We have reached a point in discussions with our employers where we have made significant progress across a range of issues. To allow our ongoing negotiations to continue in a constructive environment we have agreed to pause action across both disputes for the next two weeks and create a period of calm.

This means the strikes on 21, 22, 23, 27, 28 February, and 1, 2 March will not go ahead. All the action scheduled after these dates remains in place.

#ucuRising

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12791/UCU-Rising-strike-paused-campaign-continues

📣 Huge funding from Wellcome for research culture

£1M for 2 years
Invite only, 42 UK & Irish unis

"The Institutional Funding for Research Culture is an invitation only call in which each organisation is only able to submit one application. The call intends to have a cross-organisational impact. For this reason, we require the lead applicant for this award to be the Vice-Chancellor of Research or equivalent."

https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/Institutional-Funding-for-Research-Culture#list-of-invited-institutions-804f

#ResearchCulture #OpenResearch #OpenScience #DEI #Academia

RT @DrJoGrady
I ASK EVERYONE WHO SEES THIS TWEET TO PLEASE RT IT.

Tomorrow nurses strike. They will be put through hell by the media, politicians and the establishment.

Ahead of the action please share this tweet if you back the nurses and find it sickening that they are being vilified.