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Univ of Manchester UCU @umucu.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Your voice matters! 🔊🗣 Make time for our upcoming AGM (17 June). Help shape our branch. Hear updates, discuss issues & vote on decisions that affect us all. The AGM is hybrid & takes place in Theatre 2 Crawford House at 12.30 toll 2pm. Email ucu@manchester.ac.uk for the Teams link. See you then! 👊🏽

UoM UCU members: your voice matters. Make time for the upcoming AGM on Weds 17 June and help shape the direction of our branch. It’s your chance to hear updates, discuss key issues, and vote on decisions that affect us all. The AGM will be hybrid & takes place in Theatre 2 Crawford House at 12.30 toll 2pm. Email ucu@manchester.ac.uk for the Teams link. See you then!

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Dr Sadia Habib @sadiahabib.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Sunday 15 March is the UN International Day to Combat #Islamophobia. We wrote a very short piece for our University EDI blog. Please read and share. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/edi/2026/03/... #racism #resistance

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March 2026

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Loughborough University UCU @lboroucu.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Stronger together ✊ Hear from #LboroUCU members on why union membership matters and how we support each other. Be part of it: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/ @ucu.org.uk #UCU #JoinAUnion

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Colleagues were interviewed on BBC Radio 4 about @qmul.bsky.social's sudden escalation in taking down posters & threatening disciplinary action. It is a great explanation of what's happening & its dangers. Listen from 22min in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... or clipped: youtu.be/SJGnCrDaCf0?...

QMUL's poster removal:
Management threatens staff with disciplinary action over posters and stickers

No clarity is given about what is deemed antisemitic

Management reduces all Jewish colleagues to one position

Possible precedent of repression & censorship

.Management refuses to engage meaningfully

Management repeats the same statement they issued in February 2024 when they broke into the union office

Management claims this is an established policy though they escalate from previous practice

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Northumbria UCU Branch @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

💪💪💪 @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members start indefinite Action Short of a Strike @northumbriauni.bsky.social on 12 February. Strike Action is currently scheduled for...

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TEFL Workers' Union @teflunion.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Some mutual love and #solidarity from the workers of Malvern House London and INTO Manchester on the #PicketLine. #Unity and #power for the win! @manchester.ac.uk @umucu.bsky.social

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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Breaking news – Redundancy notice (Section 188) removed The University of Dundee has confirmed that the section 188 letter issued in March 2025 has been formally withdrawn! This is a direct result of the industrial action we took and the action we threatened. This is our victory! 1/3

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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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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Our ballot results are in! -63% of members voted -84% of voting members said YES to action short of strike -72% of voting members said YES to strike action Which means our call for industrial action has passed and we have a mandate to fight back!

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 16/06/2025

39 lecturers at Liverpool Hope face redundancy. “This will devastate our community, the university’s reputation, and the local economy.” Roberto Catello, branch secretary. #StopTheCuts #UCU www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Liverpool Hope University cuts 'devastating' for its reputation - BBC News

Liverpool Hope University says it is planning cuts "to ensure financial and academic stability".

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UCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Edinburgh branch officers explain why UCU members are going on strike at Edinburgh University this coming Friday #StopTheCuts #solidarity

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 20/06/2025

UCU members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are striking today over University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs We're fighting against these reckless proposals Share to show your support ✊

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 18/03/2025

"Over 10,000 jobs are set to go from campuses across the UK if Labour sits on its hands and allows the sector to go to the wall." UCU president Maxine Looby speaking at our rally for higher education. We demand immediate government action to #STOPtheCUTS ✊

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 26/03/2025

Our response to Labour’s cruel and self-defeating austerity statement:

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UEA UCU says join a union @uea-ucu.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

How many solidari-dogs did you spot at the UEA UCU day of action?! Tag us with any we've missed! #SaveUEA #PupsOnPickets

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

🗣 The Moss Side "joint enterprise" case and miscarriage of justice concerns in the criminal trial system - @david_conn 📆3-4pm, Weds 19 Mar 2025, Uni of Manchester All welcome. Pls share🙏🏾 events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

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Nicola Pratt 🇵🇸✌️ @nicolapratt.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

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Unis Resist Border Controls (URBC) @urbc.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Bizarre statement @ucu.org.uk. For 6️⃣ years you refused to work with us to end #HostileEnvironment policy in UK HE. As this policy extend to other areas, instead, you capitulate to the very neoliberal, marketised dynamics that harms migrant students & all staff alike. 🧵

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Univ of Manchester UCU @umucu.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

On Wed 29 Jan 2025, the Univ of Manchester’s UCU branch passed a BDS motion, calling on the institution to support BDS & academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. To read the motion in full, follow link or scan QR-code in visual. #Palestine 🇵🇸

UMUCU branch motion in detail, 7 points of resolve connected to BDS.

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Dr Sadia Habib @sadiahabib.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Kicking off @official-uom.bsky.social Manchester Institute of Education Anti Racist Educ Network seminar series 2025, Gary Younge talks about Dispatches from the Diaspora 👊🏽👊🏽💚 Keep 👀 out for more seminars! Funded thru' @uomseed.bsky.social EDI. Collab with @ethnicityuk.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social

Three University of Manchester staff seated in front of a large photo and brief bio about Ellen Wilkinson.

An audience for Gary Younge in a lecture theatre in the Ellen Wilkinson Building.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 22/01/2025

Prison educators are severely underfunded and unsupported. We are demanding change. Find out more about our #UnlockingFutures campaign 👉 www.ucu.org.uk/UnlockingFut...

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UCU Member Brian on Prison Education Crisis

YouTube video by UCU - University and College Union

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 23/01/2025

Join the @PSCupdates Trade Union Solidarity Webinar 🚨 ⏰ 29 Jan, 6pm 🔗Register: palestinecampaign.org/events/psc-webinar-trade-unions-taking-action-for-palestine-in-2025/ Hear from trade unionists and find out how you can support Palestine at work.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 24/01/2025

Our General Secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social went on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social last night to tell the nation about the shockingly low pay of further education college lecturers 👇

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Jo Grady on BBC Newsnight | 23 Jan 2025

YouTube video by UCU - University and College Union

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Steve Jones @profstevenjones.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

New book series, UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED, edited by @sadiahabib.bsky.social and me, with thanks to @manchesterup.bsky.social, & esp. commissioning editor @lauramswift.bsky.social. BOOK PROPOSALS NOW WELCOME - please get in touch if you have an idea. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...

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University Reimagined - Manchester University Press

The University Reimagined series offers a home for fresh ideas about higher education and innovative solutions to the challenges it faces, both within the UK and internationally.

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Dr Sadia Habib @sadiahabib.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

A big thank you to Dr Parise Carmichael-Murphy for an incredible and important presentation at our final Manchester Institute of Education Anti Racist Education Network seminar of 2024! Well attended by staff and students keen to learn about inclusive curriculum/histories projects and resources 👏🏽👊🏽

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Also an excuse to re-share @pmdfoster.bsky.social’s brilliant piece which takes Essex as a case through which to discuss the transformation of #UKHE: built in the 1960s to transform the region and society, and now transformed beyond recognition through marketisation and governmental neglect.

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Essex university’s success story stymied by politics of immigration

Overseas enrolments plummet amid government’s hostile tone, sparking financial uncertainty

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Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

On workplace day of action, Manchester students, staff, and community members unite to call for an end to the scholasticide in Gaza. @umucu.bsky.social @manmetucu.bsky.social

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Nick Thoburn 🇵🇸 @nickthoburn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This Thursday at 12 - Manchester, join us!

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UNISON Manchester Metropolitan University @unisonmmu.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Our branch is also supporting the week of action organised by @umucu.bsky.social focussing on scholasticide in Palestine with events running all the way up to Friday.

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Univ of Manchester UCU @umucu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

University Week of Action for #Palestine. United against #scholasticide. See below for some of what's happening in Manchester 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾Including open meeting, discussion, creative spaces, teach-ins, film screening. (Look out for what's happening in other cities and campuses via @ucu.org.uk)

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Steve Jones @profstevenjones.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Looking forward to speaking at this #highered governance event next week for @umucu.bsky.social members. #academicsky #academicchatter

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Univ of Manchester UCU @umucu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

In our Members' Meeting next week, we look forward to hearing from our guest speaker Professor Steve Jones. We will be discussing governance and university democracy. Check your emails for the Zoom link! #HigherEd #universities

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Univ of Manchester UCU @umucu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The sticker is made with the courage, integrity and resilience of our members! 😍

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