Thanks to everyone who has sent us details of their events. We now know of more than 100 events taking pace around the country as part of today’s Day of Action.
Do you have reports or photos from the day’s action? email them to info@unitedforeducation.org.uk and we will try to post them here.
You can also see this information on our action map.
Aberdeen University – the campus unions (Unison, UNITE, UCU, Prospect) and AUSA are rallying outside the University Administration in Old Aberdeen between 12-2 on Monday 21st. Please come along during your lunch hour and show your support by signing the petition.
Abingdon and Witney college – UCU members will be knocking on doors, getting people to sign the petition and will be encouraging staff to wear UCU lanyards/t- shirts for the occasion.
Anglia Ruskin University – drop-in petition signing, room HEL107
Barking and Dagenham College – joint union action
Barnsley – joint union protest, 12.15pm. Mandela gardens in town centre. Barnsley College UCU and UNISON and University of Huddersfield UCB centre.
Bath University – stall and petition signature collection
Birmingham City Centre – will see a joint union march and rally. UCU members are assembling at 12 midday outside UCU office at Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street, Queensway, Birmingham and marching to Matthew Boulton College.
Birmingham Metropolitan College – lunchtime protest
Bishop Auckland College – UCU and Unison are holding a joint union stall, petitioning and leafleting.
Blackburn College – UCU, UNISON, & ATL are organising a protest lunch, gathering on the college campus at 12.00 and walking into the Town centre to gather outside of the Town Hall to raise awareness over the issues with the public.
Bournemouth University – leafleting staff and students against the cuts.
Bradford College - UCU strike action against cuts. The two branches at Bradford College will be on strike on 21st June, the second strike day against the threat of compulsory redundancies. There will be a lunchtime rally, hopefully involving the UCU branch at Bradford University, the students union and other campus unions as well as MPs and councillors.
Bradford University – unions are staging a lunchtime protest starting at 12 noon outside the Great Horton Road entrance of the Richmond Building
Bristol University – joint unions, including ATL, UCU and UNISON will be holding a rally at 1pm between Wills Building and MV on Park Row.
Brooklands College – are running an all day stand in reception staffed by UCU, Unison, ALT & NUT members to promote the campaign and rally support for signing the petition. Also using the opportunity to recruit new members, handing out promotion material and application forms.
Burnley College – UCU are planning a lunchtime meeting with Unison to build a coalition against the cuts
Calderdale College - UCU will be holding a staff stall in the foyer between 12.30 and 1.30pm, to which community groups affected by cuts at the college have been invited. Pink and Blue fairy cakes will be given out to everyone who signs the joint union’s petition.
Cambridge Regional College – UCU,ATL,UNISON & NUS are running a campus wide poster campaign and lunchtime stall in the college mall to encourage staff and students to sign the petition on-line at the stall
Canterbury College – lunchtime protest.
Cardiff University – Unite, UNISON, UCU and NUS members are marking the day by taking their full lunch hour to highlight how rare and experience this is for staff. The joint unions will be holding a protest picnic outside the main building between 1 and 2pm and also joining the rally organised by Cardiff Trades Council on the following day, Tuesday 22 June at 5pm outside the Wales Assembly Buildings.
Carshalton College – will be joining the day of action with a running meeting at the front gates between 11:30am and 2pm.
City and Islington College – union members are holding a lunchtime protest with members from all campus unions uniting behind a giant ‘United for Education’ banner.
City College Birmingham – UCU strike action against cuts
City of Sunderland College – UCU, UNISON and students are protesting against Government cuts in funding outside Bede Centre – Expect balloons, leaflets and waving placards.
City University – are spending the day leafleting and using the occasion as a union recruitment opportunity with campaign stalls and membership materials.
Croydon College – lunchtime protest
Darlington College – UCU will be leafleting the campus
De Montfort University – 12:00-14:00, UCU and Unison will be operating a joint stall on the steps of our Campus Centre (located in the middle of the city site campus) in order to raise awareness for our campaign, gather extra signatures for the joint ‘United for Education’ petition and of course distribute leaflets to students, members of staff and members of the public passing by. Several laptops will be available in order to provide an immediate and easy way for people to sign the petition. The UCU & Unison banners will be part of the scenery and various UCU and Unison posters will be displayed in the area.
Doncaster College – UCU are holding irregular vuvuzela protests throughout the day in protest at the threat to 16 further jobs and attacks on the terms and conditions of assessors, whereupon they will be symbolically thrown out of the building by UCU’s Health and Safety Rep and will go and leaflet staff and students.
Dudley College – joint UCU, UNISON, NUS lunchtime rally.
Dundee University – Unison and UCU will be holding a joint stall and leafleting the campus
East London, University of – UNISON and UCU will be leafleting staff and students on both campuses and will have a stall during the lunch time period (12-2pm atrium East Building) for staff to sign the petition.
East Riding College – lunchtime stall, 12 to 1pm with petitions, goodies, food and drink (and of course joining packs).
Edge Hill University – UCU, UNISON and NUS will be meeting staff and students on 21st June at the Senior Common Room, Education and Health faculties between 10 and 11 and then again between 12 and 1.30pm. Find out more about what you can do to help and sign up as a member on the day. Free T-shirt, mugs and many other goodies are also up for grabs.
Edinburgh city centre – EIS will be setting up a stall next to the Duke of Wellington Statue on Princess Street, Edinburgh from 10 am – 4.30 pm for members of the public to sign a petition as part of the ‘Day of Action. Balloons and Leaflets will also be distributed.
Essex University – petition signing stall,
Fareham College – UCU and UNISON will have a joint stall during the morning and lunch break on 21st June. We will be in the central Mall of the college and will distribute leaflets and give people the opportunity to sign the petition. Our Principal has given his agreement to our plans.
Filton College – union members are joining Bristol University and College colleagues leafleting outside Wills Memorial
Glasgow University – UCU are using the day to mobilise a lobby of Court about the cuts
Gloucestershire University – are holding a joint union event.
Goldsmiths College – UCU and Unison are planning joint action to highlight the closure of their nursery facility
Hackney College - UNISON and UCU holding ‘cross the picnic line’ picnic and games event at Hackney Community College. We’re hoping we’ll get enough members and students to turn it into an impromptu demo outside the college on Falkirk Street.
Henley College – unions will be holding a lunchtime stall and leafleting staff and students
Hereford College of Art – the UCU and NUS will be running events in tandem, including speakers and recruitment stalls.
University of Huddersfield - on all three campuses, Queensgate, Oldham and Barnsley, UCU, UNISON and NUS are holding a joint stall to raise awareness, petition and distribute leaflet to students and members of staff about the campaign. This will also be used as an opportunity to recruit new members.
Hugh Baird College – 12-2pm, Conga against the cuts – During our lunch hour we aim to have a giant conga to celebrate education and all of the benefits the college brings to students, staff, businesses and the local community. Flyer with handy George Osborne mask. This is being organised by UNISON, UCU and UNITE reps.
Institute Of Education – staff unions have organised a special lunchtime meeting and rally including speakers from UCU, UNISON, the Students Union and Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers. They will be joined by union members from the local Bloomsbury College.
Isle of Wight College – lunchtime demonstration outside the college
Kings College London - are holding lunchtime picnics
Lambeth College – lunchtime strike by UCU members and a march through Brixton to demand no compulsory redundancies, hopefully involving other unions in support for the Day of Action. Meeting at Brixton Centre at 12.30pm. Short rally in Windrush Gardens.
Lancaster University – UCU will be holding a stall where staff and students will be able to sign the petition and also leafleting the campus.
Leeds and Leeds Metropolitan University – Unison and UCU are holding a joint rally meeting outside the city art gallery
Leicester College – campus unions and NUS are joining to demonstrate outside each of their three campuses.
Leicester University – between 1-2 p.m., UCU, Unite and NUS holding of a joint stall in places where people go for lunch to raise awareness, petition and distribute leaflet to students and members of staff about the campaign. This will also be used as an opportunity to recruit new members.
Lincoln, University of – UCU will be demonstrating in the main Atrium
Liverpool Community College – UCU are holding a march, a rally and a union recruitment drive across their two sites
Liverpool Community College, LIPA, Hope University, University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University – unions are holding a protest and then assembling at 1pm at LJMU John Foster Building (Lecture Theatre G01), Mount Pleasant to hear speakers from UCU, UNITE, Unison, GMB and NUS.
London Metropolitan University – unions are holding ‘protest picnics’ on both campuses
London South Bank University – UNISON, GMB and UCU have planned a day of action to include a joint union stall, leafleting and lunchtime demonstrations against redundancies throughout the campus. We have organised a protest at 3pm, London Road (nearest tube Elephant and Castle, Bakerloo branch), and we are asking other colleges and universities to come and join us to defend national bargaining, stop job cuts, and defend LLU+ (adult learning and literacy).
The Manchester College – Manchester College union members are holding a ‘purple picnic’ to demonstrate their solidarity with colleagues across the education sector faced with losing their jobs and also to demonstrate their anger at the principal for his recent decision to derecognise UCU.
Manchester University – penalty shoot out and picnic at lunchtime on Monday, with UCU, UNISON, UNITE and the Students Union in order to “Defend Education”.
Middlesex University – staff will be holding a lunchtime protest and leafleting staff, students and members of the public
Neath Port Talbot College – staff will be holding a lunchtime gate protest on Monday 21st June to support the campaign. Local press have been informed.
Newcastle College – UCU are staging a protest picnic outside management office!
Newcastle-under-Lyme College – the unions are holding a joint lunchtime meeting between 12.30 and 1.30. This is open to both union and non-union members of staff as well as students
Newcastle University – Newcastle University Campus Unions will hold a Joint day of action involving UNISON, UNITE and UCU. We will have speakers, stall on information on the cuts and of course the petition, from noon.
Newman University College – joint stall outside the canteen for a couple of hours over the lunch period on 21st – display the posters, get people to take leaflets and sign the petition etc.
New College Stamford – lunchtime conference, 12.20 – 1.30 Monday 21 June 2010, Studio Theatre
North Nottinghamshire College – please join us for lunch on Mon 21st June, in the Bistro, 12 – 2, to discuss what you can do about the troubled state of our education system
North Warwickshire and Hinckley College – UCU and Unison are holding a ‘Handshake Walk’ between their two campuses and meeting at a pub in the middle.
Northampton, University of – UCU are planning a lunch time action and displaying a huge petition poster in front of the Senate building. Also holding a stall filled with petitions, leaflets and sample letters to MPs available to staff and students passing by.
Nottingham Trent University – unions are leafleting in town on Sunday, on campus on Monday and joining the Trade Council’s protest on Tuesday
Open University – UCU and Unison re holding a joint event
Oxford and Cherwell Valley College – lunchtime rallies and demonstrations outside two of the college sites
Portsmouth University – joint event with a stall in a prominent position where staff will be able to sign the petition.
Redcar and Cleveland College – please show your support for UCU members and Reps at Redcar and Cleveland College by turning up and supporting their protest on Monday 21st June 2010. The event will start at 12.00 pm and go through till 2.00 pm to allow as many people as possible to participate. College Gate, Redcar & Cleveland College, Corporation Road, Redcar, TS10 1EZ.
Robert Gordon University – campaign stalls within the RGU buildings (to reach staff and students) and outside the RGU Admin building/Student Union building opposite a shopping centre at lunchtime
Sheffield Hallam University – UCU, UNISON, UNITE, and GMB will be leafleting at 12 noon at the main entrance to City Campus
Sheffield University – we are having a joint campus union protest on the University Concourse 12.30 – 2pm focussing on the row we are having with the university over the formation of a two tier workforce.
South Nottingham College – are holding a rally and stalls
South Staffordshire College – breakfast and lunch time leaflet distribution to students and public outside the premises.
South Thames College – campus unions will be leafleting the main Wandsworth building between 12 and 2pm
South Tyneside College - site entrances will be petitioned by UCU and UNISON members. Look out for a very special guest……..!
Southampton City College – ‘Help for Signatures’ stall in a prominent area of the college – the plan is to have both the online and paper petition available – everyone who signs the petition get a UCU mug of ‘Heroes’ chocolates. (taking a twist on the ‘Help for Heroes’ campaign.
Southampton Solent University – unions will be leafleting on the day and have written to local MPs and governors. UNISON have also arranged for leaflets to go with June payslips to all staff!
Southampton University – large joint event using the opportunity to highlight the potential loss of 200 MSA staff this summer, with 200 placards’ representing the loss of the 200 jobs.
Southend Branch of South Essex College – UCU and UNISON will be running a petition stall in the college entrance encouraging staff, students and members of the public to sign the petition.
Stirling, University of – staff are holding a joint union meeting
Stourbridge College – lunchtime protest
Strode College – at Strode College we’re having a recruitment day with a stall in the refectory, staffed by members dressed in ‘defend jobs, defend education’ T shirts. We’re circulating the petition and over lunchtime we are gathering on the college lawn for a photo op (local press have been alerted) and to raise awareness that we are ‘united for education’.
Swindon College – unions will be leafleting in the town centre with a photocall and sending letters to local MPs.
Tower Hamlets College - are staging an ‘Alternative Budget Day’ uniting HE, FE and schools.
UCU Northern Ireland – are running a virtual campaign designed to sign up MPs and MLAs to UCU’s Make Education Count campaign
University College London – trade unions are holding a picnic and using placards and leafleting to form a silent protest
University of the Arts – UCU strike action against cuts
Walsall College – UCU are holding a day of leafleting and will be joined by students who are going to leaflet the town centre and local supermarkets
Waltham Forest College – UCU and UNISON will be having a lunchtime demo with leafleting from 12 – 2pm and also inviting students to join in at the college gates.
Warwickshire College – unions will be holding a protest picnic on the front lawn
West of England, University of the – protestors will assemble outside the students’ union at 12.00pm and then march to the vice-chancellor’s office, accompanied by a following samba band, where they will hand in a petition against the cuts at 2.30pm (see notes for directions).
Westminster University - UCU members are lobbying their Board of Management on Monday at 12pm, 309 Regent Street. Members of UCU at the University of Westminster have been observing an assessment boycott since the 21st of May in protest against cuts to over 200 staff posts at the university. In response, management are threatening to dock 50% of staff pay for every day that the assessment boycott continues. Join our lobby and support UCU at Westminster
Westminster, House of Commons – joint unions meeting, Committee Room 12, 12-2pm, chaired by Kelvin Hopkins MP, with speakers from all the coalition unions.
Weymouth College – UCU and Unison branches will be holding a joint lunchtime demonstration against the cuts
Wiltshire College – tall on college sites and taking the petition round to all departments
Wolverhampton College – UCU are planning a large rally in Wolverhampton centre
Worcester College of Technology - members take to the streets to gain signatures for a petition organised by Worcester Trades Union Council to deplore the cuts