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@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social obviously dead chuffed that the brilliant Jill Halfpenny got an honorary degree from @northumbriauni.bsky.social. 🎭 Just a shame - a tragedy, even - the same uni is cutting Theatre and Performance... 😢 @ucu.org.uk www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2627205...

Beloved North East actress and Strictly star 'thrilled' after getting honorary degreeAward-winning actress Jill Halfpenny, who is from Gateshead, has been awarded an honorary degree from Northumbria University.www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

CONGRATULATIONS to all the @northumbriauni.bsky.social students graduating last week and this week. You're amazing! So are your lecturers, and they deserve not to have their pay and jobs cut. You can help them defend pay and jobs by using the QR code below...@ucu.org.uk

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/subsidi...

Subsidiary firms and job cuts reassessed as TPS rates fallUniversities may pause major staffing changes as they are predicted to save millions, experts say, but ‘volatility’ of scheme means some will press onwww.timeshighereducation.com

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/summer-...

Summer of ‘chaos’ predicted as mass job cuts close academic year‘Impossible to plan’ for research and teaching, say staff, as threat of redundancy looms large over summer breakswww.timeshighereducation.com

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Northumbria University staff 'outraged' at job cuts after pension row strikesAfter lecturers staged weeks of strike action over a pension dispute earlier this year, a fresh row over job losses at Northumbria University has now broken outwww.chroniclelive.co.uk

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Northumbria University staff 'outraged' at job cuts after pension row strikesAfter lecturers staged weeks of strike action over a pension dispute earlier this year, a fresh row over job losses at Northumbria University has now broken outwww.chroniclelive.co.uk

And without saying WHY he needs to 'seize the initiative' - i.e. grift and kickbacks.

Yep, it is called punching down. To which the only response can be ✊

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@northumbriauni.bsky.social and @andylong6.bsky.social hitting the headlines again, for all the wrong reasons. This is a self-inflicted wound, and hard-working staff and students will wear the scars. @ucu.org.uk @ucea.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @unisoninhe.bsky.social @tucneyh.bsky.social

@northumbriauni.bsky.social VC @andylong6.bsky.social said "‘doing nothing is not an option’, but it turns out...doing nothing was an option. The university has spent more than they’re going to save.” Yet mgmnt has “no plans to change” its approach." ...

Yeah, and use AI to suck even more joy out of things: why create poems, music, art, or think about them, when AI can do it for you (destroying the environment and exploiting people in the process).

✊😍😢Beautiful version of a beautiful song by the brilliant @thebeths.bsky.social. Also an anthem for UK academia rn... youtu.be/wD7qQoVgeMM?...

The Choir: Expert In A Dying Field (The Beths cover)YouTube video by The Choirs YYJyoutu.be

On 6/11/25 @andylong6.bsky.social told @northumbriauni.bsky.social staff that "doing nothing is not an option" when it came to the costs of @teacherspensions.bsky.social. Turns out doing nothing would have been a helluva lot cheaper than...

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