UCU’s annual congress is its supreme policy making body and it met this year over the May Bank Holiday in Harrogate. This report is an attempt to summarise three very full days of intense and important debates on the various … Read more
The first anti-casualisation meeting with the university HR team took place yesterday. Our concerns were listened to and we provided information/clarification on questions arising from the official claim we had submitted earlier this year. You can read the claim here: … 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
Text of email sent to all members 25 February 2019 by branch president Vicky Blake In this email: · 2 important updates: ballot result and General Secretary resignation · Your feedback for future UCU strategy · Reminder of very important UCU General Meeting … Read more
Text from email to all members sent 19 February 2019 Dear Members, The message is very simple. We have even made another song to illustrate it: enjoy! We need you to vote in the current ballot, and we would ideally like … Read more
Currently, UCU is running a UK-wide survey ‘Counting the costs of casualisation’. If you’re on an insecure contract, please fill it in and encourage colleagues to do so too. This page was last updated on 1 February 2019
Read moreYour industrial action ballot paper should have arrived shortly after 16 January 2019. It’s vital for our union democracy that you use your vote. The vote has to be done by post because the government made it illegal to run … Read more
Where will I find my ballot paper? What is the last date for submitting my ballot paper? I haven’t received a ballot paper. How do I request a replacement? Why can’t we vote online? I’m sure that would boost numbers … Read more
Your industrial action ballot paper should have arrived shortly after 16 January 2019. It’s vital for our union democracy that you use your vote. Don’t be silenced. The vote has to be done by post because the government made it … Read more