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The Academic Contribution Framework: a flawed, discriminatory response to a failure of management’s making
The ACF is the mechanism by which management will size up workers for redundancy targets that we already know are arbitrary. The ACF is obviously bad. It will be personally devastating for many colleagues. It is discriminatory. If the process is allowed to continue, it will bring about redundancies that are illegal. Longer term, it will also bring about a university that will be badly placed to meet the needs of future students precisely because it has been warped by its own perverse metrics.
Behind management’s latest moves: large scale compulsory redundancies coming soon
With hundreds of jobs already lost, a further 1,000+ jobs are on the line
Organising against the far right and seeking institutional support
We encourage all members to participate in UCU Scotland’s upcoming event “Organising against the far right” on Monday 13 October 6-7pm, online. You will hear from UCU and student reps, antiracist activists, and community organisers, sharing ideas and actions for you to take in your own branch and community.
Our struggles are connected: from divestment to staff cuts
‘We stand with you because your fight for fair work is a fight for the soul of this University. We ask you to stand with us because our fight for ethical investment is a fight for its conscience.’
—Ben Law, EUJPS at UCUE strike rally
Futures in the Making: the Student-led Movement in Serbia
In this post, two UCUE members look at what has galvanised the anti-authoritarian protests in Serbia led by students, and explore their implications for the global conjuncture, as well as for local concerns. They point to collective self-organisation as a critical element in the formation and future of the movement.
UoE must act on UN report
UCU Edinburgh calls for immediate action to divest from companies and institutions involved in occupation and genocide in Palestine
No to strike breaking!
Unions speak out against management forcing staff to fill in for striking workers on UCU’s 20 June strike day
Open letter to UoE’s Information Services Group management
Making trans people’s lives ‘unliveable’ should be condemned rather than celebrated, writes UCUE Branch Committee
A repurposed UoE: what might management’s dream university look like?
Behind management plans to shift towards a downsized, standardised and (even) more commercial university
Hidden Redundancies: Edinburgh University Management Making Staff Redundant Under the Radar
As staff wait for further clarification on the number of redundancies, Management has already been making cuts in less obvious ways.
More money than ever for buildings, while threatening compulsory redundancies
University management is planning to spend more money on capital expenditure this year (2024-25) and again next year (2025-26) than in any year in the past decade, while continuing to threaten compulsory redundancies.
Reckless downsizing: the “logics” of management’s cuts
Unpacking the “business model” behind the plans to restructure the University of Edinburgh
“Cutting Revenue” is Not the Way to Solve Financial Pressures
We should be clear: when we write that they are “manufacturing a crisis”, our emphasis is just as much on the crisis as the manufacturing.
In Our Own Time: Precarious and Unpaid Work(loads) in Academia
During a local UCU workload campaign amid ongoing budget cuts and threats of compulsory redundancies, we ask: where does casualisation sit in this? How can we understand workload through job insecurity?
Cuts Could Kill Our University
University management is courting a death spiral, where cuts in the name of sustainability actually undermine that which they are meant to save.
Memories of Chicago
Here is the truth about trans people and our broader LGBTQI+ communities: we don’t disappear just because you erase any mention of us, that’s not how reality works.
In Defence of Due Process
Raise workplace issues and point out where things are not right, not fair, not equitable, not okay. But do it the right way: don't break out pitchforks and torches.