UCU Edinburgh participates in the Student Staff Assembly (SSA), which was brought together to promote staff-student solidarity and joint organising to counter the way our University’s senior management tends to ignore both staff and student voices. Together, as both the labour-force and main source of income for the university, SSA can push for positive change. This is OUR University, not senior management’s: we can shape it to be the ethical and democratic institution we want. Nearly 1000 students and staff showed up to the first Student-Staff Assembly on 24 September! Students and staff are united and will not be ignored: WE ARE the University. 

Student Staff Assembly core demands (agreed unanimously bar 1 abstention on 14 October 2026):

DEMAND 1: Stop the Cuts
DEMAND 2: Disclose, Divest, Democratise
DEMAND 3: Principal and Provost Must Resign

This > > > petition < < < describes the background and specifics of those demands. Please read through and consider signing it!

Next meeting: Wed. 21 Oct. 18:00-20:00

📍 Hangar 5, Potterrow, Bristo Square, EH89AL

> > > Register here‍ ‍< < <

CALLING ALL STUDENTS, STAFF, PARENTS, ALUMNI, APPLICANTS, UNION BRANCHES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, ARTISTS and RESIDENTS

The Student-Staff Assembly comes back and invites all of Edinburgh and beyond: come to this week’s assembly to better understand what is going on at the university; why and how it affects Edinburgh’s life and economy beyond the university; hear students and staff testify about the situation, the strike, the legal intimidation, the treatment of students and staff, and the fight for a better university - one that works for students and staff, and not just for management.

Edinburgh university is the 3rd richest university in the in the UK. It has accumulated over 1bn worth of capital over the past 8 years. Our principal Peter Mathieson pays himself nearly half a million a year. He has raised tuition fees and uni rents continually and lobbied to introduce tuition fees for Scottish students. Somehow, the university is both the wealthiest it has even been while telling staff and students that programmes must be cut, tutorials must disappear, and thousands of jobs must be slashed. The University now owns 550 buildings in Edinburgh. Students and staff together represent nearly 60,000 people living in Edinburgh. What is happening at the University right now will affect the city as a whole.

Cuts are happening across Edinburgh. We are seeing a sweeping attack on people’s jobs, on the arts, on education and Scottish culture. We need to link those fights. Some MSPs have already confirmed attendance

JOIN STUDENTS AND STAFF - MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD - JOIN THE FIGHT

Make sure to REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-staff-assembly-4-tickets-2003409813683?aff=erelpanelorg