On 28 January 2025 Cardiff University senior management announced cuts to staff and student provision that are unprecedented in UK higher education. Our union branch has condemned the plans as cruel and unnecessary, and our members are fighting back.
On 25 March 2025 we gained a mandate for industrial action with 64.3% turnout. We are currently consulting members on industrial action strategy:
- Our EGM debate on strategy is minuted here
- Read more about industrial action strategy options here
- And the pros and cons of strike routes here.
Our union executive committee, your department representatives, and our members have been:
- drafting an initial counter proposal that sets out a positive financial and academic plan for Cardiff University, avoiding compulsory redundancies – read it here.
- running open all-member town halls – read our responses to your questions from the 25 February meeting.
- requesting EDI data – see our EDI letter to UEB 4 Feb 2025 and our letter regarding provision of EDI data 26 Feb 2025
- sending cross-university questions and requests for data to the University Executive Board, who are obliged to respond to us as a recognised union. A list of all questions we have sent to UEB over February and March 2025 is here.
- You can read the first set of answers from UEB received on 5 March 2025, and a second set of answers from UEB received on 25 March 2025.
We have also opened a No-confidence vote in the Vice Chancellor and the UEB – please vote and share with your colleagues across all staff.