Everything you need to know from from UCU nationally Advice and information about the strikes, including detailed advice for migrant members with a visa Local information Reporting strike action, and guidance on action short of a strike Hardship Fund applications and surgeries – how to claim and how to get advice on claiming (Link to key information posted in advance of the strike, for reference) … continue reading
Branch equality officer Dima Chami on fighting back against the hostile environment being imposed on migrant workers … continue reading
Full teach out programme is here The scientific basis for the climate emergency, and the social, economic and political insights which might enable a low carbon transformation Julia Steinberger and others 1pm – 2pm, Quaker Meeting House, meeting room Series of 10-minute talks by scientists on the physical and socio-economic sides of climate. Glaciers: the inside story Adam Booth 1pm – 2pm, Quaker Meeting House, garden room How do glaciologists monitor glacier evolution? A virtual fieldtrip to the Arctic! A red-green vision of city sustainability Caroline Mullen 2pm – 3pm, Quaker Meeting House, meeting room Re-imagining food production in a sustainable world Megan Povey 2pm – 3pm, Quaker Meeting House, garden room (Un)Conscious Construction: an unguided journey through remaking Leeds Asa Roast & Morgan Campbell 1pm – 2.30pm Meet at Quaker Rooms. This is a form of walking tour – There will be a short introduction, then participants will be given a sheet of questions and asked to reassemble at a place in the city centre in an hour’s time. There participants will discuss what they encountered on their journey, and their answers to the questions posed. Note that, as such, the travel from the start to the destination will … continue reading
Teach outs are open to all. Here is the full teach out schedule for each day Singing for justice – using an inclusive community choir voiceworks approach Catherine Bates 1pm – 2pm, Quaker Meeting House, meeting room Muslims in the Medieval Imaginary Eva Frojmovic 1pm – 3pm, Leeds Central Library, Local and Family History Library Poetry and the Sixth Extinction Dominic O’Key 2pm – 3pm, Quaker Meeting House, garden room How does poetry make sense of the Sixth Extinction? This session will prioritise collaborative discussions about selected poems that work through anthropogenic extinctions. Following the devastating Grenfell Tower and Bolton Cube fires, is student housing safe and what can we do to ensure it is? Stuart Hodkinson 2pm – 3pm, Quaker Meeting House, meeting room Building a network of UCU members in management roles Sara Gonzalez 1pm – 2pm, Quaker Meeting House, garden room This is a chance to meet up with other UCU members in management roles. The aim would be to create an informal network of union colleagues that you can count on to discuss decisions at management level. Not just during strike but throughout the year. … continue reading
Vicky Blake’s rousing speech on why this strike is so important for us all. … continue reading