The Scottish Retired Members’ Branch is hosting a pensions event on 8 June 2021 at 2pm. Speakers include UCU’s National Pensions Officer, Christine Haswell and National Pensioners’ Convention Council member, Philip Burgess. To register to attend this event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/general-meeting-pensions-policy-politics-and-prospects-tickets-149930822125
19/03/2021 Dear Branch Members, Workload Thank you very much to those of you who have shared details of WAMs for 2021/22. The branch is carrying out concerted work in this area to ensure that the current stronger financial position for the University leads to benefits for all of our members. We are aware that Professional
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13/04/2021 Dear colleague I’m writing to update you about a really important current initiative which I’d love to see a lot of UCU members taking part in. Organizing for Power Last autumn 400 UCU members and over 20 staff took part in ‘Strike School’ – part of the ‘Organising for Power’ series of international online training courses
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Dear colleague We are running another cohort of the very popular Transforming UCU, a development programme for workplace leaders. This isn’t like a normal trade union course. Participants take part in a comprehensive package of training, discussion and support delivered across two residential modules. Feedback from those taking part has been extremely positive. We would now welcome
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Last year, following the global resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, we took the decision to relaunch the Black Staff Group at UCU. This group is up and running and we have met with the chair to discuss the priorities agreed at the group‘s inaugural meeting. One focus of our recent discussion was a series of all staff emails
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UCU Congress UCU Congress is taking place from 29 May- 2 June 2021. The deadline for delegate registration is 30 April. Full details on Congress, including branch delegate entitlement, is available here: https://www.ucu.org.uk/Congress2021 Delegation registration can be completed here: https://ucu.wufoo.com/forms/ucu-congress-2021/ Training: Supporting Disabled Colleagues in Casework Training is available on
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Although the Union Office on campus has closed until further notice, it is open remotely and emails are being received and replied to on a regular basis. Working times are the same as the usual office hours: 9.30 – 5.00 on Tuesdays and half day on Wednesdays. In case of emergency you can call Pam
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UCU Stirling Branch has a number of volunteer trained Caseworkers who are willing to assist other members when they have a problem at work. If you would like to contact a Caseworker for advice or to accompany you to a meeting, please complete this form and send it, in confidence, to Pam (pmcgibbon2@ucu.org.uk), in the
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Dear colleague, UCU has called on the government and universities to switch to fully online teaching as the default for the duration of next term. We have not taken this decision lightly but we believe that it is in the best interests of staff, students and the public. Read the story outlining our position here.
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If you are still wondering whether to join our UCU Stirling Branch, and asking yourself “what is in it for me?” take a look at this presentation to see all the benefits that you could gain by becoming a member. Press the SLIDE SHOW button and then the FROM THE BEGINNING button to gain the
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