Committee elections The branch’s annual general meeting is coming up fairly soon, Thursday 21 May 12.45pm – 2pm (on Zoom). Nominations are now open for the UCU branch committee for the academic year 2026-2027. All committee roles are elected each year (except the ‘immediate past … Read more
Nominations are needed for a branch campaigns officer, as the post wasn’t filled at the annual general meeting. You can find out more about the role at https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/about-us/standing-for-election-to-the-ucu-committee/. The campaigns officer is also part of the branch’s negotiating team. Please … Read more
The UCU branch committee is calling a set of by-elections for where there are department rep vacancies, to ensure there are reps across the university If there is a vacancy in your area (see list below), please think about which … Read more
With the start of the new academic year, we would like to draw attention to the importance of respecting important religious holidays when requested, particularly those of minoritised faiths. We have a few upcoming religious holidays during teaching intensive periods. … Read more
In today’s episode, recorded Thursday 4 September 2025 (and published late): Changes to our branch committee, career pathways, the White paper, changes to university policies. With Jenny Rivas Perez, Rachel Walls and Alan Smith. If you prefer your union branch … Read more
Here is the schedule of UCU University of Leeds branch general meetings for the 2025-2026 academic year. General meetings are for all members of UCU University of Leeds branch. It is where we make most of our collective decisions. If … Read more
UCU is holding an open meeting – for staff at the university whether or not you are a union member – on Tuesday 9 September 12-1pm to find out about parents’ experience of university benefits and support for parents (for example maternity … Read more
The UCU IT team has fixed the problem that some members of the branch were not receiving UCU emails, particularly if their email was hosted by hotmail, outlook.com or live.com. The UCU IT team investigated and made changes in early … Read more
There seems to be an issue with hotmail, outlook.com and live.com not delivering some UCU emails. It appears to mainly affect emails with attachments, and it doesn’t seem to be consistent. UCU’s IT supplier is trying to resolve a problem … Read more
This statement accompanies University of Leeds UCU’s signature on this open letter: https://protestisnotterrorism.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/open-letter-protest-is-not-terrorism-defend-palestine-action-from-proscription/. University of Leeds UCU Committee has agreed to sign the open letter opposing the proscription of Palestine Action, alongside over 1300 individual signatories and a number of … Read more