Tag Archives: Cardiff University

By James Scott, Cardiff University Socialist Students In December, I helped to get a motion passed into Cardiff University Students Union policy, mandating it to lobby the university to ‘open the books’ to its finances, stop academic cuts by using its hundreds of millions of pounds of reserves, and campaign against cuts. Cardiff University announced 400 job cuts in 2025 ...

By Jacob Lloyd, Cardiff graduate tutor and UCU member (personal capacity) Cardiff University and College Union (UCU) has resisted 400 cruel job cuts. Now, in a massive U-turn, the uni executive board has ruled out all compulsory redundancies for 2025. This significant short-term victory is the result of hard-fought efforts and the threat of industrial action from union members. In ...

B y Jacob Lloyd Cardiff University UCU Neoliberal policies make university life harder for all, be it unmanageable staff workloads or increased student fees. These have been issues at Cardiff University, with controversies surrounding vain and costly capital projects, unsustainable international recruitment, exorbitant upper management salaries, and, most recently, the shock-and-awe announcement of hundreds of staff redundancies. The departments of ...

By Aris Prevost, Cardiff Socialist Students Since the news of 400 jobs cuts at Cardiff University, there has been a flourish of activity to fight back against the cuts. The University and College Union (UCU) held a rally outside of the Senedd (Welsh Government) building to show their members’ outrage on 4 February. Over 400 people were present. There was ...

By Aris Prevost (Cardiff University Socialist Students) Cardiff University has announced a massive slate of cuts, with up to 400 jobs at risk, along with entire courses facing closure. The School of Music, Nursing, Modern Languages, and the School of Religion and Theology are set to be completely cut. And other courses are being combined into new schools, a cover ...

By Dave Reid Workers and students have reacted with shock, although not so much surprise, at the disgraceful announcement of 400 job losses and the cutting of dozens of courses by Cardiff University. Many staff have been in tears as whole departments that have existed for decades are being closed and others merged: Ancient History, Modern Languages and Translation Programmes; ...

By Aris Prevost and Joe Fathallah Socialist Students was at freshers to meet and discuss with all those looking for an alternative to rising tuition fees, marketisation of higher education, slum housing, and universities investing in arms manufacturers responsible for death and destruction in the Middle East. Keir Starmer’s Labour government is threatening to raise the tuition fees cap to ...

By George Phillips, Cardiff University Socialist Students Staff were protesting throughout Cardiff University’s graduation week – 17 to 21 July. It’s part of the University and College Union’s (UCU) long-running dispute over pay, pensions, working conditions and workload. Throughout the week, UCU members handed out sashes and badges for graduating students to wear. Students were running towards the UCU stall ...

By Dave Reid “Is this a picket line?” one spark going into the Cardiff NCMH Bouygues site asked. “Because if it is we won’t cross”. There was a great response from all workers going onto the site which also has an NG Baileys project on it. As well as sparks on the protest line there were ex-UCATT brickies, Unite regional ...

By Elin Wilding, Cardiff West Socialist Party Students in lockdown Cardiff protested on Sunday 4 October to demand the refunding of student fees for this year, and the abolition of tuition fees entirely. Around 70 students attended in spite of the Welsh weather. The mood was angry and has been for the last week. The demonstration was called by a ...