A reminder that the branch position, decided in a general meeting, is that we should not cooperate with the strike reporting system on ESS (Employee Self Service) whilst the university continues to threaten to deduct additional pay for refusal to … Read more
You will no doubt have seen that head office have notified a marking and assessment boycott to start tomorrow, 20th April. Please watch out for national communications on this but I expect that it will go ahead. We are planning an … Read more
Some of you may have heard about plans to close the Ziff building to students without appointments – a radical change given the building was designed with students in mind and has accessibility features not present in many other campus … Read more
Staff with (a) more than 2 years continuous service and (b) more than 6 months remaining on fixed term or fixed funded contracts should be contacted shortly (we are told this week) by HR with the offer of an ongoing … Read more
Email sent to branch members 17 April 2023 We’re writing to you as Membership Officers about new events we will be running to help to support developing interconnections and relations within the branch. We will then be running these every … Read more
From email sent by the branch administrator/organiser on 4 April 2023 General meeting The next ordinary general meeting is Thursday 27 April, 12.45pm – 2pm. The deadline for motions is 12pm Tuesday 18 April. If you want the branch to propose an … Read more
You may be aware of this communication from university management on the progress on fixed term contracts. While we welcome the advancement that has been made by the university management on this front, we would like to note several points: We do … Read more
The University has now refused several opportunities to withdraw their threat to deduct pay for failure to reschedule teaching. They have stated that they do not currently envisage deductions being made from anyone at the moment but the threat remains … Read more
Delegates from branches will meet on Wednesday 29 March 2023 and be asked to respond to the questions below on behalf of their branches. This will help inform the UCU higher education committee when it meets to decide the next … Read more
Picketing sign up form for strike days 15 to 22 March is now open. If you’re a member of the branch please sign up to join the picket lines. If you’ve never picketed before, don’t worry, picket lines here tend … Read more