A photo of four picketers from USIC UCU with their fists raised. They stand behind placards that read "Official Picket", "We demand 12%", "Standardisation Education Cuts", "Our payrise is 7 months late", and "CEO Ian Crichton paid over £600k in 2023 + 2024".

Two UCU placards which say: "Our payrise is 7 months late", and "CEO Ian Crichton paid over £600k in 2023 + 2024".

Our sister branch, USIC UCU, is back out on strike this week. We're proud to see them standing strong! www.ucu.org.uk/article/1445...

@ucucommons.org @sheffielducu.bsky.social @uculeft.bsky.social @ducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @beourhope.bsky.social @nasuwtnewcastle.bsky.social @ntyneside-nasuwt.bsky.social @neunion.bsky.social @unisoninhe.bsky.social

NOT NOW, NOT EVER! @ucea.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @ucucommons.org @uculeft.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducu.bsky.social @newcastleucu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @theguardian.com @julietterowsell.bsky.social @danhollandnews.bsky.social @chroniclelive.co.uk

Please sign this petition to save the Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies (LINCS) at Heriot-Watt University @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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Last safe day to post ballot! @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk #Sheffield #UCUstrike

Last push in our ballot this weekend and into next week 💪

If you haven't already, get that vote posted! If you've posted it make sure you've let us know! (Google Form in our latest member emails)

📣Job cuts are a choice, not a necessity 📣

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University of Sheffield: Finance Review Feb 2026 An independent financial review of University finances has revealed there is no imminent financial risk to the University.

ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/campaigns/st... This financial report shows that redundancies are not made because of financial troubles but to pursue the idea of a smaller & weaker university. The reason? Look at the US. For heaven's sake - VOTE for strike action! @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Though I'm still feeling the impact of 16 days strike action +3 weeks lockout, I've just posted my ballot in our dispute @sheffielducu.bsky.social We can't let management get away with strike breaking tactics and unnecessary attacks on the learning/working conditions of staff and students!

If you are a @ucu.org.uk member at the University of Sheffield, don't forget to vote! @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Forgot about a third vote today!

My @sheffielducu.bsky.social ballot for industrial action over threats to jobs is in the post.

Yes to striking, yes to action short of a strike of course!

While the University of Sheffield management's assault on staff (and, indirectly, students) continues, we have no choice but to continue our dispute. I've just voted 'Yes' to ‘strike’ and ‘action short of a strike’. @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @ucuhallam.bsky.social

UCL UCU branch voted for a second donation of £5,000 to Sheffield UCU #FightingFund on Thursday, and pledged *another* £5K towards the next Sheffield UCU strike.

That's £10K in the hand, and £5K in the tank.

Keep those donations coming.

@sheffielducu.bsky.social
@uclucu.bsky.social
@ucu.org.uk

Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal! If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.  These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no... @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social

Dozens of UCU members outside Firth Court at the University of Sheffield, an ivy covered red brick building that houses the vice chancellor’s office.

Management at the University of Sheffield has created a crisis. Staff want to work but are being denied that opportunity, causing great damage to staff, students and the wider community. Today @sheffielducu.bsky.social members are rallying to say #StoptheLockout #ucu

Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!

@sheffielducu.bsky.social Colleagues are still locked out and receiving no pay as they continue to be involved in industrial action. Please donate and share widely where you can.🙏

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Stronger together ✊

Hear from #LboroUCU members on why union membership matters and how we support each other.

Be part of it: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/

@ucu.org.uk #UCU #JoinAUnion

Staff ,supporters and students gathered outside Firth Court today in solidarity with colleagues locked out and facing withheld pay after lawful strike action at
@sheffielducu

Punishment is not negotiation. ✊

UCU national fund- Claim 15 days of industrial action (strike or lockout) support from the National Fighting Fund, starting from the third day of the autumn strike action. Sheffield UCU solidarity fund- Top up the National Fighting Fund by claiming the first 2 days of support from the SUCU Solidarity Fund, and more if you need. Salary sharing scheme- If you are locked out, you can claim support for 3 days/week from the Salary Sharing Scheme, with the possibility of further support for every single day of the lockout.

If you took strike action or have been locked out by management, you can claim financial support from UCU national or the local branch. Apply now at ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/industrial-a...

Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!

Members of the administration at the University of Sheffield are threatening to lock out members of @sheffielducu.bsky.social who do not reschedule teaching lost to recent strike action. It's an incredibly damaging choice and a horrible precedent to set if it moves through.

Sheffield have been doing these reviews since at least 2018. They're always awful, done without any notion that there are human beings behind job titles.

For senior management to announce more, now, when the current dispute is ongoing smacks of punishment.

Solidarity @sheffielducu.bsky.social

This is so awful. Solidarity with my friends and former colleagues @sheffielducu.bsky.social

@georgeclarke.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social @northumbriaiww.bsky.social @josephinecumbo.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @neunion.bsky.social

Thanks to @rorfitelli.bsky.social for coming to the London Region meeting today.

Delegates agreed to motions of solidarity through their branches, campaign for every branch in London to do likewise, and build a serious solidarity campaign in the capital.

@sheffielducu.bsky.social

Really disgusted by how staff are being treated at Sheffield after participating in legal industrial action, for which they are already lost pay! A new low has been reached. @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Solidarity to @sheffielducu.bsky.social whose management are displaying shocking behaviour. Ashamed of my alma mater.

Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!

Not been on bluesky for a while but I'm currently locked out alongside other @sheffielducu.bsky.social members for refusing to undermine our strike action last semester. Any letters of solidarity welcome and you can find a donations link to support us here www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...

Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!

University of Sheffield staff are now officially locked out! Please consider a small donation to help us continue our fight to save the university from the greed of corporate power! Please also share the link! @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...

Solidarity with @sheffielducu.bsky.social - please donate to striking members as they are now facing 100% deductions! It is our right to strike.

My Sheffield colleagues are locked out for not mitigating strike action and doing the teaching they haven’t been paid for, please donate to @sheffielducu.bsky.social if you can spare a few quid: www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...