#UCUSTRIKE

Lee Jones

DrLeeJones

You'll get nothing from me for the next 8 days except #UCUstrike. I'll explain why I and thousands of other university staff are striking here. Long thread, because there are

Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley

lottelydia

One of the chants on a #UCUstrike picket is “our working conditions - your learning conditions!” This is true of lots of teaching: if staff are on precarious contracts, not

Alice Reid is on strike

amrcampop

I am on strike, picketing in person and on the #DigitalPicketLine (no work tweets) #UCUstrike. We are striking about pensions and work conditions, especially precarity and pay gaps. I got

Sophie Williams

SophWilliams28

So #UCUstrikes @ucu are starting today.I am fully on board with the reasons for the strikes however in my first year of uni the strikes caused a lot of distress

Dr Kay Guccione

kayguccione

When I started being a Researcher Developer in 2010 my role involved organising training for postdocs (the visible 30%) and also advocating for postdocs (obscured work, but ~70% of my

Hemi Mistry

HemiMistry

Staff welfare in the HE sector is a ticking timebomb. If you are concerned about the impact of 8 days of #ucustrike action, consider how much disruption to student learning

Máiréad Enright

maireadenright

Yesterday, at #ucustrike we were talking a little bit about the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, which can offer compensation to students if their university has not adequately mitigated the

Jenna Mittelmeier

JLMittelmeier

#WhyIAmStriking (When I’m back to UK) - a thread #UCUstrikesback #UCUstrike: Casualisation means I’ve been unable to future plan or establish any form of savings. I’m grateful to be

Dr Chloe Wallace

chloew1970

Thoughts on striking, and non striking, senior staff. Those on the #UCUstrike pickets - physical and digital - I see you and I thank you. Heads of School, Professors, leaders

Kay Paterson-Bassett

kaytoremember

Before working in Higher Education I used to be in Resource and Planning for a large charityBasically workload planning and modellingSo here is some basic information of things you should

Natalie Sedacca

nataliesedacca

On a train back from Newcastle, reading the Labour manifesto and (inspired by last retweet) listening to Wham - Last Christmas, which is clearly the best Christmas song ever This

Harriet Carroll 🚨STAYING ALERT🚨 (for a job)

angryhacademic

everyone i speak to in #academia seems outrageously stressed, many on the verge of, or intermittently, crying because of the workloadour problem is that we all have (too much) pride

Claire Support-the-UCU-Strike Smith

CLAIRESOS

Although the idea of refunds for missed classes during #UCUstrike might appeal at first, it doesn't work in practice... because a degree isn’t a product that you can take back

Sophie Franklin

_sophiefranklin

Last night's @BBCFreeThinking 'What use is a university arts education?' was deeply frustrating. @JosieAFraser & @geoffmulgan peddling the tired idea that arts & humanities don't "contribute" to society, aren't &

Maureen McBride

mmcbride84

I’m not feeling great today so missing out on the picket this morning - thought I’d share some reflections on why this strike is so important to me instead. As

Leeds Anticasualisation

CasualsLeeds

#PrecarityStory day 2 thread @ucu @UCUAnti_Cas Part 1 today... #UCUstrike #UCUStrikesBack 1/ As an early career researcher from a ‘non-traditional’ HE background, the first in my family to go to