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What’s on at today’s Teach Out? Wednesday 27 November

Posted on 27 November 2019 by Alan Smith27 November 2019

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

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What’s on at today’s Teach Out? Tuesday 26 November

Posted on 26 November 2019 by Alan Smith25 November 2019

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

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UCU vice president Vicky Blake at end-of-picket rally 25 November 2019

Posted on 25 November 2019 by Alan Smith2 December 2019

Vicky Blake’s rousing speech on why this strike is so important for us all. … continue reading

Posted in Anticasualisation, Campaigns, Dispute, Equality, Gender pay gap, Migrant members, Open meetings and events, Pay, Pensions, Workload

UCU’s new general secretary is coming to visit

Posted on 30 July 2019 by Alan Smith2 October 2019

UCU general secretary Jo Grady UCU general secretary Jo Grady is coming to University of Leeds on Wednesday 2 October. An open meeting is scheduled for 1pm-2pm, Mechanical Engineering Lecture Theatre B, and she will also meet with our anti-casualisation working group*. Please put this in your diary as it is an exciting opportunity to engage with, influence and take inspiration from our new leader. If you would like to read more about Jo, this interview recently featured in The Guardian. *If you would like to join the anti-casualisation working group please email ucu@leeds.ac.uk Directions and accessibility Mechanical Engineering Lecture Theatre B (2.37), Mechanical Engineering Building, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT. Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MzhoXGHKXPpkMzBj9 Directions to Mechanical Engineering Building Facing away from Parkinson steps, turn left, go straight up Woodhouse Lane past two pedestrian crossings. Mechanical Engineering is on your left. Mechanical Engineering Building Directions to Lecture Theatre B Go through the main door of the building, up the stairs to the second floor, turn either left or right through the double doors, Lecture Theatre B is at the top of the small flight of stairs. Accessibility Accessibility: Height Adjustable Lectern, Wheelchair access (Students), Assistive Listening System, Wheelchair … continue reading

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USS pensions dispute update

Posted on 3 May 2019 by Alan Smith3 May 2019

Video of open meeting 9 April with branch pensions rep Mark Taylor-Batty and Sam Marsh from the UCU national USS negotiating team … continue reading

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Hardship applications and surgeries

Posted on 12 December 2019 by Alan Smith12 December 2019

Strike deductions for most members at University of Leeds will be taken out of January’s salary, but some members, most commonly hourly paid postgraduates who teach, will lose money this month instead. So our hardship process is ready to support those members who need it now. National UCU fighting fund and the local hardship fund Our local fund is only to request any support you need in addition to what you can claim from the national UCU fighting fund. If you’re not eligible for support from the national fund because you were only scheduled to do one day’s work over the strike period you can apply to the local fund if you need to. If you are eligible to claim from the national fund but will still be in hardship because of your circumstances, claim from the national fund and at the same time apply for the additional money from the local fund. (Don’t try to claim the same loss from both funds – that would be fraud!) More details here about the updated rules for the local Hardship Fund and explanation of how the two funds work together. Should you apply? Generally we don’t get paid for striking, so … continue reading

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Enthused by being on the picket line? Want to be a UCU rep?

Posted on 12 December 2019 by Alan Smith12 December 2019

Thank you to everyone who picketed! Some of you are in schools or departments that haven’t elected a UCU department rep, or an anti-casualisation rep, or a postgraduate rep, or a workloads rep, or a health and safety rep. Could you do that role? If you’d like to do any of these roles, or you can think of a colleague who’d be good for the role, please send your nominations to ucu@leeds.ac.uk by the end of Wednesday 15 January. If you want to know more, there’s a bit more detail in this post or you can talk to another UCU rep or email ucu@leeds.ac.uk Unsure if all the roles are covered in your school/department? Here’s the current list of UCU department reps. (There have been a few additions in the busy run-up to the strike – if we’ve missed one off the website please email ucu@leeds.ac.uk!) How to nominate someone to be a UCU department rep Just a quick email is fine, saying something like “I nominate [name of colleague] to be the [UCU department rep / UCU anti-casualisation rep / UCU postgraduate rep / UCU workloads rep / UCU health and safety rep] for [my school/department]. To be a … continue reading

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Christmas carolling and guerilla baubling

Posted on 10 December 2019 by editor110 December 2019

Leeds UCU members seem to enjoy a sing song, judging by your enthusiastic participation in the songs at our strike rallies! It was great to have our ‘woodwind section’ entertaining us and leading us. We are probably the only UCU branch with a bassoonist, flautist and clarinet player on the picket lines! So you’ll be pleased to hear we are getting together again to sing our alternative Christmas carols – you can find them in the Leeds UCU songbook at https://tinyurl.com/t7vsy8e (scroll down). There’s also a rather brilliant ASOS version of ‘Down by the picket line’. Meet on Friday 13th December at 12:30 by the wavy lines sculpture. And how about some creative guerrilla baubling?  There are many Christmas trees around campus which could be made lovelier with the addition of some UCU baubles, and it would be splendid to see photos tweeted (use hashtags #ucuASOS #guerrillabaubling #UCUchristmas, and tag @leedsucu) Templates are here (various wording) and here (blank) – feel free to adapt them or make your own. … continue reading

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Dispute information

Posted on 5 December 2019 by Alan Smith13 December 2019

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

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Reporting strike action, and guidance on Action Short of a Strike

Posted on 4 December 2019 by editor14 December 2019

Reporting strike action On Thursday 5th December, or on your first day back if you don’t work Thursdays, you should report that you took strike action, via ESS or by email to industrialaction@leeds.ac.uk, as set out in the email from HR on 18th November. You should also report that you are taking ASOS. If you are on a visa, it’s extra important that you are recorded as having been on strike, otherwise it could count as unauthorised absence which could affect your visa – you might like to report by email and ask for confirmation that your report has been recorded. Guidance on ASOS We will be doing the ASOS which was set out in the voting papers for the ballot, and which you voted overwhelmingly for. We are asking you to: work to contractnot cover for absent colleaguesnot reschedule lectures or classes cancelled due to strike actionnot undertake any voluntary activities Your committee, with the help of the packed General Meeting on 3 December, has put together the a document containing local ASOS guidance, available here: www.leedsucu.org.uk/asos-guidance-from-leeds-ucu/ Also see the national FAQ at www.ucu.org.uk/he-action-faqs Note in particular that our university management have softened their approach compared to 2018 – … continue reading

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