Check out this fiery interview with my colleague @exeterucu.bsky.social tearing down the University of Exeter's senior management. #DefendExeterUni www.youtube.com/watch?si=8kU...
Spiritual Warfare, Shared Dreams, and the Demon of Snooker | Nikita Petrov & Emily Selove
YouTube video by Psychopolitica
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September 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Check out this fiery interview with my colleague @exeterucu.bsky.social tearing down the University of Exeter's senior management. #DefendExeterUni www.youtube.com/watch?si=8kU...
To achieve these figures over a summer of annual leave, targeted cuts and violently compressed timelines is nothing short of remarkable. Lucky to be part of such a collective. ✊
#DefendExeterUni
#DefendExeterUni
September 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
To achieve these figures over a summer of annual leave, targeted cuts and violently compressed timelines is nothing short of remarkable. Lucky to be part of such a collective. ✊
#DefendExeterUni
#DefendExeterUni
While there is some relief in the threat of compulsory redundancies being removed, we are also thinking of the amazing colleagues we are losing through so-called voluntary redundancy.
These colleagues are experts in their fields, they are our academic community, and they are fantastic educators
These colleagues are experts in their fields, they are our academic community, and they are fantastic educators
September 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
While there is some relief in the threat of compulsory redundancies being removed, we are also thinking of the amazing colleagues we are losing through so-called voluntary redundancy.
These colleagues are experts in their fields, they are our academic community, and they are fantastic educators
These colleagues are experts in their fields, they are our academic community, and they are fantastic educators
If you have not posted your ballot yet, do it TODAY. A strong ballot result will help us fight for the University we want. Will help protect us. Will help #DefendExeterUni
September 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
If you have not posted your ballot yet, do it TODAY. A strong ballot result will help us fight for the University we want. Will help protect us. Will help #DefendExeterUni
For now though, we rest, reconvene, and gather our strength for whatever comes next. Because the Union makes us strong 🌻💗✨
Standing in solidarity together has been what has got us this far. A strong ballot is now the best option we have in order to #DefendExeterUni. Vote now, vote yes. 💪
Standing in solidarity together has been what has got us this far. A strong ballot is now the best option we have in order to #DefendExeterUni. Vote now, vote yes. 💪
September 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
For now though, we rest, reconvene, and gather our strength for whatever comes next. Because the Union makes us strong 🌻💗✨
Standing in solidarity together has been what has got us this far. A strong ballot is now the best option we have in order to #DefendExeterUni. Vote now, vote yes. 💪
Standing in solidarity together has been what has got us this far. A strong ballot is now the best option we have in order to #DefendExeterUni. Vote now, vote yes. 💪
"Lisa Roberts ... was present for the sciences graduations but didn’t show her face for the humanities subjects that she has a clear ideological bias against." #DefendExeterUni
Great piece from my PGR colleague @zkadodz.bsky.social about the cuts, "A supervisor is not an abstract academic who can be replaced at a moment’s notice. My supervisors are the foundation of my whole project". Working with PhDs is SO central to academic life: they've not been considered at all 😧
My supervisors can't be replaced
A PhD student's perspective on the University of Exeter redundancy situation
zamirkadodia.substack.com
August 29, 2026 at 3:46 PM
"Lisa Roberts ... was present for the sciences graduations but didn’t show her face for the humanities subjects that she has a clear ideological bias against." #DefendExeterUni
My 3rd thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. What are we fighting for? Is it just to save jobs? No. We need a workplace that is run by the expert professionals that make up the staff body. This 🧵 explains the governance reform proposals we have put to Council, Senate and the Uni Exec
#DefendExeterUni
#DefendExeterUni
This initiative, like so many others our members led on autonomously, is amazing and very simple. It demands a more equal balance of academic staff on Council, that senate have more elected members, that council is only quorate with 50% academic reps etc. ‘Lay’ council members are just not qualified
August 28, 2026 at 11:20 AM
My 3rd thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. What are we fighting for? Is it just to save jobs? No. We need a workplace that is run by the expert professionals that make up the staff body. This 🧵 explains the governance reform proposals we have put to Council, Senate and the Uni Exec
#DefendExeterUni
#DefendExeterUni
Great thread about the University of Exeter redundancies #DefendExeterUni
A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk
On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.
On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.
August 27, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Great thread about the University of Exeter redundancies #DefendExeterUni
Typos: #defendexeteruni, ‘in years’ not ‘in four’
August 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Typos: #defendexeteruni, ‘in years’ not ‘in four’
A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk
On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.
On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.
August 26, 2026 at 12:44 PM
A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk
On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.
On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.
The accommodation crisis preceding the teaching crisis, with fewer teachers than usual after redundancies. And, possibly, industrial action. #DefendExeterUni
British universities are now gripped by the ultimate madness. Some unis are bankrupting everyone else accepting students they can't even take and have to leave in limbo... While putting everyone on redundancy notice! It's crazed. Still no-one will intervene.
thetab.com/2026/08/24/u...
thetab.com/2026/08/24/u...
University of Exeter offers deferred places following shortage of student accommodation
The university said it has not been able to offer accommodation to all students
thetab.com
August 25, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The accommodation crisis preceding the teaching crisis, with fewer teachers than usual after redundancies. And, possibly, industrial action. #DefendExeterUni
An important letter from the American Philosophical Association opposing cuts to Exeter’s philosophy faculty: cdn.ymaws.com/.../resmgr/b....
#defendexeteruni #defendexeterphilosophy #philosophy #apaphilosophy #saveourjobs #philosophymatters
#defendexeteruni #defendexeterphilosophy #philosophy #apaphilosophy #saveourjobs #philosophymatters
August 21, 2026 at 8:53 AM
An important letter from the American Philosophical Association opposing cuts to Exeter’s philosophy faculty: cdn.ymaws.com/.../resmgr/b....
#defendexeteruni #defendexeterphilosophy #philosophy #apaphilosophy #saveourjobs #philosophymatters
#defendexeteruni #defendexeterphilosophy #philosophy #apaphilosophy #saveourjobs #philosophymatters
Working incredibly hard to fight and #DefendExeterUni - members being balloted to strike, legal challenges, counter proposals, the works.
August 15, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Working incredibly hard to fight and #DefendExeterUni - members being balloted to strike, legal challenges, counter proposals, the works.
The UK is in its fifth heatwave.
Wildfires. Drought. Record-breaking heat.
Exeter University’s response? Close Geography in Cornwall and put vital climate expertise at risk.
We need this expertise more than ever.
#DefendExeterUni
Wildfires. Drought. Record-breaking heat.
Exeter University’s response? Close Geography in Cornwall and put vital climate expertise at risk.
We need this expertise more than ever.
#DefendExeterUni
August 14, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The UK is in its fifth heatwave.
Wildfires. Drought. Record-breaking heat.
Exeter University’s response? Close Geography in Cornwall and put vital climate expertise at risk.
We need this expertise more than ever.
#DefendExeterUni
Wildfires. Drought. Record-breaking heat.
Exeter University’s response? Close Geography in Cornwall and put vital climate expertise at risk.
We need this expertise more than ever.
#DefendExeterUni
More than the blip of his exceptionally low salary? #DefendExeterUni metro.co.uk/2026/06/16/s...
August 14, 2026 at 10:45 AM
More than the blip of his exceptionally low salary? #DefendExeterUni metro.co.uk/2026/06/16/s...
I wonder how much Sajid Javid will be paid in his new role as Chair of Exeter's £150m fundraising campaign launching this year? #DefendExeterUni
news.exeter.ac.uk/university/s...
news.exeter.ac.uk/university/s...
Sir Sajid Javid to lead Exeter’s largest ever fundraising campaign
The University of Exeter is delighted to announce alumnus the Rt Hon Sir Sajid Javid as chair of its new fundraising campaign, which will launch in 2026. Sir Sajid (Economics and Politics, 1991, Hon L...
news.exeter.ac.uk
August 14, 2026 at 10:31 AM
I wonder how much Sajid Javid will be paid in his new role as Chair of Exeter's £150m fundraising campaign launching this year? #DefendExeterUni
news.exeter.ac.uk/university/s...
news.exeter.ac.uk/university/s...
June 28, 2026 at 8:16 AM
We are against these unjustified, cruel and ideologically founded attacks on our University. Exeter is not in financial deficit and the 153 job losses are overwhelmingly directed at the humanities and social sciences. Please sign, share and shout #DefendExeterUni: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
www.change.org
June 25, 2026 at 2:07 PM
We are against these unjustified, cruel and ideologically founded attacks on our University. Exeter is not in financial deficit and the 153 job losses are overwhelmingly directed at the humanities and social sciences. Please sign, share and shout #DefendExeterUni: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
For now, please share the word, sign this petition, and let Exeter's management know that their actions are being watched and will be resisted: #DefendExeterUni
www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
www.change.org
June 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM
For now, please share the word, sign this petition, and let Exeter's management know that their actions are being watched and will be resisted: #DefendExeterUni
www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
Exeter has a very strong tradition of political theory and some world-class theorists, and as a group we unconditionally condemn the university's plans for job cuts.
You can find the petition against threatened redundancies at Exeter here: exeterucu.wordpress.com/sign-the-pet...
You can find the petition against threatened redundancies at Exeter here: exeterucu.wordpress.com/sign-the-pet...
Sign the Petition
Sign the Petition at Change.org We, the Exeter University and College Union, condemn the announcement by the University of Exeter of a sweeping programme of job cuts that places well over 500 staff…
exeterucu.wordpress.com
July 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Coverage of the threat to Humanities teaching and research in the UK Universities is becoming a daily event
#DefendExeterUni #LoveHE
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#DefendExeterUni #LoveHE
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities
Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Coverage of the threat to Humanities teaching and research in the UK Universities is becoming a daily event
#DefendExeterUni #LoveHE
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#DefendExeterUni #LoveHE
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Humanities are also essential to thriving culture & wellbeing in the regions, as Prof Susan J Smith President of The British Academy eloquently states @sjs1869.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social
#DefendExeterUni
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
#DefendExeterUni
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage
As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
July 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Humanities are also essential to thriving culture & wellbeing in the regions, as Prof Susan J Smith President of The British Academy eloquently states @sjs1869.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social
#DefendExeterUni
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
#DefendExeterUni
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
The Humanities and Social Sciences are so important to ethics and culture, as expressed by public figures qtd here 👇🏻
@exeterucu.bsky.social #DefendExeterUni
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
@exeterucu.bsky.social #DefendExeterUni
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts
Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The Humanities and Social Sciences are so important to ethics and culture, as expressed by public figures qtd here 👇🏻
@exeterucu.bsky.social #DefendExeterUni
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
@exeterucu.bsky.social #DefendExeterUni
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Hot off the press:
What job cuts could mean at Uni of Exeter Penryn campus, & support from c. 20,000 people for @exeterucu.bsky.social petition #DefendExeterUni
Exeter university staff rally to 'fight' job cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What job cuts could mean at Uni of Exeter Penryn campus, & support from c. 20,000 people for @exeterucu.bsky.social petition #DefendExeterUni
Exeter university staff rally to 'fight' job cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nearly 20K sign petition to stop University of Exeter job cuts
The university says the measures which would hit Devon and Cornwall posts were currently proposals.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 30, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Hot off the press:
What job cuts could mean at Uni of Exeter Penryn campus, & support from c. 20,000 people for @exeterucu.bsky.social petition #DefendExeterUni
Exeter university staff rally to 'fight' job cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What job cuts could mean at Uni of Exeter Penryn campus, & support from c. 20,000 people for @exeterucu.bsky.social petition #DefendExeterUni
Exeter university staff rally to 'fight' job cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...