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UCU University of Leeds Branch

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Category Archives: Academic-related

National meetings – academic-related or casualised

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 15 February 2021 by Alan Smith22 February 2021

Please contact ucu@leeds.ac.uk by 1st March if you would like to represent the branch at either of these events (to be held online): Academic-related professional staff annual meeting (Thursday 18 March), see https://www.ucu.org.uk/acrelannual  Annual meeting of staff on casualised contracts (Saturday 13 March), see https://ucu.org.uk/cascontractsmeeting

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Posted in Academic-related, Anticasualisation, Call to action

Health and safety in libraries

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 15 February 2021 by Alan Smith15 February 2021

Library staff remain seriously concerned about the health and safety implications of Library study space being open to students. Two motions were overwhelmingly passed at last week’s emergency general meeting supporting Library colleagues, which you can read at leedsucu.org.uk/members-vote-to-call-to-close-library-study-spaces Members at the meeting were keen to ensure that the university provides study space for students with essential needs, and our library reps emphasised the part of the motions which calls for the use of unmanned and remotely monitored study space such as computer clusters rather than libraries. The branch will be calling for a UK-wide campaign by UCU to close library study spaces and return libraries to a click and collect service.

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Posted in Academic-related, Covid19, Health and safety, Members emails
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The branch office is currently closed because of the covid-19 pandemic. Please use email if possible.

ucu@leeds.ac.uk

Emails will be received by the branch administrator/organiser and some of the elected branch officers.

Phone 35904 (external: 0113 343 5904) (please use email if possible while the office is closed)

Post: UCU, Room 7.51, EC Stoner Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. (The office is currently closed – if you need to physically post something please contact us by email or phone to discuss.)

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