General Meetings Archives - UCU University of Leeds Branch

Next general meeting reminder

Posted on 26 March 2021 by Alan Smith26 March 2021

The next UCU general meeting (meetings for all members) is scheduled for 1pm – 2pm, Thursday 22 April The deadline for motions is 12pm on Tuesday 13 April. (See the branch website for details of all the scheduled general meetings for this academic year) The 22 April general meeting is also the chance to propose amendments to other branch’s motions that they have submitted to UCU congress – those motions will be published early in April. You can find out a bit more about turning your ideas into union policy at making UCU general meetings work better

Making UCU policy – deadline for motions

Posted on 15 February 2021 by Alan Smith22 February 2021

Our next scheduled branch general meeting is on Wednesday 10 March, 12pm – 1pm If you would like to submit a motion to UCU Congress 2021, to help shape UCU’s national policy and strategy, this will be our last meeting to agree the motion. The deadline for motions to this meeting is 12pm Tuesday 2 March. Please email any motions for this meeting to ucu@leeds.ac.uk. Details of all the scheduled general meetings for this academic year Advice on writing a motion Motions to UCU Congress need to be no more than 150 words, plus title of no more than 10 words.

Members vote to call to close library study spaces

Posted on 9 February 2021 by Alan Smith11 February 2021

UCU members have voted in an emergency meeting today (9 February 2021) to call on the university to close library study spaces and make alternative, unstaffed study spaces available to students who have that essential need. Members also agreed a motion to the union’s national academic-related and professional staff meeting to highlight the need of UCU to focus more nationally on the needs of academic-related staff working on campus during the pandemic.