Staff with (a) more than 2 years continuous service and (b) more than 6 months remaining on fixed term or fixed funded contracts should be contacted shortly (we are told this week) by HR with the offer of an ongoing contract.

The policies and procedures underlying this have not yet been agreed and UCU have concerns with the proposals on the table, which do not seem to offer much improvement in terms of job security. Consultation is ongoing and we hope that things will improve.

If you receive such an offer and would like advice please contact ucu@leeds.ac.uk and we will do our best to help. If you have fewer than 6 months remaining we expect you to be offered additional support in finding a  new role – please contact us again for advice. 

This post is from an email to UCU branch members from branch president Chloe Wallace, sent 19 April 2023