I congratulate and wish our @UCU General Secretary well. I want to send my thanks to everyone who supported my campaign, & to the other candidates for fighting the election in a spirit which has allowed us to debate the future of our union properly
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Thrilled that CAMARADES have been shortlisted for an MRC Impact Prize alongside a group of outstanding researchers and projects! ✨

If your envelope for #UCU GS/VP/NEC/Trustee elections is still on the worktop/in your bag, please do still post your votes as they may yet arrive by noon on Friday!

(I'm told replacement ballots for those whose papers didn 't arrive 1st time have return 1st class prepaid SAEs)

missbolshie —#Ceasefire now. (Image in previous post has alt text or vickyblakeucu.uk/endorsements)

Still time to vote! Please vote in all #UCU elections: GS, VP, NEC seats, & Trustees.

Last 'safe' posting date with the prepaid 2nd class envelope = Mon 26 Feb. Ballots must get to Civica by noon Fri 1 March

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It means a lot to have Caitlin's trust and confidence in #Vicky4GS .

We first worked together on the #UCU 2018/9 Democracy Commission which missbolshie —#Ceasefire now. & I co-chaired.

We urgently need change - I am ready to put in that hard work, democratically with & for our members.

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For a return to serious organising & urgent change vote Vicky Blake #1

🟢Independent candidate
🟢15 yrs organising experience from PGR to #UCU President
🟢Ready to work hard with all members

Democratise, Organise, Unite for the strong, confident union we need

#Vicky4GS

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Very strong responses from Vicky Blake UCU @vickyblake.bsky.social at the KCL UCU still demands pay restoration GS Hustings today. Very clear that Vicky is the candidate we need, with the longest experience&dedication to #UCU democracy, evidenced commitment to PGRs precarious & migrant members &to equalities and a clear moral compass

Ambulances can’t get to dying people because they’re stuck outside of hospitals full of patients we could discharge if we just had more carers in the community, so I’m delighted that the government has taken decisive action to ban these carers from living with their families.

I'm proud to support Vicky Blake (Vicky Blake UCU @vickyblake.bsky.social) for UCU #GeneralSecretary , please see below for why! #Vicky4GS vickyblakeucu.uk/endorsements/#…

UCU should lead the way as an employer by employing best practice in its own workplace, and I believe that with Vicky Blake UCU @vickyblake.bsky.social as GS it would.

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“If someone tells you the patient has ‘full capacity’, you can safely assume they don’t understand the Mental Capacity Act.”

Hahahahahahahahah

Medicine is the worst funded HCP degree. Not only does it force people to take on more debt, for more years of study, but the huge underfunding of the fifth/sixth or earlier years of GEM causes personal debt.

And they think there’s ‘potential’ to expand it.

There’s not ample work for the 170 Urology applicants who didn’t get an NTN though.

Why is it always Urology?

'Cut-price' physician associates illegally ordered more than 1,000 NHS hospital tests including X-rays and CT scans despite not having any formal medical training - as doctors slam 'direct threat to patient safety' trib.al/JvX6C0K

Here’s a daily mail article that I actually agreed to be included in 😉

All credit to @[email protected] who managed to get the answers out and clearly has a second calling in investigative journalism!

We will continue to work together specifically on this issue.…

The Tory attempt to bring back employment #tribunal fees is a deliberate attack on working class people.

An employment tribunal is a worker's last chance to get justice when employers treat them poorly, where a case concerns unfair dismissal, victimisation or discrimination.

Remember this? Leeds ‘allowed’ their physician associates to request ionising radiation. This is illegal. I was a little concerned about this and so was @[email protected] so we FOIed. We got pushback. They told us it was just one incident report.

… which we later found lead to…

I'm very pleased to be endorsing Vicky Blake Vicky Blake UCU @vickyblake.bsky.social #vicky4GS for the @UCU General Secretary elections. If it's integrity, dedication and fortitude you're after, look no further. Vicky will make an exceptional GS.
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Asked the Cabinet Office to provide information relating to the 3 day 'in-office' working week. They have asked for an extension, as they need to consider the public interest under s.36. If the move was rational, the information I've requested wouldn't need an exemption!

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