Staff who teach are now starting to receive emails from Heads of School about the recovery of lost learning, so here are some reminders and some advice about what to do when you receive an email asking you to report … Read more
Results of the November 2022 by-elections for department reps are below (all candidates elected unopposed). Department Role Candidate elected Economics Department rep Stefan Kesting Language Centre Department health and safety rep Sara Montgomery Language Centre Department health and safety rep … Read more
We are be striking but we love teaching and learning, so striking staff are offering teach outs on subjects which interest them, for students, for staff, for members of the community, for everyone, for free. Teach out programme This page … Read more
In addition to strike action, action short of a strike starts Wednesday 23 November and will consist of, until further notice: Everything you need to know about taking action short of a strike (links to UCU national website) Taking action … Read more
As we approach industrial action, we thought it would be useful – from a pensions perspective – to post Mark Taylor-Batty’s August email to all USS members at Leeds, following the most up to date funding position at that time: … Read more
Is there a UCU department rep for where you work? If not, there’s another chance to elect colleagues to fill any gaps. The elections in the summer came at really busy times and there were people who missed out on … Read more
It will not have escaped your notice that UCU is currently balloting for strike action – you will have received a good number of emails from HQ about it. University of Leeds UCU branch want to emphasise the vital importance of … Read more
Casualisation has been on the increase in Higher Education and at Leeds for over a decade. UCU University of Leeds branch submitted an anti-casualisation claim to the university in January 2019. In the last year, the industrial action taken as … Read more
Leeds UCU notes with alarm the conviction and jailing of Leeds University PhD student Salma al-Shehab. We are appalled that she has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for peacefully expressing her views on Twitter, including advocating for women’s … Read more
Based on email from the branch administrator to members 14 June 2022 This was our first time with the new rules of biennial elections for department reps. It sort-of worked but also it was an unusually busy end of May … Read more