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Exeter branch for the UCU. #DefendExeterUni. linktr.ee/DefendExeterUni

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What a MAMMOTH result. 100% the product of everyone's efforts over the summer.

RECORD-BREAKING BALLOT RESULT
EXETER UCU VOTES FOR ACTION
90.53% VOTE YES TO STRIKE
73.85% TURNOUT

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

While there is some relief in the threat of compulsory redundancies being removed, we are also thinking of the amazing colleagues we are losing through so-called voluntary redundancy. These colleagues are experts in their fields, they are our academic community, and they are fantastic educators

SO MANY EXPERTS, INSPIRING EDUCATORS, SUPERVISORS, TOP RESEARCHERS, COLLEAGUES LOST THROUGH TERS (THE EXETER RELEASE SCHEME). WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO #DEFENDEXETERUNI

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The University of Exeter has confirmed that it won’t proceed with compulsory redundancies “at this time”. This means colleagues do not need to complete the pro forma, and there will be no selection process.

photo of Nicole Kidman looking incredibly joyful and free after her divorce from Tom Cruise was finalised

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🚨 KEY DATES FOR THE POSTAL BALLOT 🚨 Jot them down, add them to your Google calendars, write them in flames a mile high (for any Senior Management reading this, that's a joke 😇)

POSTAL BALLOT KEY DATES
27/07 BALLOT OPENS
02/08 REPLACEMENT SYSTEM OPENS
24/08 REPLACEMENT SYSTEM CLOSES
09/09 BALLOT CLOSES

ALREADY VOTED? CONFIRM HERE (PICTURE OF QR CODE)

#DEFENDEXETERUNI exeterucu.wordpress.com/fight-the-job-cuts/

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🚨🚨 E-consultation on strike action in your inboxes!! 🚨🚨 This morning you will have gotten an email from us with the subject line '#DefendExeterUni EUCU Industrial Action consultative ballot.' 💌 It is VERY IMPORTANT you vote through the link that email!! [1/3]

Oprah meme where she is pointing at the audience (when they win a prize) with the text: you get an email, you get an email, everyone gets an email!

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Missed the VC’s speech? Lucky you. Here’s the financial highlights! 1/ Confirmed Exeter uni is STILL IN SURPLUS for 25/26 2/ The top 16 execs at Exeter have a combined pay packet of nearly £4m 3/ The VC has a pay packet of nearly £400k a year 4/ Our cash reserves are going up, year on year [1/2]

Greg and Tom from the HBO show succession, with text saying "you can't do anything with five million"

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

We just had a meeting with over 700 (!!) of our members and OVERWHELMINGLY voted in favour of a motion to calling for a strike ballot! 🩷 We're doing this together. We are the University! #DefendExeterUni.

EXETER UCU VOTES IN FAVOUR OF MOTION CALLING FOR STRIKE BALLOT

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🚨🚨 MEMBERS MEETING TODAY AT 2PM 🚨🚨 We did it last week; we need to do it again today! Join our meeting (you will have a Teams invite in your inbox) this afternoon. This meeting is vital for getting our local industrial action mandate. The biggest weapon we have against these cuts. #DefendExeterUni

Meme photo of a car at exit 12. With the exit sign reading "giving into despair" (straight ahead), and "uniting to fight!!" (exiting to the right). The car is turning right and read "UoE staff".

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Scenes from our VC’s climate conference talk ‼️ You can’t please all the people all the time. But as our senior management are learning if you lack a moral compass, make bad decisions and remain aloof and refuse to listen to the upset you cause, you certainly CAN alienate all the people all the time.

XR protestor on stage at the University of Exeter Climate Conference.

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Nearly half of the academic staff in the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the Penryn Campus are now at risk of redundancy. Putting your world-leading staff at risk is not sustainable! 🌍🔥[1/4]

Photo of dried out land, with overlay text reading "THIS IS NOT SUSTAINBALE" and the headline: "University in talks to cut about 150 staff".

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We're on Bluesky now! 🦋 Follow us here for updates, we're just getting started. @ucu.org.uk @exetergreens.bsky.social @exeterlabour.bsky.social Here are our six key messages:

'EXETER UCU: OUR SIX KEY MESSAGES

1. EXETER UNI'S FINANCES ARE STRONG. WE'VE LARGE CASH RESERVES (£200M IN 24/25). NEVER HAD A BUDGET DEFICIT. THIS 'CRISIS' IS MANUFACTURED.
2. EXECUTIVE PAY AT EXETER IS OUT OF CONTROL. IF JUST THE 16 HIGHEST-PAID EXECS CAPPED THEIR SALARY AT £120K, WE'D SAVE MORE MONEY THAN ALL THE CUTS TO ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY!
3. NO MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION, BUT A CONFUSED MESS: FAULTY AND INSUFFICIENT DATA, NO REAL DISCUSSION, AND AN IMPOSSIBLE, INSULTING AND UNREASONABLE TIMETABLE TO PUSH THIS THROUGH OVER THE SUMMER.
4. AN ALL-STAFF MEETING OF 600 STAFF RESOUNDINGLY VOTED NO CONFIDENCE IN VICE CHANCELLOR LISA ROBERTS (WHOSE PAY IS PUSHING £400K). WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE VOTE BY ANY UNI STAFF IN THE HISTORY OF UK HE.
5. REDUNDANCIES ARE A MANAGEMENT CHOICE, NOT A FINANCIAL NECESSITY. THEY EVEN HAVE ALTERNATIVE COSTED PLANS WITH NO CUTS, BUT THINK IT'S EASIER TO GO FOR JOB LOSSES.
6. EXETER IS A FANTASTIC UNI, WITH WORLD CLASS RESEARCH, CREATIVE AND INSPIRING TEACHING, THOUGHTFUL AND IMAGINATIVE COMMUNITY OF STAFF AND STUDENTS. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.'

At the bottom of the poster:
#DefendExeterUni
Instagram handle @uniexeterucu
QR link to sign the petition

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