HE Information Professional. All witterings here, bar RTs, my own .... accused of “dropping truth bombs” Actually made in Chelsea.
Midlands and Scottish Borders
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I’ve been thinking about my late Aunty Mary a lot just lately. facebook.com/588553102/posts…
Paula Anne retweeted
You’re a Library Worker and for the last 20yrs you’ve seen your job & service change and now you’re being told that “libraries need to change” by Senior Officers and Cllrs who hardly/never use libraries and have very little understanding of how we work.
It’s very frustrating.
Please read and sign this petition if you care about HEI and how staff are treated c.org/byzwGvSnbV
Save The Lammermuirs - Stop The Data Centre - Sign the Petition! c.org/8yXRdFCnBT via @UKChange
If they do it for TPS, they’ll do it to USS.
UCU today called on ministers to take urgent action to safeguard pensions in higher education, warning that failure to act risks “irreparable damage” to the sector.
Universities up and down the country are looking to downgrade staff pension benefits. Read @drjogrady’s letter to the Education Secretary and Skills Minister 👇
ALT Letter to Bridget and Jacqueline
ALT Letter to Bridget and Jacqui
Paula Anne retweeted
Meningitis cases are rising in Kent. The University of Kent has acted. Canterbury Christ Church has not.
UCU has told every member at CCCU: if you don’t feel safe, stay home.
We’re calling on management to confirm in writing that no staff will face disciplinary action for working remotely and on the government to expand the vaccination programme now.
ucu.org.uk/article/14447/Men…
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Hey, remember when our vice chancellor said "the compact … that you weren't going to earn very much money, but you had a secure job for life in a comfortable environment without a heavy workload - that's gone”? Because we do! And we reached out to ask her about it.
ALT Skinner "Am I out of touch" meme with the following text- TOP: Did I say that staff members shouldn't expect job security, comfortable working conditions, or adequate pay? BOTTOM: No, it's literally every staff member at the University who is wrong.
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Staff at @aberdeenuni have gone on strike in an ongoing dispute over cuts.
The @ucu said the 4 planned days of walkouts were a last resort, but they had been left with no option.
The university described the strike action as “disappointing”.
Paula Anne retweeted
“The decline in library staffing across England is one of the most damaging findings of UNISON’s research -
between 2010 & 2024, staffing levels fell by 47% at the 132 authorities in England - a loss of 8,406 full-time equivalent posts.” Devastating 😔
Paula Anne retweeted
And the alternative is an indefinite pay freeze. That's why @UCUNUbranch is on strike again March 16, 17, 25, 26, 27.
Only 7 per cent of Northumbria staff agree to give up TPS pension timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered
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Teaching-only staff at Sheffield Hallam University are set to be moved into a subsidiary firm, leaving research-intensive scholars the only academics still being employed directly by the institution, reports @JulietteRowsell
timeshighereducation.com/new…
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Glasgow Caledonian University's New York campus struggled to obtain a licence, lost large amounts of money & didn't attract many students
Widely seen as disastrous international expansion project
Now staff pay the price as there are redundancies at GCU
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/polit…
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In an unprecedented move, one reflective of these deeply unprecedented times, UoN branches of three different unions (@UCU, @unisonuon, and @unite_uon) have all successfully passed motions of no confidence in the Vice Chancellor and the entire executive board.
ALT Three real buff hands shaking each other, with the texts UCU, UNITE, and UNISON on the burly biceps with VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE on the hands.
When you DO NOT know or have a direct answer WORD SALAD is not the way to go ….. 🙄🤦🏻♀️
“We’re going to stop the government funding dead end university courses”
Shadow education secretary Laura Trott says her party would stop funding courses that “don’t deliver for young people” citing some creative arts courses as an example
#BBCLauraK bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bv0…
Paula Anne retweeted
We've heard a lot about the importance of not having cold spots for subjects within a region (but not necessarily each university), which makes everyone nervous. Our redundancies are coming after the restructuring, so probably next autumn.
Voluntary severance scheme opens to all academics in the School of Humanities and the School of Modern Languages at Bristol University
Very possible that in 5 years time they'll be no arts & humanities outside Oxbridge, UCL, Durham & a few others
epigram.org.uk/university-of…
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The event page for December's Legendary Christmas Extravaganza is now live!
facebook.com/events/s/vinyl-…
Danny Kruger really needs to look at any election leaflet from his party. This is from a recent District Council election. The only tax I’m aware that they have power over is the Council Tax, ergo their candidate (who was elected) was on a platform to cut council tax! #BBCQT
ALT Election flyer for a UK local election in November 2025 that indicates ReformUK will cut taxes.
Paula Anne retweeted
Huge thank you to the 36 Accounting, Finance and Local Government experts who signed our open letter covered in the @FinancialTimes & @birmingham_live today 👇 The letter calls for a public inquiry into the absolute scandal that was the Birmingham City Council bankruptcy 🧵
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The event Facebook event page for October's session is now live!
#Newark #Notts #vinyl #LightningSeeds
facebook.com/events/s/vinyl-…
Just getting warmed up in the car and listening to @GrantStottOnAir after having purchased the world’s most expensive 99 in North Berwick #HappyHolidays
