The national union has approved the request of local members for a three-day strike. UCU has approved the request from University of Leeds members agreed at the emergency general meeting two weeks ago. The union has now formally notified the … Read more
We are concerned that the proposed changes to Statute would conflict with Sections VI and VII of the Recommendation regarding the Status of Higher Education Teaching Personnel adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural … Read more
The committee has organised meetings across the campus for UCU members to discuss the statutes dispute and pensions. Monday 2 October, 12pm – 1pm: Worsley SR (6.075) Tuesday 3 October, 3pm – 4pm: Business School Maurice Keyworth SR (1.05) Wednesday … Read more
Many UCU members will have pensions in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and will remember that back in 2014 the scheme was changed (against our wishes) to replace the final salary basis with a ‘career average’ one, and an element … Read more
UCU YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE BLACK AND ETHNIC MINORITY NETWORK (BME) & RedBobble Theatre Company presents ‘TO WALK IN YOUR SHOES’ Sunday 22 October @ St Paul’s Church, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH. FREE EVENT Doors Open @ 12pm Introduction … Read more
You may be interested in a newsletter for UCU members from Lighthouse Financial Advice: LFA – UCU Affinity MoneyTalk Autumn 2017 (PDF download) For more on what Lighthouse Financial Advice provides for UCU members, see ucu.org.uk/financialadvice This page was last updated on 27 … Read more
Text of email message to all members from University of Leeds UCU president Vicky Blake that we have been unable to send because the university email list system is down: Dear Members, At today’s Emergency General Meeting members voted for … Read more
UCU members at the emergency general meeting this Thursday will vote on a motion proposing a further three days of strike action, and another asking UCU to begin its academic boycott, in the dispute over the changes to the university … Read more