University of Essex strikes escalate over campus closure & job cuts Nine days of strike action begins this week at the University of Essex in an escalating dispute over plans to close Southend Campus, cut 400 jobs and limit course provision.

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Lincoln Bishop pivot to law, business raises GUS ‘takeover’ fears Figures with links to private education group appointed to university’s board to provide ‘strategic’ guidance

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UK university staff: a final chance to tell us your feelings about the redundancy wave Whether you have direct experience of redundancies or not, and whatever your role is (or was) in the university, we are still keen to hear your views

UK university staff: have you feared for your job at any point during the past two years? How confident are you that redundancies are less likely this year than they were last year? This is your last chance to let us know in our UK Redundancy Survey. @timeshighered.bsky.social

A pedagogy of grief: dealing with loss in higher education What happens when a university educator is grieving a loved one? Here’s how collective loss can shape an institution

A pedagogy of grief: dealing with loss in higher education

"... we aren’t just mourning the absence of people or resources – we are grieving the futures they represented."

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UCL’s planned Dubai outpost sparks free speech concerns Mega university’s first foray back into overseas education since branch campus failures proves controversial

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Members of Unison, Unite, and UCU at South Kensington campus - along with supporting students too.

Great turnout for the rally marking the end of our recent days of action with @unitetheunion.bsky.social and @unison.org.uk colleagues.

If you are at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, did you know our median pay has been cut 9% in real terms since 2018?

Details: ucu.imperial.ac.uk/archives/1125

‘Your bot of choice is not a filing cabinet’ With GenAI taking a larger role in research and education, Sorin Krammer looks at the data management habits academics can no longer ignore

‘Your bot of choice is not a filing cabinet’ www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/your-...

Question now about student loans and the cap. Does the UCU have any ideas on how to make the issue more widely known to the general public?

Punk attitude of art schools can help UK rise above tsunami of AI blandness Scorned for their employability metrics and students’ experimental outputs, Britain’s art schools should be seen as seedbeds of innovation that can help graduates thrive as white-collar jobs are repla...

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Generative AI is not just a tool for learning. It shapes how students think Framing this technology as a helpful ‘tool’ disguises how much it guides every element of critical thinking that academics seek to cultivate, says James Garvey

Generative AI is not just a tool for learning. It shapes how students think www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/gene...

‘Fundamentally wrong’: Greater Lincs approves ESOL cuts Plans to cut funding for English language lessons to avoid alleged “segregation” have been approved in Greater Lincolnshire, amid concerns harm to integration

‘Fundamentally wrong’: Greater Lincolnshire leaders approve ESOL cuts feweek.co.uk/fundamentall...

Reform cuts ESOL funding as it doesn't help "native Lincolnshire people" Responding to a report that Reform mayor of Lincolnshire Andrea Jenkyns is pushing ahead with plans to scrap all funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) from 2027, UCU attacked the ...

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Boost funding for joint HE-FE courses, ministers told Partnerships between the higher and further education sectors currently dogged by power imbalances, critics say

Boost funding for joint HE-FE courses, ministers told www.timeshighereducation.com/news/boost-f...

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All three recognised unions at Imperial College are out together on the long-running dispute over pay & conditions.

Number of academics working in the UK falls for first time Some universities reduce staff teams by more than a fifth after year of cutbacks and job losses, new data show

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University hit by seven-figure apprenticeship clawback Leaders claim to have rectified all ‘legacy’ issues and repaid government

🔍 A university has been forced to repay £1.385 million in apprenticeship funding after government investigators found widespread missing evidence of apprentices’ eligibility, off-the-job training, and employer co-investment contributions

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Very soon it will be almost impossible to study languages anywhere in England.
How is this a good thing?

Covid compensation claims leave universities ‘very exposed’ UCL settlement opens door to more ‘risk averse’ institutions having to pay up over disrupted pandemic-era teaching, say lawyers

Covid compensation claims leave universities ‘very exposed’ www.timeshighereducation.com/news/covid-c...

Staff at New City College vote to strike over trade union victimisation Staff at Arbour Square and Tower Hamlets campuses of New City College in east London have overwhelmingly backed strike action in a dispute over the unfair dismissal of a long serving member of staff.

UCU - Staff at New City College vote to strike over trade union victimisation www.ucu.org.uk/article/1441...

UK university staff: please complete our survey about redundancies Academic or professional staff, employed or unemployed, we are anxious to hear your perspectives

Have any of your colleagues recently been made redundant by a UK university? Have you? Do you fear losing your job? What has been the effect of redundancies on departmental morale? We are keen to hear your views

Students begin further legal action after UCL case settled Pre-action letters sent to 36 more universities over lost teaching during pandemic as long-running ‘test case’ resolved

Students begin further Covid legal action after UCL case settled www.student-cms.prd.timeshighereducation.com/news/student...

Solidarity with @ucuimperial.bsky.social

Workplace day of action for Palestine

TODAY is Workplace and Student Day of Action for Palestine.

We stand with workers and students across the country taking action to challenge complicity in Israel’s genocide and demand justice for the Palestinian people.

Pledge to join: palestinecampaign.org/events/pledg...

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Harness the power of your university librarian in the age of information chaos Find out how to tap the mine of knowledge your university library has, for trustworthy research sources, data expertise and information literacy advice

Harness the power of your university librarian in the age of information chaos www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/harne...

Falling study visas a ‘sharp warning’ to UK government January visa applications hit lowest level in four years, prompting further concern about university finances

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Diversifying new industries needs ‘coordinated career support’ London institutions urged to work together as they double down on widening participation efforts that help serve pipeline for ‘frontier’ jobs

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Truro & Penwith College staff to strike over low pay & high workloads Staff at Truro and Penwith College will strike on Monday 23 February in an escalating dispute over low pay and poor working conditions

UCU - Truro & Penwith College staff to strike over low pay & high workloads www.ucu.org.uk/article/1440...

Thursday university of Essex staff will be taking to the picket lines to say no to cuts, no to job losses and no to the closure of the Southend campus.

@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social stands with staff, students and @unison.org.uk as we fight together.