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This proposal is a recipe for increased stress for staff and chaotic learning conditions for students. I hope it is put in the bin soon.

#AcademicWorkload

Today would be a good day to join UCU give the disaster emerging before our very eyes.

We made the news: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Academics struggle as it is to take vacation. Both research and rest gone. More long-term illness due to stress. This is so bleak.

Omg. I can see this coming for all of us in #HEUK The state of the sector is unbelievable #Burnout #AcademicOverwork

Essex UCU -- ucuessex.bsky.social They tried this at several uni’s in Australia and the outcomes haven’t been great. UNSW looks like it’s going to revert to the two semester model. UNE are seriously considering what do with their third semester as retention is such an issue. This solution is not working for other

A model where new modules write themselves, marking is done by machine and research is done in some unspecified location that certainly isn't universities.

"So many managers are "helping" me do my job that I have no time to do my job Courses on #University culture, line management, hiring, well-being, dignity at work, EDI, how to teach, computer security, active bystanding Compulsory, most 100% performative, for show" #academia

I did my PhD at Essex and it was by far and away the best scholarly community I've been part of. Unfortunately management seem to want everyone involved with it to be too exhausted to think.

Reducing research time is an attack on academic freedom "The critics of cross-subsidising research tend to forget that research cross-subsidises teaching reputationally." UCU UK HE News @UWankings timeshighereducation.com/opinion/reduci… via Times Higher Education

Staff pay and promotion prospects shouldn't be hit by financial issues that are no fault of their own The University of Essex needs to provide more information on the rationale for these decisions and work with UCU to consider alternatives Essex UCU -- ucuessex.bsky.social bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

28. How can politicians and managers keep getting away with inflicting this vandalism on *twenty-eight* institutions? These are key to our next generation of citizens, to development, and *immediately* to local economies.

UK HE News I stand to be corrected, but I haven’t seen any other UK university follow DMU to impose block teaching for undergraduate course. All the reports I have from ex-colleagues is that block teaching is a hellish nightmare, resulting in lowering levels of engagement and an increasing

I have been receiving disturbing reports of alleged administrative harassment and persecution of members of the Palestine Solidarity Society at the University of Essex for exercising their right to freedom of expression and association. 1/

What’s been happening at my local university University of Essex is not only disturbing but utterly unacceptable. Our students are told who they can support and who they can’t. Freedom of speech and standing up for humanity is our right. It’s time to stop this nonsense.

Join a union, before it's too late.

Between Open University and Coventry: none of us can let this happen as Fire & Rehire *just before the new employment law kicks in* cannot set a precedent. Many branches rallied behind us with the punitive deductions because the domino effect would be huge. Let’s do that again

400 job cuts announced at Cardiff University. The Vice Chancellor has said “not to change was not an option.” Maybe the Vice Chancellor could propose a change to her £290,000 salary or give her company car back. UCU will deliver a widespread fightback against these attacks.