Maria Chondrogianni, national #ucu president, at the Together Alliance protest in London on March 28th, 2026

Maria Chondrogianni, national #ucu president, behind #ucu banner reading “Stand Together against the far right”, together with General Secretary Jo Grady and other UCU members.

With Maria Chondrogianni, national #ucu president, at the amazing #TogetherAlliance protest against the far-right in London yesterday. Huge demonstration, one of the largest I’ve seen. #london #protest

Fantastic turnout for the #togetheralliance. Marching with #ucu @southamptonucu.bsky.social 📢🔥🔥🔥❤️‍🔥

Today, with my partner are off too to join our union #UCU to the Together Alliance! Together for hope, for love, for unity, for compassion, for dignity for all! Because we deserve better! Because another world is possible- a compassionate world! #together_alliance

A bright pink flamingo, a bee and a chicken picket

Our VP, (left) the rear of flamingo, and the back of a hen

A big big Bee with thumbs up

Our Fair deal Flamingo, Worker BEE, and Complusory Chicken might be full of hot air but they are not as inflated as the SSR figures HWU put out this week to justify keeping CR to get rid of a tiny number of staff.

No compulsory redundancy
No need for compulsory redundancy
#Heriot-Watt #ucu

A wee bairn holding a big sign, flanked by two adults in front of HW sign. The sign says HWU needs Lincs

Solidarity comes in all sizes.

Excellent placard welding skills when your sign is as big as you are😍
#ucu

Dance time on the picket line. #ucu #CompulsoryChicken #FairDealFlamingo @hwucu.bsky.social

Legends gonna legend. Go @choochod.bsky.social! #UCU #UKHE

Four people in front of a UCU Scotland Congress 2026 Powerpoint: Scotland RO Mary Senior, UCUS President Chris O'Donnell, UCUS VP Cecile Menard, RSO Mike Williamson

Our very own @ucuscotpresident.bsky.social, Chris O'Donnell, chairing @ucuscotland.bsky.social congress today!

#UCU

Moving academics to subsidiaries moves them to entities that (1) may not recognise #UCU, & (2) even if they do, are outside national bargaining, even if those subsidiaries are wholly-owned by unis who ARE in nat bargaining. It’s not only bad for members, it’s bad for the whole union, for all of us.

Two very cute women in hats smiling at the camera

Our @matildaf.bsky.social and @cambiechoo.bsky.social at @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social's rally yesterday! #UCU

Maria Chondrogianni, national #ucu president, at the demo against job cuts at London Met university

Maria Chondrogianni, #ucu national president, at the demo yesterday outside London Met, defending jobs and post-16 education!
@ucu.org.uk
@ucu-solidarity.bsky.social
@christinapaine.bsky.social

A cheery sign filled picket

A dinosaur a bee and a chicken

Inflatables plus placards and pickets

Scholar staff with a bee next to the Protect Scholar banner

Another EGG-cellent day on the Pickets. Student sign makers out in force.
We could not BEE anymore pleased with our RAWRsome inflatables who have done more for staff morale in a few hours than Heriot-Watt has all year.

#ucu
#loveLINCS #savescholar
Protect jobs

A close up of a very angry inflatable chicken, text "the same non-offer as before but this time in a table!? Is this a clucking joke?"

Our picket chicken is clucking annoyed by the lack of movement from our employer.
🐔😡🦱

No CR.
#Heriot-Watt
#ucu
#saveScholarStaff
#loveLINCS

Our #ucu Commons fortnightly newsletter is out! Please have a read for updates on what we've been up to and news from the sector more generally.

Hi #ucu folks!

You may not know but UCUCommons puts out a newsletter which highlights various UCU, FE, and HE stuff. It comes out every other week and we’ve been running it for a few months.

I think it’s helpful and readable. HE centric because that’s where we are at the moment.

We should #beeworking but we're striking for no compulsory redundancies #ucu @hwucu.bsky.social

#DinoWatt doing some great work on the picket line #ucu @hwucu.bsky.social

UCU Commons newsletter #13, 25 March 2026 Dear subscriber Welcome to the UCU Commons newsletter, a curated set of links and information about what's happening in UCU Commons, our union, and our sectors more generally. As always, we welcome a...

UCU Commons Newsletter #13! Feat. @matthewbarnard.phd, @matildaf.bsky.social, @davehitchcock.bsky.social, @rotster.net, @covucu.bsky.social, @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social, reports on Prison Ed & Artificial Intelligence, & Equality Standing Committees rule change! #UCU

ucucommons.org/ucu-commons-...

We are very disappointed with Heriot-Watt's response to our proposal to settle the dispute.
They have not moved one inch and remain determined to threaten staff with compulsory redundancy

Therefore we have no option but to return to strike action, Wed to Fri this week and Mon-Wed next week. #ucu

Huge Win on USS Pension Valuations – Loughborough UCU

(2/2) ...This change is a major achievement by @ucu.org.uk’s negotiating team and national officials, as well as all members who had voted for and taken the strike action which has unfortunately been necessary to focus the minds of employers and keep this on the agenda.

#LboroUCU #UCU #USS

Huge Win on USS Pension Valuations – Loughborough UCU

(1/2) Huge Win on #USS Pension Valuations:

@ucu.org.uk have successfully negotiated a change to the methodology to be used for future USS Pension Scheme valuations which will benefit all members...

#LboroUCU #UCU

A photograph of a hand placing a ballot into a postbox

Our industrial mandate is still open! It's not too late to get to the postbox and make your voice heard!

Help us right this ship. We can, and we will, together.

#UoN #UniversityOfNottingham #UoNUCU #UCU #StopTheCuts #SaveHE #LaborUnionsGetTheGoods

A photograph of a hand placing a ballot into a postbox

Every additional vote for our industrial mandate makes the message we send to our administration stronger. Get your ballot into the postbox TODAY!

#UCU #UoNUCU #UniversityOfNottingham #StopTheCuts #SaveHE

Outcome meetings confirm: Our academic staff are being moved into subsidiaries on inferior terms, using TUPE to avoid redundancy while cutting jobs. Most academic staff will no longer be employed by the University. We are fighting back.
#UCU #CoventryUniversity #TUPE

Yoohoo, Keith. Little Timmy Rodman’s left his homework project book in the cafe again. Can you get it back to him please because you’re working on it with him aren’t you? #ReclaimUCU #UCU #HandsOffMarie @president.unionworkersunion.org

If anyone sees little Timmy Rodman from Rosamund Street can you let him know that he’s left his homework project book in the cafe again #ReclaimUCU #HandsOffMarie #UCU

Dr Scott Arthur left, holding one end of a banner that read NO COMPULSORY REDUNDANCY and wearing a UCU beanie. LINCS colleague on the other end of banner. Heriot-Watt sign in the background.

A visit from our own Prof. Scott Arthur MP.
@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social
Thanks to Scott for visiting and for highlighting our cause with his Early Day Motion.

A doubler #profsOnPickets
#politiciansOnPickets

#ucu

A picket line outside Heriot-Watt University. Around 40 people are assembled with various banners and signs including a large banner saying "no compulsory redundancies".

Yet another fantastic turnout at @hwucu.bsky.social's final day of action for this first week of strikes. Incredibly grateful for all the #UCU members and staff who showed up as well as significant numbers of student supporters for the third day running!

A sketch pad showing a cartoon hamster, a mole and a mouse drawn in felt tip pen. They all look grumpy. The hamster presses its fists into its hips and hold a placard saying “Save Scholar”. The mole looks out of a hole in the ground and says “no compulsory redundancies”. The mouse shakes its right fist in the air and in the left holds a placard saying “no cuts to LINCS”.

Day 2 of strike action and I am not good for much this afternoon except for assembling a small menagerie of rodents against redundancies #UCU

A massive thank you to all the #UCU members who came out to the picket, all the members taking strike action and the incredible support we are getting from our wonderful students!