UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We stand in solidarity with the Translation & Interpreting staff at the Uni of Birmingham in the fight against compulsory redundancies. Please share & sign their petition✊️ Petition: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...change.orgFirma la petizioneStop redundancies at the University of Birmingham 001
Reposted by UCU HallamThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026No shit, 100% agree here. 237207975611
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Some of our brilliant students from SHAC (sheffieldhallamagainstcuts - find them on Insta) are fundraising for Care4Calais & are travelling to Calais to volunteer. Please support them by donating here: chuffed.org/project/181343… #solidarity #UCUchuffed.org 000
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Love and solidarity gathering for members in the redundancy pools at Hallam Square. Monday 22nd June, 12PM - 1PM. #SaveSheffieldHallam #Sheffield #UKHE #SheffieldHallamUni 023
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 15/06/2026PRESS RELEASE: UCU Hallam secures major win as Sheffield Hallam University drops plans for subsidiary company. See ucuhallam.org/ezm8 for more info. 49253
Reposted by UCU HallamUmberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 10/06/2026On Saturday, we really need everybody there! Safety is in numbers! We will stand for peace and tolerance against hatred and violence. #Sheffield @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social @ucuhallam.bsky.social @symaag.bsky.social #NoToRacism #NoToFascism 042
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 12/06/2026❗️URGENT: Branch meeting today at 1.30pm on Teams. Please see usual comms for details. Update on negotiations & offer. 000
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Day 13 of our strike: No pickets today but negotiations continue. Solidarity with all those in redundancy pools. 010
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Day 12 of our strike: pickets 9-11am at Hallam Square & public meeting this evening. We are teaming up with local politicians & other Trade Unions from across the city to discuss the future of HE. Government must act to secure HE provision. Join us! 130
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Day 11 of our strike. Branch meeting today at 1pm to discuss latest round of talks. Please check usual channels for details. 020
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Let's see if they can be serious today #StopTheCuts #SaveSheffieldHallam 010
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Day 10 of our strike: We will be out in force today on our pickets ahead of further negotiations with mgt. this afternoon. We know that another way is possible & we're keen to work together to avoid further job cuts & worsening ts & cs for staff at SHU #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU #HE 053
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026We've got some MPs & local councillors coming along to this meeting on Thursday. But yes, would be good to get more responses to the job cuts & impact on city & region. 021
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026UCU Hallam condemns Sheffield Hallam's redundancy handling, warning of serious risks to students. The union raises concerns over significant staff cuts across key groups and failings in how the process has been managed. #SaveSheffieldHallam Read more at: ucuhallam.org/cfzr 057
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Day 9 of our strike: our fight against reduncies and the move to a subco. continues. Pickets 9-11am, Hallam Square #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU #HE 153
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 04/06/2026When voluntary redundancy is really compulsory redundancy in all but name. Our demands are simple: NO COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU #HE @drjogrady.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social @uonucu.bsky.social @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social 194
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Day 7 of our strike. Today was a tough day as many members have been told if they face redundancy. We stand in solidarity with affected members & our dispute continues. Branch meeting tomorrow. Please check usual channels for details #SaveSheffieldHallam #StopTheCuts #UCU 060
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The consequences of the marketisation of Higher Education: #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU #HE #StopTheCuts Our dispute is about saving jobs & preserving a quality education for our students ✊️ 021
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Quick update for the rest of the week: ▶️Thursday 4th June: picket 9-11am, Hallam Square, let's have a show of solidarity for our dispute & each other. ▶️Friday 5th June: Rest day (no picket) BUT Branch meeting, online only, 10-11.30. Please check usual comms ✊️ 023
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Day 6 of our strike: The fight against redundancies & employment via a private company continues #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU #HE #StopTheCuts 063
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 02/06/2026UCU Hallam are serious about negotiating over 130 proposed job losses, including redundancies and the systematic erosion of our members' terms & conditions. The university is not serious about working with us or delivering high quality education. #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU 022
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Day 5 of our strike. Picket 9-11, Hallam Square. See you there! #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU #HE 022
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 01/06/2026At our rally today, Ben Abell (Branch Secretary) provided an update about our dispute. youtu.be/BhFBM6-NX7k #SaveSheffieldHallam #Sheffield #StopTheCuts #UKHE #SheffieldHallamUni 021
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Huge thanks to Sheffield Socialist Choir for singing at our picket this morning ✊️🤗 Perfect start to week 2 of our strike 💪#SaveSheffieldHallam 031
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Day 4 of our strike ✊️ Latest media coverage of the dispute: www.thestar.co.uk/education/sh...thestar.co.ukStrike action continues at Sheffield Hallam University as discussions underwayStaff at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) are currently in the middle of 18 days of strike action over proposed cuts to jobs and pension contributions 002
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Tomorrow: Monday 1st June. Day 4 of our strike. Picket 9-11, Hallam Square, followed by a rally at 11. There will be a dispute update by our Branch Secretary. See you there! 032
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 29/05/2026The VC is responsible for SHU’s strategic vision and finances: profiles.shu.ac.uk/9998-liz-mos... Our members have questions about that vision: ucuhallam.org/sheffield-ha... #SaveSheffieldHallam @timeshighered.bsky.social sky.social @ukhenews.bsky.social sky.social @thestar.co.uk k @ucu.org.uk 022
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 29/05/2026The proposed subco is a stalking horse: SHU claims savings by shifting staff from TPS to LGPS, risking worse terms and division. With TPS rates likely to fall, the case is weak: timeshighereducation.com/news/univers... #SaveSheffieldHallam 011
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Day 3 of our strike. A rest day for pickets—but here’s why we’re out: UCUHallam wins landmark ballot over 130 job cuts and plans to move staff into a subsidiary (private company). #SaveSheffieldHallam ucuhallam.orgucuhallam.orgUCU Sheffield Hallam University | UCU HallamHere we go again! @UCU members are having to hold yet another industrial action ballot as managers @sheffhallamuni propose even more cuts. The local @UCUHallam branch held a rally this week to make people aware of the issues that staff are facing. pic.twitter.com/GzJPbZYywx 010
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Here's the thread in full about our dispute 🧵https://bsky.app/profile/ucuhallam.bsky.social/post/3mmtm3nztnc2r 030
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Here's detail from the thread about our dispute: Aug 2025-New City campus buildings open while SHU fails to secure a teaching partner for the London campus. These projects reflect a pattern of ill‑advised building priorities, favouring real estate over staff and students #SaveSheffieldHallam #HE 111
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Alex, you are such a brilliant comrade and academic. Honk Your Horn on the picket line won't be the same without you. Good luck with future plans ✊ 110
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Our strike is about job losses & changes to make savings that will help 'balance the books' at SHU. Branch has shown that savings can come from capital spend (buildings) but it also has questions about the broader priorities of our VC. 000
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Day 2 of our strike. Picket 9-11, Hallam Square. Come & join us! #SaveSheffieldHallam 052
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The VC at SHU earns £260,000. A Grade 2 cleaner earns ~£24,000. At every level, staff are being asked to accept cuts—while decisions like this raise serious questions about priorities. #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU 011
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/2026130 job losses and plans to employ staff via a subco (private company). Questions about financial decision-making and governance. Here’s the thread explaining the context for our dispute at Sheffield Hallam 👇 #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU26 #UCU #StopTheCuts #HE 033
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Media coverage of Day 1 of our strike against job cuts & move to a subco. #SaveSheffieldHallam www.thestar.co.uk/education/sh...thestar.co.ukHallam lecturers begin strike action amid ‘wave of attacks’ on staffTeachers and lecturers at Sheffield Hallam University have kickstarted strike action, in a move which is expected to lead to delays in student graduations 011
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The scandal of the VC’s pay: The average salary of a cleaner at SHU on Grade 2 is ~£24,000. Even at the top of Grade 10, the VC has earned your total annual salary before Christmas. #SaveSheffieldHallam #UCU26 #HE #UCU #StopTheCuts 032
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Introducing SHU’s VC, responsible for strategy and finances: profiles.shu.ac.uk/9998-liz-mos... Our members have questions about the vision: ucuhallam.org/sheffield-ha... #UCU26 #SheffieldHallamUniversitystatic.klipy.comApril Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' MemeALT: April Fools Joke: 'It's Fine' Meme 010
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/202616/ As stated at the start of this thread the savings SHU needs can be made via reduction in capital spending and VSS. Cuts to jobs and the move to employ staff via a subco is UNNECESSARY. UEB needs to review its plans #SaveSheffieldHallam 000
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/202615/ Our VC: the VC has not attended negotiations on proposed redundancies or the subsidiary. Without meaningful talks and only limited information, UCU Hallam has agreed to meet UEB and ACAS. 100
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/202614/ April 2026: UCU wins ballot to strike over 130 job losses and plans to move staff into a subsidiary. 87.7% backed strike action and 93.2% action short, on a 72.6% turnout—the highest in the branch’s recent history. 100
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/202613/ Apr 2026: Plans to close SHU’s Collegiate Nursery and Woodbourn Rd athletics track closes after safety concerns. ucuhallam.org/shu-ucu-repo...ucuhallam.orgSHU UCU Report – The Financial Mismanagement of the SHU Collegiate Nursery and a Case Against Its Closure | UCU Sheffield Hallam University 100
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/202612/ Nov 2025: SHU’s governance is under scrutiny after its handling of Prof. Laura Murphy’s case, where research into forced labour in Xinjiang was temporarily banned after pressure from China: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukChina intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents showSheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom. 100
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/202611/ Nov 2025: UCU strike over redundancies and cuts to front-line student services, including academic advising. nowthenmagazine.com/articles/she...nowthenmagazine.comSheffield Hallam staff are going on strike – but will the university listen?This week marks the first of strike action at Sheffield Hallam. Now Then headed down to the picket line to find out why staff are choosing to swap their lanyards for placards over the next few weeks. 100
