UCU members at three West Midlands colleges were the most recent to take strike action over pay this week. Following three waves of strikes in November, January and March, members at Coventry College, City of Wolverhampton College and the Warwickshire College Group walked out. City of Wolverhampton College members were out on Monday, Tuesday and
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Dear colleague Congress 2019: First report of the Congress Business Committee Motions submitted to Congress and the HE and FE sector conferences, as ordered by the Congress Business Committee, which will form the agenda when UCU’s Congress meets 25 – 27 May in Harrogate. Amendments to motions must be submitted by 12 noon on Friday
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We would like to encourage our branch members to register as delegate(s) for UCU’s UK-wide congress, which, this year takes place in Harrogate. Very few delegates from Scotland have registered to date, and this is the key decision-making body of our Union. As usual, registration can be done on-line. This is the link for branches
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UCU general secretary election – nominations open Nominations are now open for the position of general secretary of the University and College Union. This a full-time, salaried position as the union’s chief executive, with a five year term of office. Nominations close at 5:00pm on 8 April 2019. Further information can be found here. An
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UCU is still offering free membership to PhD Teaching Students for 4 years! This is a unique opportunity for you to join our Union and take advantage of all that we can offer our members. See here for our presentation. It is very quick to join. Just visit https://www.ucu.org.uk and then press the button marked
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Our UCU Stirling Branch held a Brexit Round Table on Thursday 25 May, where 6 speakers gave information from various perspectives and answered questions on Brexit. Following on from the meeting, we are planning to form a Brexit Working Group that would report to our Branch periodically on any important information that might be of
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An ‘Effective Negotiating and Bargaining’ course is being held in Aberdeen from 28-30 August. Course details and registration is available here: https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/8719/Effective-negotiating-and-bargaining-28—30-August-2017-Aberdeen
Dear colleague, URGENT: the deeply flawed and damaging Higher Education and Research Bill will return to the House of Commons tomorrow. Due to the work of UCU, NUS and others, many changes have been made by the House of Lords that will hinder the government’s plans for further marketisation and privatisation of our universities. Amendments,
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On 31 January 2017 The Herald printed a factual article on the resolution of UCU’s dispute with the University of Stirling. You can read it here. Higher education is undergoing a period of significant change. Being a member of UCU is the first step towards tackling: Threats to research funding from Brexit An ongoing lack
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Dear colleagues Recently, the House of Lords backed an amendment to the higher education (HE) bill that says universities’ performance in the teaching excellence framework (TEF) should not be linked to the tuition fees they are allowed to charge. This is a significant blow for the government and the result of a great deal of
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