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We represent and support @ucu.org.uk members at York College. Staff working conditions are student learning conditions.

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UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
PRESS RELEASE: UCU Hallam secures major win as Sheffield Hallam University drops plans for subsidiary company. See ucuhallam.org/ezm8 for more info.
Sub-Co Stopped by UCU
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UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
1/ UCU Hallam are on strike for 18 days over job losses and plans for a subco. UEB has refused to listen. Savings could come from cutting capital spend and using VSS—protecting teaching, research, and education quality. #SaveSheffieldHallam Financial decision-making and governance at SHU: Thread 🧵
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 27/05/2026
“Trans women are women” - our members.
UCU congress
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 20/05/2026
Nottingham VC Jane Norman called plans to cut 700+ jobs and axe 40+ degree programmes “exciting.” Staff disagree. Today a marking boycott begins. 62 days of strikes follow from June. We will keep fighting. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1450...
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Action- the administration says they are making 100% salary reductions in response to our marking and assessment boycott and that all other work from participants during this time is "voluntary." Response- We strike for two months straight. westbridgfordwire.com/university-o...
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University of Nottingham staff announce two-month strike action | West Bridgford Wire
Staff at the University of Nottingham will strike for 61 days from Monday 1 June to Friday 31 July (2026) in addition to the day of strike action set for
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🚨 FIFTH consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨 🔥 Two week ballot window 🔥 75% turnout 🔥 73% YES to strike action 🔥 81% YES to ASOS Our members will not tolerate victimisation and won’t be intimidated. UCU staff are not the enemy. It’s beyond time for the GS to talk to us. #HandsOffMarie
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
With our current mandate ending, today sees the end of our current strike action. Our new ballot over TU victimisation closes on Wednesday. Our Safety Officer remains under threat and our employer has made no real effort to find a resolution. We don’t want to have to strike again. #HandsOffMarie
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Over 100 attendees at our rally last night and another solid picket at the @ucu.org.uk North West Regional Office today ✊🪧 #HandsOffMarie #UniteAgainstVictimisation
Picket line outside UCU’s Manchester office.Protesting outside UCU’s Manchester office.

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Unite against TU Victimisation @Unitetheunion.bsky.social doesn't tolerate the victimisation of its reps by employers. Today our members in the North West are showing what solidarity looks like. It's time UCU ended the victimisation of Marie, our Health & Safety Officer. #Strike #HandsOffMarie
Unite members in the north west on a picket line while taking strike action to defend Marie, their H&S rep, who is being subject to trade union victimisation by our employer.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 29/01/2026
Staff ,supporters and students gathered outside Firth Court today in solidarity with colleagues locked out and facing withheld pay after lawful strike action at @sheffielducu Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Sheffield merely the latest university to claim that legally withdrawing your labour should actually be postponing your labour, and punishing people further. Here’s how strikes work: 1. You legally stop working for a period of time. You don’t get paid. 2. Win or lose you go back to work.
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Lisa Stampnitzky 🤷🏻‍♀️ @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... You can donate to our strike fund here ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/hardship-fund/
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University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning
University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.
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Ian Sudbery @iansudbery.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Check out this post about our current situation from a colleague at another university. @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
📢 Joint Rally Report: Speeches from the Rally On Monday we held a joint rally with Sheffield UCU. Here's Bob Jeffery, Hallam UCU rep, explaining why we are in dispute with our employer. youtu.be/hzbaL2jDsfQ #SaveSheffieldHallam
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UCU Hallam Rep Bob Jeffery talking about our current dispute
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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
RMT opposes Driver Only Operation declaring it unsafe Rail union, RMT today laid bare the safety critical importance of a second person onboard train services after a dispute erupted on East West Rail. rmtunion.org/3K72MUh
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RMT opposes Driver Only Operation declaring it unsafe
Rail union, RMT today laid bare the safety critical importance of a second person onboard train services after a dispute erupted on East West Rail.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 19/11/2025
This isn’t “efficiency” it’s an ideological shift towards a Little England university system. Nottingham is set to become the only Russell Group university with no modern languages or music degrees. 48 courses on the line. We’re fighting it. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees
Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed
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UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
📢 Day Four: Resilience in Full Display! Another strong showing on our picket lines! Our fight continues for no compulsory redundancies, fair working conditions, our dignity and our future. Solidarity is our strength. We will not be silenced. #SaveSheffieldHallam
Day four on the picket lines
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York College UCU @yorkcollegeucu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
89% of our eligible members voted YES on a 65% turnout. It’s time for action to address pay erosion, spiralling workloads and failed bargaining arrangements. The sector deserves better. Proud of our branch!
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Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I am on strike this week, in support of colleagues placed at risk of compulsory redundancy. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423... If you a student and want to know more/how to support the strike, see here: ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/industrial-a... @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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This Spring, the University Executive Board (UEB) announced reviews of academic staffing in five work areas: 

Chemistry
Civil Engineering
The Management School
Materials Science and Engineering
The School of East Asian Studies
In September, staff in five additional work areas were told they face targeted voluntary severance (VS):

Medicine and Population Health
School of History, Philosophy, and Digital Humanities
School of English
School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations
Research Partnerships and Innovation
Restructures are anticipated to follow in some, perhaps all, of these areas. UEB aim to save at least £5m through cuts to staff costs across these areas, but have also been clear that they will potentially pursue cuts beyond this figure with a view to changing departments’ ‘size and shape’.

The University is also undertaking restructures of IT Services, and language teaching staff in the School of East Asian Studies, and at the conclusion of the five Professional Services restructures in June, at least 20 staff still remained at risk of redundancy.
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Andrew Wormald @andrewwormald.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Back at the picket line again today. Here’s why: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423... @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk #SheffieldUCU #strike
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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
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UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
📢 Solidarity Continues: Day Two Strike Momentum Our strike continues with powerful momentum. We're united, standing strong and sending a clear message. Management must listen. Join us on the picket lines. Every voice matters! #SaveSheffieldHallam
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Laura Murphy @lauratmurphy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
A university administrator wrote last summer that my team’s research on forced labor in the Uyghur Region of China and student recruitment in China were “untenable bedfellows.” Today on the picket line at Sheffield Hallam University…
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Even more petitions popping up. Doesn't make for a great endorsement, does it? Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university: c.org/MwqdpHLCnZ c.org/Q6pTJXz87F c.org/sGNYk5yGpM
A screen shot for the change.org petition with the title "Stop the suspension of Uni of Nottingham Mental Health & Child Nursing + Health Promotion"A screen shot for the change.org petition with the title "Save Agriculture at the University of Nottingham"A screen shot for the change.org petition with the title "Stop the removal of Modern Language courses at the University of Nottingham!"
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UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
📢 Solidarity in Action: Day One Strike Highlights Today was powerful! Our members showed incredible unity and resolve on the first day of strike action. We stood together, loud and proud, demonstrating our commitment to fighting in our dispute!!! #SaveSheffieldHallam
Day OneUCU Hallam membersUCU Hallam membersSamba band
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UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🚨 STRIKE ACTION BEGINS TODAY 🚨 Join us on the picket lines to secure Hallam's future. After 1,000 job losses, we demand change. ✊ No Compulsory Redundancies ✊ Protect Academic Conditions ✊ Restore Career Progression ✊ Ensure Transparent Management ucuhallam.org
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UCU Sheffield Hallam University | UCU Hallam
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 11/11/2025
⏰ The 13th is the last safe day to vote! Hear from our FE member on why you must vote YES and why your voice matters now more than ever. #VoteYES #NewDealForFE
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 04/11/2025
The clock is ticking and FE colleagues deserve better! We are loosing FE teachers every year and it must stop now. Vote YES
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York College UCU @yorkcollegeucu.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The clock is ticking! Each and every ballot paper returned gives us the strength to keep going and get the settlement that we, our students and our communities deserve. Vote YES ✅ for a #NewDealForFE
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 20/10/2025
“Pie in the sky thinking.” The government’s V-level plan won’t work without investing in college staff pay. Further education needs funding, not fantasy. #VLevels #NewDealforFE www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
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V-level rollout "pie in the sky" without substantial investment in staff, says UCU
UCU said the rollout of V-levels will fail to get more young people into work and training unless the government substantially raises college staff pay. The union was responding to the government's un...
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York College UCU @yorkcollegeucu.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Be like your social media admin (me) and return your ballot! VOTE YES ✅
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UCU Equality @ucuequality.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Job insecurity, discrimination, unsafe working conditions, and unmanageable workloads are all barriers to good mental health. Take time out for yourself! Look after your mental health
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York College UCU @yorkcollegeucu.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Pay erosion in FE makes all of our jobs harder. Dedicated colleagues leave our workplaces every year and we have to do more with less. Vote YES ✅ Academic staff 🤝 Support and Professional Services staff
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uculondonoffice.bsky.social @uculondonoffice.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The Countdown has started Ballot starts next Monday, 13 October: VOTE YES to put pressure on the employers to negotiate the settlement we need in FE VOTE YES for a New Deal for FE www.ucu.org.uk/article/1419...
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VOTE YES for a New Deal for FE
Members in around 70 further education college employers in England are to be balloted for industrial action following an inadequate offer for 2025-26 from employers' representatives.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 08/10/2025
Ballot papers are landing! Ballots open on the 13th! Vote YES for fair pay, safe workloads and binding national agreements. This is our chance to win. #VoteYes #NewDealForFE
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UCU Yorkshire & Humberside @ucuyorkshire.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The #UCU #NewDeal4FE ballot opens on Monday 13 October. What's the dispute about?
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 07/10/2025
🗳 From 13 Oct, members in around 100 FE branches will be balloted for industrial action. The AoC’s 4% offer fails to fix low pay, unmanageable workloads or broken bargaining. VOTE YES for a #NewDealForFE 💪 ✅ Fair pay ✅ Manageable workloads ✅ Binding national bargaining
Vote yes
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Do you want to know how UCU senior management has responded to UCU branches calling on them to remove their threat of deductions? This is how. How would you react? uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u...
Screenshot of email from UCU management which reads: ASOS Attendance Form - New Weekly Survey
Starting Monday 22 September, all staff will receive an email with a link to the new ASOS attendance form. This short weekly survey is mandatory for all staff, whether you were on ASOS or not. Please make sure to complete it each week, failure to do so may result in pay deductions. The cut off each week will be Friday at 5pm.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 19/09/2025
“To truly deliver a new deal for FE, the AoC needs to come forward with a package of measures. UCU members demanding fundamental change are prepared to take action to achieve our aims.” @DrJoGrady on the 4% pay recommendation feweek.co.uk/staff-pay-re...
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AoC: Pay recommendation unaffordable for 'many' colleges
Colleges with significant adult provision will find it 'impossible' to give 4% pay rise
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Strike action is ON!!! Next week will be the first of 4 weeks of striking from our members as we continue to say NO to the compulsory redundancies forced on us by the university for their poor financial choices. #StopTheCuts #SaveHE
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
UCU policy: “To work with the TUC and other TUs to campaign for a change to the law to prevent such deductions, including lobbying government and opposition parties” Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh! policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...
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UCU: Fighting punitive ASOS deductions
Motion from UCU Congress 2022-2023: Fighting punitive ASOS deductions
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚨 Third consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨 ✅ strike action: 76% ✅ action short of a strike (ASOS): 80% ✅ turnout: 77% ASOS begins today with @ucu.org.uk threatening staff: "We'll deduct your wages." Double standards and vindictive attacks undermine us all. #ReclaimUCU
Jo Grady calling Queen Mary management "vindictive" for making deductions from UCU members taking action short of a strike: Jo Grady, UCU's general secretary, said Queen Mary's senior management had "launched a vindictive attack" on its members, "punishing them for taking part in lawful industrial action" and "cementing its reputation as the worst university employer in the UK" She said: "It is wrong to do this at any time and all the more deplorable as staff struggle to make ends meet in a cost of living crisis."Screen shot of the article from The Guardian about Queen Mary ASOS deductions in which Jo Grady is quoted
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Durham UCU @ducu.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Humans and dogs, working together. You love to see it.
Durham UCU banner with bonus Lucy.
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
😡 Imposition, not negotiated agreement 😡 Victimisation of reps 😡 Refusal to engage with the recognised union ☣️ All signs of a toxic organisational culture & not what we should see from a union employer. Shame on @ucu.org.uk whose staff deserve so much better uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/1...
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Safe & Professional Workplace Culture Dispute – Branch Update
A week ago today, SMT announced that they were walking away from ACAS talks. This came as a surprise to us given that it was our view, and the view of the ACAS conciliator, that we were progressing…
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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"We value the work that all of the staff at UCU provide to our branches, and expect them to have access to the same fair work practices that we fight for as a union." Open letter for all @ucu.org.uk members to sign in support of @uniteucu.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Letter to UCU Trustees and NEC
Dear National Executive Committee and UCU Trustees, As members of UCU, we are writing to you to raise serious concerns about the continued breakdown of industrial relations between UCU and its staff. ...
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 29/05/2025
Bradford UCU votes YES. Staff are backing strike action to stop £16m cuts that put 300+ jobs and key courses on the line. Enough is enough. It’s time for real accountability. #UCU #StoptheCuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Strike action threat over University of Bradford cuts
The UCU says hundreds of staff face being put at risk of redundancy at the University of Bradford.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 25/05/2025
At #UCU2025 we passed motions to reaffirm our commitment to trans rights. We’ll keep fighting for inclusive spaces, supportive policies and real solidarity. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #UCU2025 #UnionPower
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 26/05/2025
#UCU2025 congress has passed a motion to prepare to raise a formal dispute with the Education Secretary over the devastating funding crisis in higher education. Our message is clear: if Labour won’t intervene, we will. #UCU2025 #ProtectEducationNow #UnionPower #Post16Crisis #HigherEducation
Motion passed to raise a dispute with the education secretary over the goverment's failure to fund our sector
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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Uplifting turnout at our strike rally earlier, with added support from a #MayDay2025 meet-up in Scotland. No sign of our employer, needless to say. #ThriveNotSurvive
Unite and UCU branch banners held by strikers and supporters in front of UCU’s head office in London. Unite and UCU branch banners held by strikers and supporters in front of UCU’s head office in London. Unite UCU May Day solidarity from members in Edinburgh.Poster reading ‘time to talk’
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London May Day Organising Committee @ldnmayday.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
#LDNMayDay2025 🌹 Solidarity forever. #MayDay #MayDay2025
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