I am currently locked out of my job at the University of Sheffield, without pay as punishment for missing two teaching sessions while on strike. #ucu #union #strike #UKHE @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social 🧵1/7
Sheffield UCU
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Updates from the University of Sheffield branch of the University and College Union. Join us today: join.ucu.org.uk Website: ucu.group.shef.ac.uk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uosucu/ LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sheffield-ucu-399b5240a
Plans to reduce staff numbers in the University of Sheffield’s famed chemistry department risk causing “lasting damage”, @sheffielducu.bsky.social warns www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sheffie... via @jgro-the.bsky.social
Sheffield’s renowned chemistry department at risk in latest cuts
Plans to cut staff numbers in department that has produced four Nobel prizewinners will harm university’s research reputation, warns UCU
timeshighereducation.com
Please share your pictures of today’s pickets with us and tag @sheffielducu.bsky.social 🚨Reminder the rally will take place 13:00 outside Firth Court 🚨
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
Northumbria UCU Branch@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt must be a sign! @northumbriauni.bsky.social @andylong6.bsky.social @georgeclarke.bsky.social @qatar.bsky.social @stateofqatar.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @chroniclelive.co.uk
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
Northumbria UCU Branch@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social · 4mo agoToday's @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket line banger! We don't have to take this crap, indeed: management @northumbriauni.bsky.social want to rip off our pay and pensions, rip up our contracts and conditions, and rip us out of national collective bargaining. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Hf...
Please sign this petition to save the Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies (LINCS) at Heriot-Watt University @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/05/s...
Save LINCS petition
To Principal Richard Williams, the University Executive and Court The Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies (LINCS) at Heriot-Watt University is under threat to lose a third of its staff, f...
heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk
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 📣 bsky.app/profile/jwar...
Joseph Ward@jward232.bsky.social · 5mo agoThough 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!
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
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
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
Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE!@umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhile 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
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!
Mark Pendleton@markpendleton.bsky.social · 5mo agoDouble voting day today! All eyes are on Gorton & Denton of course, my constituency. I’m off later to vote. But it’s also the last chance to get your #ucu votes in. Dig them out, fill them in and get them posted today! (Tomorrow may also be fine, particularly if sent with a first class stamp.)
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
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no... @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social
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.
megaphone.org.uk
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
@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.🙏 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!
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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. ✊
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...
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.
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!
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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
Rosaleen Duffy@rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 6mo agoMyself & 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
This is so awful. Solidarity with my friends and former colleagues @sheffielducu.bsky.social
Rosaleen Duffy@rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 6mo agoMyself & 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
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
Rosaleen Duffy@rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 6mo agoMyself & 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
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
Chris Havergal@chrishavergal.bsky.social · 7mo ago@sheffielducu.bsky.social accuses managers of "bullying tactics" after staff told they will face further pay deductions for not rescheduling teaching missed during industrial action www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sheffie... via @julietterowsell.bsky.social
Solidarity to @sheffielducu.bsky.social whose management are displaying shocking behaviour. Ashamed of my alma mater.
Leicester UCU@leicesterucu.bsky.social · 6mo agoFrom yesterday's picket: inspiring speech from Robyn Orfitelli (University of Sheffield) encouraging us to stay out and stay strong, because ours is an ethical fight!
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
University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 7mo agoThe University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff. Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for. This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
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!
gofundme.com