Kate CrossUCU strikes 2021–2022: A guide for the perplexedQ1. What is a strike?Nov 26, 20211Nov 26, 20211
Kate CrossWhy crossing the picket is never a kindnessHi. Yep, I’m talking to you.Feb 24, 2020Feb 24, 2020
Kate CrossThe Alternative University of St Andrews: 2020While university staff are once more on strike for fairer working conditions, a small band of merry volunteers will be doing what they…Feb 19, 2020Feb 19, 2020
Kate CrossUCU strike 2020: A guide for perplexed studentsQ1. What is a strike?Feb 19, 2020Feb 19, 2020
Kate CrossPrecarity, the Misery CatI wrote a poem about precarious employment in universities, because silly verse is my favoured medium for talking about issues close to my…Feb 17, 2020Feb 17, 2020
Kate CrossVoting in the next UK General Election: A guide for perplexed students.Am I eligible to vote?Sep 8, 2019Sep 8, 2019
Kate CrossWhy I plan to vote No to UUK’s latest offer (Part 2)NOTE: If you want detailed analysis with numbers and trade-union knowledge and whatnot, you want Felicity Callard or Gail Davies or Jo…Mar 29, 2018Mar 29, 2018
Kate CrossWhy I plan to vote No to UUK’s latest offer. (Part 1*)So. It has come to this. We are to be balloted on the proposal produced by UUK. I am not here to argue about whether this was a good…Mar 28, 2018Mar 28, 2018
Kate CrossCalling all University of St Andrews alumni[UPDATE 05/03/2018: The University has backtracked on the threat of 100% deductions. Thank you to everyone who wrote, emailed, tweeted —…Mar 1, 2018Mar 1, 2018
Kate CrossPlease join the UCU strike action right nowIf you’re one of my not-yet-striking friends and colleagues at a striking HE institution, I’d like to invite you to join UCU right now, and…Feb 24, 20183Feb 24, 20183
