Official account of King's College London University and College Union. The purpose of a union is to empower members with voice + votes at work. Our values are democracy, equality, inclusion, fairness and justice.https://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3mmy6bwi65225King's College London recently announced the acquisition of Cranfield University. We talked to the Times Higher Ed about it and what it says about the HE sector: t.co/2ZZnsXlz1S https://t.co/2ZZnsXlz1S29 May 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmy6bwi65225https://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3menlowfbc227📋🇵🇸AGENDA for the National Workplace Day of Action for Palestine: Thursday 12 February 2026 📋🇵🇸12 Feb 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3menlowfbc227https://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3mbwswcns2k24📢📢Please re-share and amplify 📢📢 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against Israel’s scholasticide @qmucu.bsky.social @birminghamucu.bsky.social @ucuimperial.bsky.social @ucukent.bsky.social @lboroucu.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jan 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwswcns2k24https://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m6phu66kv222✊ That's the close of the ballots! ❤️ Well done to everyone involved in the GTVO efforts, speaking to members, and getting your ballots in! It's been a big collective effort! 💬 We should get the results for both the national and the local on Monday - so more soon!28 Nov 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6phu66kv222https://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m6m2j7vahk2xSolidarity to our striking comrades @ucuimperial.bsky.social !! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6m2j7vahk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m6lyobgm222xThe final leg of the Campus Voices for Palestine tour concludes at KCL this Friday 28 November with a special event on 🌟Confronting Scholasticide🌟 you can sign up via this link ➡️ https://luma.com/go15utyg?locale=en-GB27 Nov 2025 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6lyobgm222xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m6jkc4isok2v🚨🚨 Calling on all KCL UCU members: TODAY is the last ⭐️safe day⭐️ to post your ballots for both national and local disputes! VOTE today, VOTE yes and put them in the POST!! 📦 📦 ➡️ ALSO if your ballot papers arrive later than today please contact us as we can deliver in person on Friday afternoon 💫💫26 Nov 2025 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jkc4isok2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m6hrb4v4ms2z🗣️ A rally is taking place TOMORROW Wednesday 26 Nov at 3pm outside KCL’s Strand building in solidarity with KCL student Usama Ghanem who fled persecution on Egypt and is now facing deportation after having his visa revoked by the College for his Palestine solidarity. Please join!25 Nov 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hrb4v4ms2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m65l3wf73s2sKeep it up folks! Vote now and vote yes for industrial action in the national @ucu and local KCL UCU ballots! If you have not received your ballot there is still time to order a replacement TODAY! The last ‘safe’ day to post your ballot papers is 26 November! #wearetheuniversity #wearekcl21 Nov 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65l3wf73s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m5wpgyee4k2sAs part of Campus Voices for Palestine KCL UCU is delighted to invite you to ‘Confronting Scholasticide’ on Friday 28 November 5-6.30pm at KCL’s Waterloo campus. Speakers include @shahinazgeneid.bsky.social Dr Ahmed Abu Shaban and Bayan Haddad https://luma.com/go15utyg?locale=en-GB18 Nov 2025 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wpgyee4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m5tqlg4zak2tHow are the national UCU and local KCL UCU ballots connected? Insights from our KCL UCU health and safety Officer @saiogradin.bsky.social #wearekcl #wearetheuniversity17 Nov 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tqlg4zak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m5iu6tiyw22e‘Shared values?’ This is meaningless when your university invests in genocide. VOTE in our local ballot for Palestine and against this wilful silence against oppression https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/affirming-shared-values-will-help-academic-freedom-weather-storm ➡️ kcl.web.ucu.org.uk13 Nov 2025 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5iu6tiyw22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m5isrsug622x#wearekcl #wearetheuniversity13 Nov 2025 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5isrsug622xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m5gvh352wk24🗣️🗣️How is the UCU National ballot connected to and distinct from KCL UCU’s local ballot? An explainer from @jamiewoodcock.com KCL UCU’s branch chair ⬇️12 Nov 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gvh352wk24https://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m4qfmwoyq22eOn November 2 we co-hosted a panel on freedom of expression on Palestine together with the National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social to protest over 270 Gazan journalist colleagues who have been slaughtered ⬇️03 Nov 2025 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qfmwoyq22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m4bonafmbs2u🗳️🗳️🗳️ hi comrades! A reminder to vote soon and #voteyes in BOTH the national @ucu.org.uk AND the local KCL UCU ballot! #wearetheuniversity #wearekcl28 Oct 2025 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bonafmbs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m46hp6fhkk2r❗️📝 ❗️KCL UCU has written to management expressing our outrage at the disciplinary action being pursued against multiple students who have protested the presence of pro-Israeli lobbyists on our campus and the university’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza ⬇️27 Oct 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46hp6fhkk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m3rrztymxk2s🚨ANNOUNCEMENT! We've notified KCL that we are balloting members over LOCAL DISPUTE on protection of staff and academic freedom; divestment from companies profiting from genocide; King’s Council reform; and meaningful workplace consultation! #WeAreTheUniversity #WeAreKCL22 Oct 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rrztymxk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3m2lzslibkc25🗣️🗣️ calling all anti fascist educators and union members: TOMORROW 8 October at 8pm join the London Regional UCU online organising meeting about ‘Education. Immigration, and Racism’ it’s time to stand up to far right extremism and fascism in Britain 🗣️🗣️ https://ucl.zoom.us/meeting/register/_dygsAwnRJKH_UAKkai4JA#/registration07 Oct 2025 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2lzslibkc25https://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3lw72dasilc24We've written to KCL Management urging them to urgently lobby UK Government to enable safe passage for Chevening Scholarship students from Gaza to the UK. Considering the level of institutional complicity that KCL has with the genocide, it's really the LEAST they can do. See our statement below.👇12 Aug 2025 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw72dasilc24https://bsky.app/profile/kclucu.bsky.social/post/3lv275wckak2rAn open letter to KCL management, condemning punitive misconduct disciplinaries against Palestine Encampment students, is currently circulating with 250+ signatories. We copy the text of the letter ⬇️28 Jul 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:kvwf3t3wtpn2rd7baorofilm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv275wckak2r