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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

We also got the Times to cover how this acquisition is happening while our staff is struggling--and our pay is comparatively low among the Russell Group: t.co/NeGpxkABuL

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https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/kings-college-london-cranfield-university-merger-qh3jslqt0

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

King's College London recently announced the acquisition of Cranfield University. We talked to the Times Higher Ed about it and what it says about the HE sector: t.co/2ZZnsXlz1S

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https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-see-kings-merger-start-bifurcation-sector

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‼️Members should be aware that there will potentially be a counter-demonstration. The branch is liaising with campus security to ensure that there is adequate protection for staff and students. If any members are willing to assist as stewards on the day, please contact us at ucu@kcl.ac.uk ASAP.

📢📢📢Then, cross the river and join us for a rally in solidarity with Palestine at 2pm in front of Strand building 📢📢📢

What can you do as a KCL UCU branch member? 🏘️🏘️🏘️Firstly, join us for a hybrid town hall meeting on Waterloo campus in FWB.1.62 (and online) 💻💻💻

We are calling on management to ⭐️reinstate Usama ⭐️protect staff and students from far right violence ⭐️divest from war crimes and violations of international law ⭐️commit to help support the rebuilding of Gaza’s higher education sector

KCL’s investment in genocide: new data and update on our campaign

KCL’s institutional complicity in genocide and violation of human rights is worsening. For eg between 2024-2025 there was a 17% increase in the value of KCL’s endowment invested in companies doing business in illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank. Read ⬇️ kcl.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/06/k...

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New data obtained by KCL UCU shows that our university’s investment in companies implicated in human rights abuses and violations of international law is getting worse. For example, between 2024 (Q2) ...

KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

📋🇵🇸AGENDA for the National Workplace Day of Action for Palestine: Thursday 12 February 2026 📋🇵🇸

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📢📢Please re-share and amplify 📢📢 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against Israel’s scholasticide @qmucu.bsky.social @birminghamucu.bsky.social @ucuimperial.bsky.social @ucukent.bsky.social @lboroucu.bsky.social

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

✊ That's the close of the ballots! ❤️ Well done to everyone involved in the GTVO efforts, speaking to members, and getting your ballots in! It's been a big collective effort! 💬 We should get the results for both the national and the local on Monday - so more soon!

Pete Chonka @petechonka.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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So glad we're hosting this again. I'll also be speaking about the Get the Vote Out campaign for our branch's local dispute on academic freedom around Palestine, protection of staff, divestment from genocide and essential governance reform at KCL. Join us!

Johnathan Rosenhead, Vice-Chair of British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) and an emeritus professor at LSE. The event will be chaired by the President of @ucu.org.uk @chondrogianni.bsky.social

Bayan Haddad, lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at Birzeit University and a former George Antonius Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Middle East Centre; Ahmed Nehad of Friends of Palestinian Universities (formerly Fobzu) …

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At the event we’ll hear from: Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Al-Azhar University – Gaza and a Visiting Professor at York University, Canada, Dr Ahmed Abu Shaban, Egyptian-American international human rights lawyer, social scientist, and organizer @shahinazgeneid.bsky.social,

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KCL hosts Campus Voices for Palestine 2025 · Luma

The final leg of the Campus Voices for Palestine tour concludes at KCL this Friday 28 November with a special event on 🌟Confronting Scholasticide🌟 you can sign up via this link ➡️ luma.com/go15utyg?loc...

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KCL UCU is delighted to host the Campus Voices for Palestine tour again this year. As the final date of the UK tour, the event will coincide with the end of…

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Goldsmiths UCU @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

‼️📮This is your reminder that tomorrow (Wed 26 Nov) is the last day to safely return your postal ballot in the national dispute. 🧵Here’s why this dispute matters for us at Goldsmiths:

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🚨🚨 Calling on all KCL UCU members: TODAY is the last ⭐️safe day⭐️ to post your ballots for both national and local disputes! VOTE today, VOTE yes and put them in the POST!! 📦 📦 ➡️ ALSO if your ballot papers arrive later than today please contact us as we can deliver in person on Friday afternoon 💫💫

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🗣️ A rally is taking place TOMORROW Wednesday 26 Nov at 3pm outside KCL’s Strand building in solidarity with KCL student Usama Ghanem who fled persecution on Egypt and is now facing deportation after having his visa revoked by the College for his Palestine solidarity. Please join!

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Keep it up folks! Vote now and vote yes for industrial action in the national @ucu and local KCL UCU ballots! If you have not received your ballot there is still time to order a replacement TODAY! The last ‘safe’ day to post your ballot papers is 26 November! #wearetheuniversity #wearekcl

KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

As part of Campus Voices for Palestine KCL UCU is delighted to invite you to ‘Confronting Scholasticide’ on Friday 28 November 5-6.30pm at KCL’s Waterloo campus. Speakers include @shahinazgeneid.bsky.social Dr Ahmed Abu Shaban and Bayan Haddad luma.com/go15utyg?loc...

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KCL hosts Campus Voices for Palestine 2025 · Luma

KCL UCU is delighted to host the Campus Voices for Palestine tour again this year. As the final date of the UK tour, the event will coincide with the end of…

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

How are the national UCU and local KCL UCU ballots connected? Insights from our KCL UCU health and safety Officer @saiogradin.bsky.social #wearekcl #wearetheuniversity

KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

‘Shared values?’ This is meaningless when your university invests in genocide. VOTE in our local ballot for Palestine and against this wilful silence against oppression www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/affi... ➡️ kcl.web.ucu.org.uk

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Affirming shared values will help academic freedom weather the storm

The Magna Charta Universitatum matters more than ever as university freedoms become sharply contested, say Shitij Kapur and Liviu Matei

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🗣️🗣️How is the UCU National ballot connected to and distinct from KCL UCU’s local ballot? An explainer from @jamiewoodcock.com KCL UCU’s branch chair ⬇️

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This followed a vigil opposite Downing Street on 27 August where members of @nujofficial.bsky.social delivered a letter demanding government action to address the mass killing of journalists in Gaza www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2509vigil...

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The panels were organised by Penelope Quinton - chair of NUJ’s London Freelance branch and KCL UCU member @rosesrebellion.bsky.social @nujofficial.bsky.social

London event marks Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

The event marked the UN day to end impunity for crimes against journalists. We heard from Ali Rocha of Brazil Matters, Professor Neve Gordon, broadcaster Sangita Myska, solicitor Tayeb Ali, John McDonnell MP and Dr Moosa Qureshi of Health Workers 4 Palestine. Press ⬇️ www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/...

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An event in the British capital hosts journalists, academics, and rights advocates to mark the United Nations Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

On November 2 we co-hosted a panel on freedom of expression on Palestine together with the National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social to protest over 270 Gazan journalist colleagues who have been slaughtered ⬇️

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🗳️🗳️🗳️ hi comrades! A reminder to vote soon and #voteyes in BOTH the national @ucu.org.uk AND the local KCL UCU ballot! #wearetheuniversity #wearekcl

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Petition to reinstate Usama Ghanem as a KCL student

🚨🚨Vote YES in our local ballot to send a clear message to KCL management that this will not stand. Sign the petition ⬇️ to call for Usama’s reinstatement. In solidarity with Usama Ghanem and Free Palestine #WeAreTheUniversity #WeAreKCL docs.google.com/forms/d/1fQu...

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We, the undersigned, condemn King’s College London (KCL) for endangering the life of 21-year-old international relations student Usama Ghanem by withdrawing his visa sponsorship and indefinitely suspe...

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Members’ Meeting – 11 March - Motion: King’s College London Divestment from Unethical Investments

Our formal dispute is also focused on what students like Usama have been protesting for and what a clear majority of KCL students want: KCL divestment from companies implicated in violations of human rights and international law. See more ⬇️ www.kclsu.org/news/article...

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King’s College London Withdraws Pro-Palestine Student’s Visa, Risking His Torture, After Pressure From Israel Lobby Group | Novara Media

One of these students - second year Usama Ghanem - is fighting an indefinite suspension and cancellation of his visa for taking part in peaceful pro-Palestine protests on campus. If forced to return to Egypt he will face imprisonment and torture. full story here ⬇️ novaramedia.com/2025/10/22/k...

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EXCLUSIVE: KCL suspended Usama Ghanem after pressure from the pro-Israel Campaign Against Antisemitism, despite knowing he would be sent back to Egypt where he was previously imprisoned and tortured. ...

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❗️📝 ❗️KCL UCU has written to management expressing our outrage at the disciplinary action being pursued against multiple students who have protested the presence of pro-Israeli lobbyists on our campus and the university’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza ⬇️

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Full details of background of dispute, demands and negotiations here: kcl.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/10/21/k...

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We need our members to come together and make this successful. Join the conversation and help us #GetTheVoteOut. We have our general meeting today at 2pm and a GTVO volunteers meeting at 11 on Friday. Come along or email ucu[at]kcl.ac.uk to get involved! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼✊

A strong YES vote in this historic ballot would give our branch negotiators huge leverage with management to make progress on these demands. VOTE YES IN BOTH THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL BALLOTS!

4. We are demanding a pause in the implementation of ‘King’s Strategy 2030’ so full consultation can take place. We demand commitment to no compulsory redundancies as a result of this strategy, and a commitment in the strategy for improvements in staff terms and conditions

3. Failures to protect staff and institutional complicity in war crimes are result of the democratic deficit in KCL’s governance. We are returning to the demand of our unresolved 2023 local dispute that KCL Council must have at least 50% of its members as elected staff

2. We demand reopening of negotiations on KCL divestment from companies enabling oppression in Palestine and a clause in contracts to allow employees to conscientiously object to participation in activity connected with the military, arms trade, fossil fuels or genocide

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