You may have seen a letter to the Guardian from a group of professors explaining why they are resigning as external examiners and encouraging colleagues to join them in doing so, see https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jan/22/we-refuse-to-act-as-external-examiners-until-universities-deal-with-staffing-issues UCU have provided guidance for staff considering … Read more
If you do research funded by research agencies such as ESRC, EPSRC, AHRC etc, please sign our Open Letter which explains the two current HE disputes and asks funders to take certain actions including putting pressure on the employers’ bodies … Read more
You’ll have seen from your email on Monday from the UCU general secretary Jo Grady that UCU have announced 14 more days strike action during February and March. Our negotiating team and elected Higher Education Committee think that, despite some … Read more
Members of UCU University of Leeds Branch met today (22 January 2020) to discuss and make decisions about the current disputes. Members agreed on the following motions: USS pensions dispute and ‘Four fights’ dispute Motion 1 This branch acknowledges the … Read more
The branch committee has called an extraordinary general meeting to discuss a number of urgent issues which won’t wait until the next scheduled general meeting. The meeting will be: 12pm – 1pm on Wednesday 22 January Roger Stevens lecture theatre … Read more
Leeds UCU has written an online Open Letter to research funders, explaining the two current HE disputes (on USS pensions and on the Four Fights) and asking them to: Write to the Senior Team of Universities UK (UUK) and to … Read more
[Updated 30 March 2020] Salaried staff can apply to the UCU fighting fund and branch hardship fund when you’ve received your payslip showing the strike deductions. March payslips are now available to download, see below. Our branch hardship process is … Read more
Everything you need to know from from UCU nationally Advice and information about the strikes, including detailed advice for migrant members with a visa UCU advice on action short of a strike has been updated to include what is likely … Read more
This post is from 2019 and the guidance is not current This post is from 2019 and the guidance is not current Reporting strike action On Thursday 5th December, or on your first day back if you don’t work Thursdays, … Read more
Branch equality officer Dima Chami on fighting back against the hostile environment being imposed on migrant workers This page was last updated on 28 November 2019
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