO investigators meet to begin process of launching the investigation and compiling documents with the support of university staff.

April 15-16: BDO investigator meets interim director of finance Helen Simpson.

April 15 – May 16: Detailed analysis of documents including financial reporting, management, communication and governance oversight.

May 1: Staff and student “townhall” meeting.

May 19-26: Live interviews.

May 27-June 14: Preparation of the report.

June 16: Report available to Scottish Funding Council, Scottish Government and university court.

June 19: Report published.

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Unite - University of Dundee @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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Unite - University of Dundee @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

“Two people have been trying to rescue the university while it has been under siege from both sides,” an insider said. “This involvement of figures like Sir Paul Grice and Anton Muscatelli will provide not just expertise and experience but also credibility.” www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

thecourier.co.uk

Hopes grow for solution to Dundee University crisis

Government insiders say optimism is increasing with new advisers in place and a deputy first minister ready to 'get things done'.

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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Staff & students @dundee.ac.uk didn't cause the financial crisis. They shouldn't have to pay for management's mistakes. They must be treated with respect. Today I wrote to @jennygilruth.bsky.social, the Education Cabinet Secretary, urging her to act. @ducuuo.bsky.social @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social

Letter from Maggie to Education Cabinet Secretary Jenny Gilruth. Text in comments

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Unite - University of Dundee @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Unite Scotland demands the implementation of a government task force over ‘gross financial mismanagement’ as 700 jobs face being axed at the University of Dundee. The full statement:

Unite the union can confirm that hundreds of workers at the University of Dundee are being balloted on industrial action as part of its campaign to fight for jobs and to save the future of the University.

The development follows interim principal Shane O'Neill revealing this week in a letter to the Scottish Parliament that the total amount of jobs at immediate risk could exceed 700 as the University grapples with a £35m deficit.

The huge job cuts proposal represents 21 per cent of the University's workforce of 3,259 people. Unite believes that jobs could be at risk as early as this month.

Unite represents hundreds of workers at the University in various roles such as professional services staff, including technicians and student support.

The ballot opens tomorrow (4 April) and closes on 24 April.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Unite will do everything industrially, legally and politically possible to protect the livelihoods of hundreds of workers at the University of Dundee.”

“The situation is in danger of spiralling out of control with the very existence of the University now at risk without government intervention. Unite will support our members every step of the way in defence of their jobs.”

Unite has demanded urgent action by the Scottish Government to protect hundreds of jobs at the University and claimed that unless this happens then the ‘very existence’ of the university is under threat following ‘gross financial mismanagement’.

The union added that the decision by the university to stand aside from co-sponsoring an external investigation into the financial crisis with the Scottish Funding Council is welcome, but it will not get to all the root causes.

The union has demanded the Scottish Government intervene by establishing a Task Force involving all key stakeholders to ensure the future viability of the University and to bring forward stabilising measures which can protect hundreds of livelihoods.

Katrina Currie, Unite industrial officer, said: “Unite has no option but to respond to the gross financial mismanagement which has shaken the University of Dundee to its foundations. Under no circumstances will we allow compulsory redundancies to take place because the workers are blameless, and they should not have to pay the price for incompetence.

“The Scottish government needs to intervene to stabilise the situation because this crisis is in danger of inflicting a crushing economic blow to the city.

“The external investigation being led by the Scottish Funding Council is insufficient. We need a government led Task Force which would involve all key stakeholders so that we can collectively work towards saving jobs and getting the University back on a path to sustainability.”

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Unite - University of Dundee @dundeeuniunite.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Hello 👋 We’re just getting set up here, so give us a follow if you want updates on campaigns, events, ballots, and communications from Unite at the University of Dundee.

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