This motion was agreed by the branch at an emergency general meeting 15 March 2022 This Branch: notes our solidarity with Ukrainian academics and students including those forced to flee due to war. We also note that the University recently … Read more
This motion was agreed by the branch at an emergency general meeting 15 March 2022 The branch notes: That Russia has commenced a war of aggression including a full invasion of Ukraine The stated rationales by Putin range from false … Read more
This branch notes: That Queen Mary management intends to implement punitive deductions of 100% pay for each day staff refuse to reschedule classes cancelled due to strike action. The UK-wide trend of HE employers threatening punitive deductions, albeit not often … Read more
This motion was agreed by the branch at a general meeting 25 January 2022 Leeds UCU notes that: Bristol university has sacked UCU member, Professor David Miller; David Miller’s work is critical of Israel; Bristol University, under external political pressure, … 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
This motion was agreed by the branch at a general meeting on Thursday 25 November This branch notes: That Goldsmiths UCU is in dispute over 20 FTE planned redundancies as part of SMT’s Academic Portfolio Review (APR) aimed at reducing … Read more
Extraordinary general meeting 1pm – 2pm, Thursday 17 June 2021 Video meeting on Zoom Minutes Agreed to omnibus debate on Israel/Palestine motions. Agreed to limit movers of motions to 3 minutes and other contributions to 2 minutes. Motion 1 Leeds University UCU branch offers … Read more
UCU has now called a boycott of the University of Liverpool over the university’s refusal to halt the sacking of 21 health staff. Liverpool UCU have taken strike action, and are now doing a marking boycott. Liverpool management are deducting … Read more
Members passed the following motions at today’s extraordinary general meeting. The meeting was called to discuss motions on Palestine and Israel, after a late motion couldn’t be heard at the annual general meeting, and to discuss donations to branches on … Read more
The UCU branch committee sends our thanks and support to schoolteachers in the National Education Union whose refusal to work in dangerous conditions forced the government to move more quickly in moving most school teaching online. Their action has made … Read more