Jesus MargarFeb 13

20% of staff at the University of Essex, including 40% of its Maths, Stats and Actuarial Science School are being laid off. Please, sign this petition to stop it and share widely.

https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/save-essex-stop-the-cuts-save-southend-protect-education?source=web_share_api&utm_source=web_share_api&share=b7f8f290-a056-4fd8-a1ea-ffbaf760e75a

#essex #maths #math #UKHE #ukpol #ukpolitics #workers #union #ucu #ucuessex #essexucu #southend #colchester #labour #uklabour #highereducation #mathematics #stats #statistics #ukhighereducation #classstruggle #strike #strike #ucurising #ucustrikes #bbc #solidarity

Save Essex: Stop the Cuts, Save Southend, Protect Education

These proposed cuts mean people losing their livelihoods in a higher education sector already facing a jobs crisis, where alternative employment is scarce and careers built over many years can be destroyed overnight. For students, the consequences are overcrowded classes, delayed feedback, reduced support, and mounting pressure on remaining staff. The closure of Southend would also be a devastating loss for students, local communities, and access to higher education in the region. All of this...

Megaphone UK
Lorna M. CampbellNov 18
Blogged: On the threat of mass redundancy lornamcampbell.org/higher-educa... My contribution to @[email protected]'s Lobby Your MSP campaign yesterday, and my own personal experience of redundancy in the past. #ucu #ucustrikes

On the threat of mass redundan...
On the threat of mass redundancy

For three days this week, colleagues at the University of Edinburgh are striking as part of UCU Edinburgh’s ongoing industrial dispute with university management. Colleagues are protesting ag…

Open World
Oli MouldMar 23, 2023

What I've learned about #academia over these #UCUstrikes is that too many of us (& for sure I'm not immune!) value the "output" of our jobs over our colleagues we do it with.

Sure, we need to enjoy our job and feel it is making a difference; and we want our stuff read and engaged with - it's what gives us our worth. But the chronic alienation of contemporary academic work is a massive factor of the current ills, which we fundamentally need to address.

George MacgregorMar 16, 2023

For those involved in the #UCU industrial action (and beyond!), this Universities & College Union (UCU) podcast episode is useful in explaining, reviewing, and discussing the recent offers made in disputes over pay, working conditions and pensions. ✊

https://youtu.be/MBpOAsISWGs #ucurising #ucustrikes #ucuscotland #UCUstrikeback

UCU Rising: concrete proposals on the pay, working conditions and USS pensions disputes

YouTube
M J GrantMar 15, 2023
Is an end to the #UCUstrikes in sight? I‘m hopeful and sceptical at the same time.
Steve HammettMar 15, 2023
The latest "offer" from ucea is not an offer but a re-statement of what we already have. The rest of the "offer" from uuk is equally meaningless and @ucu 's recommendation to accept is nothing short of a betrayal of the membership who deserve better.
Vote NO in the e-ballot
#ucuRISING #ucu #ucustrike #ucustrikes
FemQuantMar 13, 2023

The #FemQuantSeminar "New Measures for #FamilyPlanning and Exposure to Risk of Pregnancy" by Leontine Alkema is POSTPONED to Thu 4 May 2023 at 4pm BST due to #UCUstrikes.

You can use the same link as before to register. If you were already registered for the original date, and are still planning to attend no need to do anything

Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-measures-for-family-planning-and-exposure-to-risk-of-pregnancy-tickets-539549145017

#FeministResearch #QuantitativeResearch #SocialScience

New Measures for Family Planning and Exposure to Risk of Pregnancy

Professor Leontine Alkema will present analyses using new measures based on on sexual activity and contraceptive use data.

Eventbrite
FemQuantMar 10, 2023

We have postponed our 15 March #FemQuantSeminar, which is given by Leontine Alkema to Thu 4 May 2023 at 4pm BST / 5pm CEST / 11am EST due to #UCUstrikes.

The title of the seminar is "New Measures for #FamilyPlanning and Exposure to Risk of Pregnancy".

We will update the registration details soon! In the meantime, please mark this new date to your diaries.

Angus DavisonMar 5, 2023
Queen Mary already had a dreadful record of employment practices - and now just hit a new low. All the more important to return your ballot papers asap! #ucurising #ucustrike #UCUstrikes #QMUL @ucu https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/05/students-london-university-snitch-striking-lecturers
Students at top London university urged to ‘snitch’ on striking lecturers

Queen Mary University accused of ‘turning students into spies’ to gather data on academics who did not reschedule missed teaching

The Guardian
QuanFeb 23, 2023
Sent in my #ucu ballot today. Regardless of how the #ucustrikes turn out and how the negotiations go, keeping the pressure up is essential to resist the further marketisation of #academia. Let's go