by Admin | Nov 14, 2022 | News
No. It is often the case that management will send out emails/letters demanding that you declare in advance whether you will be taking industrial action. This can have the effect of misleading and intimidating members, and will enable your employer to minimise any...
by Admin | Nov 9, 2022 | News
The national UCU Rising strike dates have been announced: Thursday 24th, Friday 25th and Wednesday the 30th November. This will be common to all Universities in the UK with potentially 70,000 members taking action to save our sector. There will be local picket lines...
by Admin | Nov 5, 2022 | News
Use the UCU pay modeller to see how your salary has been affected. The current industrial action is about pay, equality, workload and casualisation. In past disputes many staff in HE have felt uncomfortable about taking action over pay feeling, perhaps, that there are...
by Admin | Sep 23, 2022 | News
The UCU is currently balloting members about industrial action. Find out more about this action and make sure you vote in the ballot. Find out more about the campaign However you vote it is important that we are represented nationally and that we are seen to be a...
by Admin | Aug 2, 2022 | News
UCU has today hailed a landmark win as The Open University (OU) began rolling out a programme of new permanent contracts for 4,800 previously casualised Associate Lecturers, the biggest decasualisation programme ever to take place in the higher education sector. As a...