Glen O'Hara Financial Times Great quote -

“The way the sector is behaving is totally at odds with the ethos of the lecturers, many of whom joined a state-managed profession to educate young people and now find themselves expendable employees in a now-corporate sector,” he added.

I'm quoted in this Financial Times piece on universities. The situation has now passed red and has darkened further to a kind of purple shade. ft.com/content/2fc917…

Precisely.

Where would our tragic country be without Private Eye Magazine About time someone pointed out that universities are sacking staff while spending eye watering sums on new buildings. What are they going to put in those buildings when they have axed everyone? #ucurising #uberisation

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Where is Jo Grady?

Here on Owen 5 until 3pm today. Come & talk to us about what's happening in your area.
Solidarity with colleagues who are hearing about potential redundancies this week.

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📢 Rally tomorrow:
Calling all members & students: come and support your colleagues & lecturers.
We face devastating redudancies & cuts that will impact our teaching & working conditions.

Joint Union Rally with Unison
Weds 24th April, 12-1.30pm,
Hallam Square.

Remember to vote YES as soon as you get your ballot paper.
Last posting date is 17th May.
And here's why 👇

What are we going to do about this?

🪧 Next Wednesday 24th April 12pm we will join the other unions on campus along with students for a rally to voice our opposition to these cuts and show our support for UCUHallam in their strike ballot

✊ JOIN A UNION!
💪 FIGHT BACK!

UCU branch stall at city campus today. Come down & say hello. Here until 4pm.
And let us know if you've had your ballot paper 👊

❗️Ballot paper for our local dispute has landed.
Vote early & vote YES!
Last posting date: 17th May

Come and say hello - we're on Owen 5 today, 12-3pm.
We have updates for staff & students on what's happening at SHU. Solidarity with staff affected by redundancies.

6/ Geographic 'cold regions' where some subjects die entirely
7/ Higher fees or govt top-up
8/ Far less emphasis on research
9/ Rapid wave of retirement among older staff
10/ Fewer core staff, many more contract lecturers.
Pretty much unavoidable now. 🤷‍♂️ (2/2)

Where are universities going?
1/ Some closures
2/ A merger wave
3/ Much smaller depts outside the upper Russell Group
4/ Sharing back office functions
5/ Less access for mid- or low-tariff students, esp in Arts and Humanities (1/2)

More English universities have announced cost-cutting drives including redundancy schemes as the sector’s financial crisis takes hold, writes Tom Williams Thomas Williams bit.ly/3VfbZgj

University of Kent forecasts £31m deficit for the current year - £12m underlying deficit for 22-23 reported in recently published accounts - as university funding crisis continues to bite. timeshighereducation.com/news/kent-post…

We express our deepest solidarity with UCUHallam as they rise to the challenge of these threats to employment and education!

Please take the time to read the motion we passed yesterday at our General Meeting.

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