Postgraduate students who do some teaching or carry out other paid academic work are entitled to free membership of UCU, for up to 4 years. This confers full employment support from the union, and the right to vote in union … Read more
1. Next steps on Statutes, including discussion of academic censure and boycott. Including: 1.1. Motion on the continuance of our dispute with the university (link) 2. Motion: adoption of modified UCU model local rules (link) 3. Motion: donation to UCU University … Read more
Motion to the general meeting 25 October 2017 This web version is for ease of reference during the meeting and is not authoritative, as formatting errors have, and other errors may have, crept in during adopting it for the webpage. … Read more
Motion to the general meeting 25 October 2017 This conference believes that USS reports on the basis of its real assets: a surplus of £5bn. The reporting of a deficit is a recklessly prudent artificial construct ideologically driven by changes … Read more
Motion to the general meeting 25 October 2017 This conference believes Working with other unions in disputes and combining our campaigning alongside other unions in defence of pay, pensions and jobs strengthens our own USS campaign. Creating solidarity networks with … Read more
Motion to the general meeting 25 October 2017 This local association of the UCU notes: That the university proposed changes to statutes currently rests with the Privy Council That whilst we remain in dispute with the university over this issue … Read more
Your last chance to vote in the USS pension ‘consultative e-ballot’ from UCU is today at 5.15pm. It is *vital* that all members vote in this. Leeds UCU Committee urges you first of all to vote, and we recommend strongly … Read more
Leeds UCU are in dispute with university management over proposed changes to Statutes – we are concerned these will make it easier to sack staff and that they pose a serious risk to academic freedom. Please read this article for … Read more
Fantastic cartoon sent in by a creative UCU member! Could anything like this happen in the future, if our statutes are changed? Read about examples of SOSR happening at other universities: This page was last updated on 5 November 2017
Read more1300-1400 Global or Local – which way forward for food production? Malcolm Povey (M.J.W.Povey@food.leeds.ac.uk) Quaker Meeting House Ruins of Blarism: A critical geography of contemporary Leeds (plus short walking tour) Asa Roast and Tim Joubert (asa.roast@gmail.com; t.joubert1@leeds.ac.uk) The Packhorse … Read more