Solidarity with UCU members on strike yet again across the UK this week. Real pay has dropped 20%, significant portions of the sector are on precarious contracts, pensions are being cut by 35% & workloads are unmanageable. Our working conditions are students’ learning conditions

This vice chancellor didn't know how many staff he employed on insecure contracts at Oxford Brookes University... Well we've done some digging for him: 75% of teaching-only staff and 30% of all academic staff are on HOURLY PAID CONTRACTS. What a disgrace. #OneOfUsAllOfUs #UCUstrikes

What she said versus what ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ chose as a headline

I agree with this point at least. Universities (and MPs) need to fix the problems so students can have good and sustainable learning environments. Instead of the collapse of the HE sector that is currently taking place. #UCUstrike

According to politicians no one should ever strike because it's annoying

“Things can’t go on like this. Not for staff or students. We all deserve better from a sector that can afford better. That’s why our picket lines are the frontline of the fight for higher education’s future.” Read Jo Grady in @TheTimes👇 thetimes.co.uk/article/4f4cab…

#WhyWeAreStriking: The FACTS. 🧵 67% of researchers are employed on casualised fixed term contracts.

Brilliant teach out from Kojo Koram on the Birkbeck UCU pickets today, discussing the material legacy of the British empire, and challenging us to think about what decolonisation of the university really means given the historical links between empire and our institutions

Why not show us some #love (or at least some #respect) on #ValentinesDay Universities UK ? Stop stealing our #pensions! #USS #PensionTheft #solidarity #USSStrike #UCUstrikes UoDUCU is pure raging #Savethe632 UCU Solidarity Movement UCU Scotland UCU

Today's comic is about WAGES... Our wages have seen real life decreases of 20% over the past 10 years. Meanwhile our VC's pay has seen a 20.6% INCREASE since 2015...

The cake of solidarity- when in Dundee. It was by all accounts glorious! Thanks to Andy in Scotland 🏴󠁧clean the air/stop the spread for baking. Big shout to the person who delivered cakes- not sure who you were but they were great. UCU Scotland President UCU Solidarity Movement

My reply to The University of Edinburgh Principal & Vice-Chancellor's underwhelming response (see thread) to students supporting staff industrial action. It's just not good enough and staff deserve better ✊🏻 UCU Edinburgh Staff-Student Solidarity Network Edinburgh #StudentsSupportTheStrike

🚨 Students! Want to help end the pensions strike? Tell your VCs to support the UCU proposals! The UUK consultation of member unis ends tomorrow, so the time to act is NOW! See the video from SOAS UCU below, and please share widely #USSmess #OneOfUsAllOfUs ✊

We’re barking mad about pay gaps, casualisation, unmanageable workloads, real-terms pay cuts and pension theft on the UoDUCU is pure raging #Savethe632 picket line this morning. UCU Scotland UCU Solidarity Movement #DogsOnPicketLines #UcuStrike #FourFights #OneOfUsAllOfUs

@manmetucu James Duggan also on @[email protected] UMUCU UCU crowd is all behind #FourFights #UCUstrike

24 universities collectively amassed a £2.2bn surplus in 2020-21 Yet they claim they can only afford to offer staff a 1.5% pay rise and have to cut pensions We're striking because universities have the money to treat staff properly, but they choose not to #OneOfUsAllOfUs

Beat this Strathclyde UCU Heriot-Watt UCU #ImmodestBuffet 🍕🍕 Dejan Stjepanović UCU Solidarity Movement UCU Scotland UoDUCU is pure raging #Savethe632

New From Routledge: Thom Giddens, Judgment: New Trajectories in Law (2022) Thom Giddens Routledge Books – Hedgehogs and Foxes hedgehogsandfoxes.org/index.php/2022… via HedgehogsandFoxes

If striking hasn't worked so far (years of strikes, but the issues haven't changed), is more striking the best move? Just wondering if there are alternatives to doubling down on the same strategy... #UCUstrike

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