Campaign groups reported 15 January 2025 that a Saudi court has reduced the jail sentence of Salma al-Shehab, women’s rights activist and University of Leeds postgraduate student, from 27 years to four years, with four years suspended, creating hopes for … Read more
The University of Leeds Unite, Unison, and UCU trade union branches express our solidarity with and support of all communities living in fear of targeted violence. We unequivocally condemn the far-right and fascist rallies, lynch mobs, racist, Islamophobic, and anti-immigrant … Read more
Dear Vice-Chancellor and University Secretary We are writing with urgency with regards to the safety of the students in the University of Leeds encampment. As you may be aware from social media (https://www.instagram.com/p/C7SC1crsdIM/?igsh=MTl6bHR4ZzVsb3l2cQ==) or from the students themselves, over the … Read more
Open Letter Calling for the Immediate Release of Salma al-Shehab We the undersigned academics, students and university employees call for the immediate release of Salma al-Shehab; a University of Leeds PhD student and woman’s rights activist, who was sentenced to 27 years’ … Read more
If you’d rather get your branch news in your ears, we’re experimenting with using a podcast as an alternative channel to sending branch news by emails, website and social media. In today’s episode: You can listen on Spotify now and … Read more
International Workers Memorial Day commemorates those who died or were injured through work, bringing us together to remember the dead and fight for the living. There are two events in Leeds on Friday, designed so that those who are able … 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
Why are we taking action including striking? Everything you need to know about the disputes. (Including PowerPoint slides) Take me straight to the slides! Who are UCU and why are you striking? UCU is a trade union of over 130,000 … Read more
Everything you need to know about the national dispute over casualisation, pay, equal pay, and workloads (national UCU website) You can find more about the local aspects of the dispute in emails to members and at leedsucu.org.uk/news This page was … Read more
It will not have escaped your notice that UCU is currently balloting for strike action – you will have received a good number of emails from HQ about it. University of Leeds UCU branch want to emphasise the vital importance of … Read more
