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Really moving today to see students at the University of Glasgow graduation wearing ‘UCU Rising’ sashes. One wore a sign around her neck with the words - “Renegotiate Now”. A lesson in dignity and generous solidarity.

“Edinburgh University doesn’t have a clue when this will end. Will they expect staff — already taking action over increasing workloads — to start marking last year’s work in September, when they have new classes to teach? It seems unlikely.” thetimes.co.uk/article/c6224f…

Eeeek University of Stirling looks like a wee editing goblin has been at the graduation videos from yesterday and at about 49:00 you’ve “dropped” a clip of a graduating student! Luckily we’ve got an unedited version here for anyone who doesn’t want to watch the #stirgrad director’s cut:

Exclusive: The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Scotland (QAAS) is looking into the University of Edinburgh after a number of concerns were raised by staff over equality and standards heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23…

Brief update as to what’s going on as The University of Edinburgh gets ready for next week’s circus of graduating students without marks. #ucuRISING #MarkingAndAssessmentBoycott in its 11th week. 1/10

Making powerful use of a stage and a live video feed. Edinburgh University students capturing the state of things at their graduation today. UCU Edinburgh

Tremendous scenes: mass support and solidarity shown by protesting students outside today’s graduation at Edinburgh Uni UCU

📢 PAY YOUR WORKERS 📢 This amazing video from the ECA graduations today show that students know what needs to be done to solve this dispute 💪

“It would not be right to stand here and not acknowledge staff who have been fighting for not more than the bare minimum”. How can we thank you enough for this brave and moving oration at Edinburgh Graduation today. UCU Edinburgh UCU Staff-Student Solidarity Network Edinburgh

An excerpt from Jaime Prada's magnificent speech at SPS graduation this morning. Staff-student solidarity forever!❤️‍🔥

Imagine a world where students’ prospects are not locked-in with A-levels at age 18 and where university can be a place for personal growth & development…

I started my day today with the slightly surreal experience of hearing my voice on the The Guardian's podcast, Today in Focus, speaking on my time at University and how unlucky this cohort has been. Give it a listen here: theguardian.com/news/audio/202…

Bill Galvin's pay was £790k this last year (including a bonus of £262k) - up from £637k last year (with its bonus of £108k) #USSMess

The damage that is being done through this action by employers will run deep and last long. They rely on our cooperation well beyond our pay and contracts. We will pay this back in droves, be assured. The REF is not far away….

Today we saw the first signs of movement from the employer in months. We take nothing for granted. We meet again early next week. Message to members - keep doing what you are doing. Update here ucu.org.uk/13116 #ucuRISING #SettleTheDispute

A lovely new paper describing the interactional achievement of the moralities of “fare evasion” from Daniel Muñoz Zech, Kris Lee, and Anna Plyushteva #emca #mobilities tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚍🚇Fare evasion in public transport is routinely criminalised, justified, and problematised by passengers, operators and bystanders. Anna Plyushteva, Kris H. Lee and myself examine the moralities of fare evasion as an interactional achievement in this paper: tandfonline.com/eprint/AGMK89R…