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Sheffield, UK
Joined December 2013
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On Thursday, in an all-staff meeting with over 1000 attendees online and in person, 944 attendees participated in a vote with 93.3% saying they have “no confidence” in the VC and University Executive Board.
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Leicester UCU statement regarding the arrests on campus today
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Well! When I said yesterday that confidence was ebbing away, little did I imagine that over 10% of staff at @SheffieldUni would turn up to a joint-union held meeting to vote no confidence in UEB's leadership. 944 votes with 93.3% no confidence according to @SheffieldUCU. Brutal.
Self-defeating austerity at @SheffieldUni, as everything (bar UEB bonuses, recently uncapped) is cut to balance the books after we did a slow-motion slide out of the QS Top 100, leading to drastic reductions in overseas applications. Confidence in the leadership here ebbing away.
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Fascinating document related to HE national bargaining has come to light through FoI. It's striking just how much policy relating to industrial action is set by UCEA and enforced on employers through 'expectations' that it will be followed. Full doc: uk-highereducation.neocities…
Communication from TAPPR Ltd in regard to the disclosure of the UCEA Code mandated by the First-tier Tribunal. Please retweet and share. Full documents accessible through precariouspostdocs.com @USSbriefs @ucu @OxfordUCU @OxfordAntiCas @cdbuni @QM_UNISON @Wonkhe @qm_ucu
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"For partial performance, arising generally through action short of a strike, an approach will be assessed using the key principle that the proportion of pay to be withheld will depend on the impact of the industrial action." How interesting, UCEA. How very interesting.
Communication from TAPPR Ltd in regard to the disclosure of the UCEA Code mandated by the First-tier Tribunal. Please retweet and share. Full documents accessible through precariouspostdocs.com @USSbriefs @ucu @OxfordUCU @OxfordAntiCas @cdbuni @QM_UNISON @Wonkhe @qm_ucu
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Burnout isn't about hours worked. In fact, there are usually much deeper causes. Leaders should start to recognize when it's occurring, And take steps to help. Use this graphic to find causes of burnout in your organization.
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We have serious growing concerns around the ongoing repression of discussion of Palestine and the ongoing violence in the Middle East within our University. teapawt.net/Annapurnamenon/status/…
I'm tired, heartbroken & angry. A few of us (Politics educators/researchers) were organising a teach-in on Gaza supported by @sheffielducu. A teach-in for our students where we were talking about our research on Palestine & related topics (1/n)
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UPDATE on Employment Tribunal: we won the argument won on timeliness! The full series of deductions is legally relevant & in time for bringing a substantive claim on blacklisting & detriment. On non-payment for TU duties, the 4th round is. Explanation: qmucu.org/2024/10/01/qmucu-w…
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💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 INDUSTRIAL ACTION SUSPENDED Offer from UEB to be voted on by members. There is Power in a Union & this branch.
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Please support the Chemistry Department at the University of Hull. They are fighting hard to keep Chemistry alive in Hull. change.org/p/halt-the-closur…
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"Non-academic staff are now also being targeted, with 400 non-academic staff in Professional Services being cut" - Having previously worked in PS at Hallam, it's gross that the university thinks its teaching and research can function properly with such huge cuts to PS staff 😢
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📢Tomorrow, 10 August, join people across Sheffield for the National Day of Protest at 12pm at Barker’s Pool. We loved seeing you all on the streets this week standing up for our communities. Tell friends & comrades, bring your banners, stay safe & look after one another!
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These aren’t protests, protesters in Britain get aggressively policed and given draconian prison sentences - these are organised, racist attacks, given cover and legitimacy by the language of the media and silence of Britain’s political class
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Solidarity to @UniteUCU on strike again today. With you in spirit.
On Wednesday 3 July we take our 3rd day of strike action. We’re asking UCU members & branches who can to join us at 11am at UCU’s London office for a protest in support of a safe and anti-racist workplace where trade union values & agreements count. #ReclaimUCU #InvestigationNow
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So, strike day 2 today. Not where we expected or wanted to be. Thanks to TSSA & NEU staff, BMSC & Manchester Hazards for joining our online rally earlier. Great turnout. Strike fund donations welcome: unite-ucu-strike-fund.raisel… #ReclaimUCU #InvestigationNow
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Wednesday, the University’s COO visited the @palestine_sccp encampment & asked them to leave by 8pm, threatening to begin legal proceedings if they did not. Despite the University cutting off the power supply & restricting access to sanitation facilities, the camp has remained.
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They'll literally do everything else except talking to their own students, staff, alumni and community members. Tell you everything about academia these days. @palestine_sccp
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"The employer [@UCU] suggested pausing our recognition agreement" Speechless
During ACAS talks today, attended by UCU's General Secretary & President, yet again no tangible offer was made that could move us to ending our dispute. Of much greater concern is a risk of escalation after the employer suggested pausing our recognition agreement. #ReclaimUCU
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