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
UCU reps and senior HR managers are still having to deal with localised re-emergences of a wrong interpretation of the policy for carrying up to a week’s annual leave into the following year. This is a hang-over from a dubious … Read more
Leeds University UCU welcomes the recognition by the University that there is still much uncertainty between now and September, when the next academic year begins. Whilst vaccine progress has been positive, at the time of writing there is a new … Read more
Staff in Education have been worried about a review seemingly being announced at a school meeting, after which staff were invited to small group meetings to discuss this review. UCU branch officers queried this, because any potential review/reorganisation should go … Read more
Significant recent announcements to students have had implications for staff but staff have been told at the same time as, or some time after, students were told. It has left staff unprepared to answer the questions of students about what … Read more
Text of email sent to all members 5 July. (Agenda not published on the website; if you’re a member and haven’t received the agenda please email ucu@leeds.ac.uk) Extraordinary general meeting 12pm Wednesday 10 July The committee called this ‘EGM’ for … Read more