#Ucustrikesback

Dr Ruth Pearce

NotRightRuth

From 25 Nov-4 Dec @UCU is striking over pay inequalities, casualisation, unmanageable workloads and attacks on our pension scheme. I will not respond to work-related messages during this time.I am

Vicky Blake UCU President Elect 🏠STAY TF HOME💻📚

zenscara

We are on #UCUSTRIKE next week: #8DaysStrong! An historic fight for the heart + soul of our #HigherEd sector over 2 huge, UK level disputes. They'll be solved through *collective*

Dr Anna Strowe

anna_translata

From the University of Manchester's advice to staff on the upcoming industrial action... It's interesting, really, because **that is exactly the problem**. Following the same logic, what's to prevent the

BenjaminThomasWhite

rain_later

Folks, has anyone made the #UCUStrikesBack materials available in Mandarin?Our universities rely heavily on recruitment of Chinese students who are exploited for the high fees (and rent) they pay to

Paul Kirby

PaulCinnam0n

I’m at a university that missed the threshold for the #UCUstrike on pensions, pay, precarity and inequality, which starts today. So I started a list of other ways to extend

🕷Laurie Stras is on the virtual picket line

LaurieStras

I keep writing and deleting tweets about this, but here we go. One of the most insidious contributors to poor staff mental health is the effect of so-called "reasonable adjustments"

Andy Bull

F_in_Darke

Yesterday's GTA & anti-casualisation meeting by @UCUGlasgow got me thinking about the weirdness of GTA pay which has raised my eyebrows a couple of times over the past 3 years

prof jenny pickerill

JennyPickerill

I have been relatively quiet about the #UCUStrikesBack on twitter because, as a HoD I was asked by my Uni to be careful about what I say on social media,

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

angryenby

angryenby

University strikes, aka Oh God Another Endless Thread About This Shit. I can't promise I have anything new to say. But here's my own personal, unofficial take.Firstly, what are we

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

Cathy Hume

cathyhume

Yesterday at the #UCUStrikesBack rally @ProfMadhuK encouraged us to dare to dream how the university could be different. Here are ten ideas. 1/12 All FT staff to have a workload

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

Dr. Liz Gloyn

lizgloyn

So I said yesterday I was going to do a short #UCUStrikesBack thread on working conditions and health, so here it is. NB - I am by far from the

Esther Murray #wearetheuniversity 🕷🇪🇺

EM_HealthPsych

On the #DigitalPicketLine today because I am, quite simply, knackered. So, a thread on getting through the #UCUstrikes in one piece, energy, #solidarity, academic life and the challenges of joining