We’ve just heard that UCU general secretary Jo Grady is speaking in Leeds on Friday 21 February (the second day of our strike action) from 1pm-3pm, in the Henry Moore Suite, Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, LS1 3AA, followed by … Read more
Leeds UCU needs someone with good design skills to make our local leaflets, stickers and posters more attractive and engaging, both immediately for the forthcoming strikes and more long term too for general resources. Could this be you? Contact ucu@leeds.ac.uk … Read more
Leeds UCU at our General Meeting on 22nd January agreed to work with the Equality Trust to develop and run a survey of Leeds UCU members, to provide evidence supporting our negotiations with the university on pay gaps. See https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/members-make-dispute-decisions-at-extraordinary-general-meeting/ … Read more
Nita would have been UCU President from May, but sadly died on 16th January. She was a tireless and brilliant union activist, and supported us in Leeds many times (some photos at https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/nita-sanghera/). Nita’s family and friends would like to … Read more
Much solidarity from Leeds UCU to our EU members, who may be worried and concerned about their situation in the UK after 31st January. Your union knows what a big contribution you (and all migrant workers) make to this university, … Read more
You may have seen a letter to the Guardian from a group of professors explaining why they are resigning as external examiners and encouraging colleagues to join them in doing so, see https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jan/22/we-refuse-to-act-as-external-examiners-until-universities-deal-with-staffing-issues UCU have provided guidance for staff considering … Read more
If you do research funded by research agencies such as ESRC, EPSRC, AHRC etc, please sign our Open Letter which explains the two current HE disputes and asks funders to take certain actions including putting pressure on the employers’ bodies … Read more
You’ll have received an email on 24th January entitled “Important: Notice of statutory consultation in relation to the Universities Superannuation Scheme”. This is the result of a win negotiated by the UCU negotiating team. The main part of the USS … Read more
You may have already received or will shortly receive a big envelope of papers about voting for UCU National Executive Committee members, trustees, and the next Vice President (who will be from Further Education). Please do use your votes – … Read more
If you have a student-facing role, we’d encourage you to let your students know that you will be striking, and the reasons. You should not notify management in advance that you will be striking, but it’s helpful to let your … Read more