With hundreds of jobs already lost, a further 1,000+ jobs are on the line

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.

‘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 

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.

UCU Edinburgh calls for immediate action to divest from companies and institutions involved in occupation and genocide in Palestine

Unions speak out against management forcing staff to fill in for striking workers on UCU’s 20 June strike day

Making trans people’s lives ‘unliveable’ should be condemned rather than celebrated, writes UCUE Branch Committee

Behind management plans to shift towards a downsized, standardised and (even) more commercial university

As staff wait for further clarification on the number of redundancies, Management has already been making cuts in less obvious ways.

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.

Unpacking the “business model” behind the plans to restructure the University of Edinburgh

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.

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?

University management is courting a death spiral, where cuts in the name of sustainability actually undermine that which they are meant to save.

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.

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.

Management Is Manufacturing a ‘Financial Crisis’ to Impose Staff Cuts

UoE management’s non-response to suppression of Palestine solidarity expression and action

Rally at Scottish Parliament, Wednesday 29 January 2025. More info here.