Vice-chancellors lobbied tirelessly to create the market-led system that is now causing huge financial instability across the sector. Rather than reflect on the disaster they have invited upon higher education, they want students to pay even more. Shameful.

UCU Jo Grady 🚨We're due to be out on strike next week: Mon-Thurs, 23rd-26th Sept. Holding the line against the degradation of our members terms and conditions - some of which come under the Nat. Framework. Big shout out to our branch & members.

Where to even start with this Two children died. There are already reports that search & rescues teams walkie-talkies exploded. By this very nature the attacks can’t be targeted, there is no way of assessing collateral before detonation It violated GC and other aspects of IHL.

Neil would therefore be very confused by anyone who has moved a lot during their life, acquired a mix of accents and dialects and slides effortlessly between them. I know loads of people like that.

“This strategy depended on subduing the energy that propelled young voters to the polls in 2014 for fear that it may upset the apple cart. Within the SNP and for the Scottish government, political agency was only required during an election campaign.”

The UK has abstained on a UN resolution demanding an end to Israel's occupation of Palestine. A shameful chapter in this government's ongoing contempt for international law and the dignity of Palestinians. End the occupation. Free Palestine.

The indifference to Arab lives on display lately, from Gaza to Lebanon, subject to terrorist atrocities by what is clearly a dangerous and rogue state, Israel. Where is the outrage? How many more terrorised children’s faces are we content to just watch, powerless?

The Communards - Breadline Britain youtu.be/dCYif5uTSfY?si… Still so relevant.

Britain has the best democracy money can buy & it matters not a jot whether Starmer or Sunak is in power. The corruption, the cronyism, the disdain for ordinary people are no different: ‘Labour given £4m from tax haven-based hedge fund with shares in oil and arms: The Labour

Wrote on ways of organising, democracy, and the current moment on the British left

Some universities provide flu jabs for staff - good. They should also provide covid vaccinations - Covid is airborne and it carries more risk. In the absence of regular covid jabs for everyone, unions should be demanding Covid jabs as a health & safety issue.

When UUK talk of ‘universities’ they don’t actually mean ‘universities’, they mean Vice Chancellors. Universities are the students and staff who work and study together. UUK does not represent us. Any black hole is of their making and we should not pay for it.

That the The Office for Students (OfS) - allegedly set up in students' interests - considers it 'officially inexplicable' that students with weaker A levels can get firsts is an huge red flag. It's also a collossal self-own that the Telegraph frames it like this. 1/2 telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/1…

Not my words but stolen from Facebook. Very much where my head is at just now.

On 7th September, thousands gathered to oppose fascism in Glasgow. rs21 Glasgow comrades document the organising and offer considerations about moving forward. revsoc21.uk/2024/09/21/gla…

Very moving East and West Midlands regional UCU joint event as we remembered our Agnes Flues at region. Thank you Andreas Bieler 🇵🇸 for representing University of Nottingham UCU branch to pay tribute & to Maria Chondrogianni UCU President Elect attending to speak for the presidential team. Let her legacy be to continue the fight.

Over 15 thousand of us marched through Liverpool today with a message to Keir Starmer: Stop Funding Genocide! #FreePalestine #StopArmingIsrael

Change - into some other free expensive clothes, I expect

Sheffield is a souper place ✊

It’s not your prayer but your presence that is intimidatory, as you well know, you disingenuous ghoul.