And our members who voted. You signalled your solidarity, you drew a red line, and you handed us both the sword and the shield to keep defending our brilliant university.

Our faculty, department and professional services reps across three faculties and three campuses, holding people together in impossible conditions. More than 40 GOTV volunteers, members and retired members alike, making thousands of individual calls, emails and messages.

The early mobilising in that first VONC, and those speeches still ringing in our ears. The organising from branch and region that launched the dispute and won that ground-shifting vote to ballot. The webpage, the emails, the blogs, the spreadsheets, and everything in between.

What a MAMMOTH result. 100% the product of everyone's efforts over the summer.

University of Exeter staff have delivered a huge mandate to keep fighting cuts. 91% voted for industrial action on a 74% turnout. The fight to defend jobs and education at Exeter continues.

who have inspired generations of students. Their leaving is a loss for our university. Pressures on remaining staff will increase and students’ experience will be impacted. And all this time, we haven’t seen convincing arguments as to why so many members of staff should have to go.

While there is some relief in the threat of compulsory redundancies being removed, we are also thinking of the amazing colleagues we are losing through so-called voluntary redundancy. These colleagues are experts in their fields, they are our academic community, and they are fantastic educators

Students are facing the consequences too, with concerns about the availability of modules, staff and the degree experience they signed up for. Meanwhile, many staff are exhausted and experiencing the mental and physical impact of months of uncertainty.

For many, this will bring a real sense of relief, alongside understandable sadness. Hundreds of staff have already left or been affected by cuts, leaving an already depleted workforce facing the start of teaching in just a few weeks.

The University of Exeter has confirmed that it won’t proceed with compulsory redundancies “at this time”. This means colleagues do not need to complete the pro forma, and there will be no selection process.