#ucurising — Public Fediverse posts

* Finally, I don't see a lot of evidence that this is senior people banking the USS win and pulling up the drawbridge. At least in my experience, in the work unit i'm the UCU contact point for, its not been a sudden stop in voting from people who expect to benefit from USS.

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* Very much a feeling of not being will to lend their voice to another mandate without an explaination of what will be done with it. Its all very well saying lets get the mandate, and then we will discuss what to do, but if you believe that you should do whatever your union asks, then given the decisions the decision making bodies tend to make, this is your oppuntity to enforce an opinion on whether you will be forced to strike against your judgement.

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Thoughts on the UCU ballot failure:

* Lots of blame for the GS on socials. In members I speak to people are upset with the "leadership" its true. But to the extent they know, understand and care about the difference between the GS, HEC and congress (which is often , they have similarly negative feelings about all three. Very much "a pox on all your houses" vibe. A common feeling is that the stratgy was bad and the GS made it even worse with the implementation.

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Pleased to see the crew of my garden railway out in support of us as Cardiff UCU begin a week of strike action over punitive 50% pay deduction for those involved in the marking and assessment boycott #UCUrising #CardiffUCU #UCUstrike #UCU #MAB #solidarity #SettleTheDispute @ucu

Compare and contrast:

Uni Employers Association (UCEA): 50 universities say < 2% of students unable to graduate: https://bbc.com/news/education-65997786

The Guardian: A third of final-year students face grades delay: https://theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/24/uk-final-year-students-university-undergraduates-results-grades-delay

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UK Uni Crisis:

Glasgow University vice-chancellor gives students degree certificates without degree classifications at “sham” graduation ceremony and is then played out with Indiana Jones theme music!

https://twitter.com/pietersnep/status/1671575570230984705

“Throughout the afternoon, students were present wearing pink sashes over their gowns in solidarity with the ongoing UCU strikes. A student was seen with a placard around their neck reading 'renegotiate now'”

https://thetab.com/uk/glasgow/2023/06/21/give-me-my-grades-not-fking-indiana-jones-music-inside-glasgow-unis-first-graduations-26953

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Recent UK Uni Crisis News

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UK Uni Crisis

https://twitter.com/jessscrisp_/status/1669010405908160515

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UCEA leadership seminar for VCs!

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A fantastic sunny day on the picket lines with #UCU and #Unison reps standing together. Thread of pics! #UCURising #UCUStrike

UK Uni Crisis

“The UK is on the brink of a nationwide degree scandal with no engagement from university management, who have abandoned academic standards, and no intervention from the government in sight.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/12/pandemic-a-levels-marking-boycott-university-degree

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UK Universities Crisis News

Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-65848504

https://twitter.com/ucuedinburgh/status/1666827337046937601

https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23563818.fears-raised-quality-checks-amid-university-marking-boycott/

https://www.palatinate.org.uk/breaking-durham-ucu-to-strike-in-june-and-september-over-marking-boycott-pay-deductions/

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2023/06/06/up-to-1000-expected-to-join-march-opposing-university-job-losses-on-saturday/

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12977/Strike-ON-tomorrow-at-University-of-Westminster-over-100-pay-docking

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Many UK university staff will stop marking students’ work from 20th April onwards

The marking boycott is part of the University and College Union’s strike action for better pay, pensions, and working conditions in an increasingly desperate higher education system.

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12868/Marking-and-assessment-boycott-called-from-Thursday-20-April

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If you're an HE member who hasn't received their reballot paper(s) please let us know here:
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