You have until 17 January to complete your personal USS consultation responses, and we strongly recommend that you do: The University of Leeds has the fifth largest population of USS members within the current dispute, and a volume of responses … Read more
You will have received emails from UCU general secretary Jo Grady in relation to working to contract – please do follow the advice and instruction in them, bearing in mind that our strategy is to build pressure and escalate action. … Read more
Following the announcement of a new recommendation to work from home due to the rise of the Omicron variant, you will have received an email this afternoon outlining the University approach, which is informed by government guidance. Before the Christmas … Read more
You will have seen in an email from UCU general secretary Jo Grady this week that further decisions as to the progression and escalation of our industrial action will be taken in a meeting of UCU’s higher education committee (HEC) … Read more
Next week UCU anti-casualisation officers are holding a meeting for postgraduate researchers (PGRs) who teach and any other hourly-paid teaching staff. We are aware of issues relating to: teaching face-to-face, access to sick pay and flu jabs that our HPL/PGR … Read more
Leeds University UCU stand in full solidarity with Goldsmiths UCU as they continue to take strike action to stop 52 redundancies. The ‘restructure’ which is being threatened is part of a pattern of financialisation across the sector, where decisions are … Read more
For guidance on working to contact and action short of a strike (ASOS) see the national UCU HE frequently asked questions (See post 17 November Industrial action – answers to initial questions) Branch guidance from the last period of action … Read more
2pm Friday 3 December: drop-in for members on casualised contracts (fixed-term, fixed funded, hourly paid or otherwise insecure) with branch anti-casualisation officers Xanthe Whittaker and Joanne Armitage Zoom link Meeting ID: 867 3955 0456 Passcode: zKJrG9 This page was last … Read more