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Covid-19: motions passed at emergency general meeting 1 October

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 5 October 2020 by Alan Smith5 July 2021

Members of the branch agreed the following motions at the emergency general meeting 1 October 2020. Motion 1 Leeds University UCU instructs the Leeds University UCU branch committee to register a dispute with Leeds University management if they insist on … Read more

Posted in Branch policy, Covid19, General Meetings, Health and safety

Email to the vice-chancellor about covid-19 response

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 29 September 2020 by Alan Smith29 September 2020

The UCU branch committee emailed the University of Leeds vice chancellor on Tuesday 29 September 2020 in response to the message from the university “Arrangements in the new academic year – a message from the Vice-Chancellor” (opens in new tab) … Read more

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Committee calls emergency general meeting for all members

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 25 September 2020 by Alan Smith25 September 2020

In light of the continuing concerns about the health and safety during the pandemic, the committee has called an emergency general meeting Thursday 1st October, 1-2 pm. The meeting will also include a report from our representatives to the UCU … Read more

Posted in Covid19, General Meetings, Health and safety

University improves position on face to face teaching

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 25 September 2020 by Alan Smith25 September 2020

Message to members on behalf of the branch committee, Friday 25 September 2020 Following our email to the deputy vice chancellor on 18th September, and the dismissive response that we initially received, we note that communication has now come from the … Read more

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Senior management’s dismissive response to concerns about unnecessary face to face teaching and services

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 24 September 2020 by Alan Smith25 September 2020

The UCU committee wrote to the deputy vice-chancellor for student education on 18 September expressing the serious concerns of UCU members about the pressure, in some cases last-minute, from the university executive group to plan in more face to face … Read more

Posted in Covid19, Health and safety, Working from home

Face to face activity on campus

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 22 September 2020 by Alan Smith22 September 2020

UCU’s position, both nationally and locally, is that all teaching in the coming term should be online (except for very limited cases where this is not feasible), and that all other university work that can be done online should continue … Read more

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Letter to senior management about unnecessary face to face teaching and student services during covid-19 pandemic

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 18 September 2020 by Alan Smith18 September 2020

Email sent 2.15pm Friday 18 September 2020 on behalf of UCU University of Leeds Branch to the University of Leeds deputy vice-chancellor for student education, copied to the university secretary and to the director of Human Resources. Dear [deputy vice-chancellor] … Read more

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Motions passed at general meeting 15 September

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 15 September 2020 by Alan Smith5 July 2021

At a general meeting on 15 September 2020 members voted to support the following motions: Emergency motion 1 – On-line teaching: health & safety and jobs This meeting notes: the call by our GS and iSAGE for all teaching to … Read more

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General meeting will decide branch response to covid-19 increase

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 15 September 2020 by Alan Smith15 September 2020

Emergency motions have been submitted to today’s general meeting in light of the increased covid-19 levels nationally and locally. The motions suggest how we should respond as a branch locally, and how the union should respond nationally. The meeting, which … Read more

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Latest news from Leeds UCU

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on 20 August 2020 by Alan Smith26 August 2020

Text of email sent to branch members by branch president Ben Plumpton on 20 August 2020 Dear members, I hope you are coping OK in these difficult times and that you and your families and friends are well.  There’s a … Read more

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