"There is no excuse for insecure employment or zero hours contracts" Oxford UCU Anti-Casualisation Network Join almost *500 colleagues* who have signed our open letter demanding that the University takes urgent measures to tackle this crisis ➡️ shorturl.at/binNU oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24015445.…

Did you supervise undergraduates in 2023? You should have received an email this week titled ‘Undergraduate supervisor workload survey’, with questions about your teaching including preparation time and motivation. Please fill it in before the deadline on Friday 9th February!

During the pandemic after a deeply traumatic birth, University of Liverpool made me, a single mum, redundant with a baby to support. Today, I tell Times Higher Education why unis must do more to support precarious staff with families. PregnantThenScrewed University of Liverpool UCU #CeasefireNow Dr. Elizabeth A. Faulkner timeshighereducation.com/depth/are-acad…

Solidarity with Oxford University tutors who have brought the university to the employment tribunal for its use of precarious contracts! 💪✊ See our recent Oxford UCU Anti-Casualisation Network report for insights on the scale of casualised & low-paid teaching at Oxford ➡️ oxforducu.org.uk

📢 We have now reached 500 SIGNATURES! If you work at Oxford, sign & share our open letter below 👇 demanding that management takes urgent steps to start tackling the systemic crisis of casualisation at the University! Contact Oxford UCU Anti-Casualisation Network to get involved in the campaign💪

DU PGRs have got an email "Be kind to your mind" on wellbeing services. Research at University of Oxford &elsewhere has found these don't work. theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Durham University, be kind to our minds w/better working conditions. 1st, cancel the return of punitive continuation fees 🙏

We are celebrating a small victory at #Lancaster University. Casual staff will be able to order 1 or 2 Flexi10 bus tickets at a reduced rate. Although wholly insufficient (see below), we pushed management to go from impossible to doable. We'll keep fighting! 💪✊🚌🤝

Solidarity Lancaster UCU. “All staff (not you)” benefits exclude PGRs and PSS staff all too often! Great to see staff uniting to fight against this

Are you a postgraduate researcher and a member of UCU? Join the UCU Postgrads Teaching Contract Database to bring members together and help support each other in inspiring campaigns, developing claims, and assisting negotiations. Keep an eye on your emails and group chats for

After 7.5yrs of blood, sweat and tears, my corrections have been approved. I’m now Dr Kill. V grateful to the young people&workers &my ace supes&examiners. But I’m also v proud of myself. It’s kind of wild that I did this in a pandemic with kids & job. Well done me! #PGRsAsStaff

Hi folks join us tomorrow from 4pm-6pm at The Meeting House for a PGR organising meeting! There will be pizza and worker power vibes. All PGRs and DTs welcome! #UCU #PGRs #DoctoralTutor #OrganisingForPower

We are astounded by the VC msg to the University of Surrey PGR community re the VS scheme, which states: 'To support our decision-making throughout the process we are working closely with the Students’ Union and staff unions.' [1/4]

To be categorically clear, UCUSurrey #NoCompulsoryRedundancies considers this to be a gross misrepresentation. UoS has not been ‘working closely’ with UCU as a staff union, it briefed staff unions the week VS opened, with no consultation on terms, and no Equality Impact Assessment. [2/4]

This is in line with the de facto style de-recognition that UoS has been pursuing for some time. [3/4]

If UoS Exec impose such rash and concerning financial measures - they should at least have the gall to be honest about them. UCU Postgrads SupportSurreySLL Jo Grady

The current "recruitment freeze" at Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN includes ending the extension and renewal of most casual/fixed term contracts. In reality, this will entail a mass lay-off of casualised staff, leaving a mounting workload for those who remain! #SaveOurCasualisedStaff #WeAreUoN

Solidarity to students and staff at Teesside uni whose place of work has been targeted by fascists UCU members must organise to defend our colleagues and communities