Please come to the members’ meeting tomorrow: every voice matters! If you have never been to one of our branch meetings before, it’s a great one to start with: we have a very full agenda (attached!) dealing with many challenges … Read more
On Friday UCU announced the nominations process and timeline for [electing a new General Secretary] after Sally Hunt’s resignation. Nominations are open until 5pm on Monday 8 April 2019. Members and staff of UCU are eligible if they meet requirements and nomination … Read more
UCU submitted our gender pay claim in August 2018. For background information see leedsucu.org.uk/genderpaygap In the gender pay claim we asked the university senior management to share with us the detailed information behind the headline figures, to provide us with … Read more
Women’s Strike The Women’s Strike Assembly has organised two women’s strike events in Leeds for 8 March: 12pm rally in Briggate 4.30pm assembly at Bridge Street Church. More details on their facebook page. For the avoidance of doubt: UCU is … Read more
In the past few days, a storm of academic Twitter anger was aimed at University of Leeds over a job advertisement for a research assistant. The job description, apparently aimed at postgraduate students ‘interested in developing [their] professional academic skills’, … Read more
Negotiations between UCU and the University of Leeds over the UCU anti-casualisation claim to the University of Leeds will start on Tuesday 26 March. Full details of the claims are at leedsucu.org.uk/ucu-anti-casualisation-claim-submitted-to-university-of-leeds This page was last updated on 7 March … Read more
UCU vice-president Nita Sanghera has been subject to horrendous abuse online by members of a far-right white supremacist group. We stand alongside Nita. UCU stands for the kind of unity and equality that the far right despises. UCU London Region … Read more
UCU University of Leeds branch president Vicky Blake has been elected as national vice-president of UCU. Vicky will take office as UCU vice-president on 27 May, then will automatically become president-elect the following year, and national president of UCU the … Read more
We’re trying something new. We’ll have UCU volunteer caseworkers available for drop-in sessions on the first Wednesday of the month. These sessions should be ideal for non-urgent issues where you’re not sure whether to make something more formal and you … Read more
Today UCU reps have been talking to members about their experiences of racism in the workplace. To defeat racism everyone needs to understand what it can be like to face racism at work, and that it is still a reality … Read more