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- Vote reject the offer, yes to industrial action!This week you should have received your electronic ballot over pay (email sent on 21st July) More than ever, we need a coordinated fight to save the HE sector. Some members have asked why we should focus on the UK-wide pay ballot when branches are facing compulsory redundancies and job losses? The two issues are connected, the …
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- Report of Higher Education Committee – 26 June 2026The newly constituted Higher Education Committee met at the end of last month, based on the last round of NEC elections. We are all too keenly aware of the crisis facing HE with increasing numbers of universities facing threats of hundreds of compulsory redundancies and pension loss and slashing, cuts and closures, as well as the …
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- FEC defending member’s democratic decisionsThe Further Education Committee (FEC) met on Friday for its first meeting since the new committee was elected. Members could reasonably have expected the meeting to focus on implementing the decisions taken at the Further Education Sector Conference (FESC) in May. Instead, the committee was presented with proposals that abandoned those democratically agreed decisions and attempted …
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- UCU Congress: delegates vote for national action – now fight to implement Congress decisions
Congress is the annual supreme decision-making body of UCU. For two days delegates from across UCU’s sectors debate together, and then there is one day where FE and HE divide into separate sector conferences. Congress is crucial to the union’s democracy as members, voted by their branches from across the country come together to debate and … - UCU Left Congress caucus
UCU Congress 2026 Congress is next week – it is a key point in the year when members get together and decide on what the national union should be doing. Congress must rise to the multiple challenges we face and vote for national strategies and action that can defend and protect post-16 education. With the recent … - Reform UK feed off despair in local elections – we must offer hope
In Thursday’s elections, the racist Reform UK party made a historic breakthrough whilst Labour’s vote collapsed. Reform UK took the most votes, most seats and overall control of most councils. In Wales, Plaid Cymru have formed a minority government, with Reform coming second. Labour lost control of the Senedd for the first time and have a …Continue reading “Reform UK feed off despair in local elections – we must offer hope”
- Stop Reform UK
With just three weeks until the local elections, more than 5,000 council seats will be contested across England, alongside elections for the Senedd and Scottish Parliament. Reform UK now has 8 MPs, 983 local councillors, and representation in both the Senedd and Holyrood. In May’s elections Reform UK will be standing in 95% of the local … - The movements converge to turn the tide on the far right
Half a million people descended onto the streets of London on March 28th to show their opposition to the far right and to make clear that anti racists are the majority in Britain. They came from every corner of Britain. This was a movement built in towns, cities and villages from across the UK. The atmosphere …Continue reading “The movements converge to turn the tide on the far right”
- 📣UCU marching Together against the far right📣
It’s now only a few days until what looks set to be one of the biggest demonstrations against the far right in many years.Let’s make sure the UCU bloc is big and loud – bring your banners and your colleagues! 📍We’ll meet at midday at “Start Zone C, Position 7” https://maps.app.goo.gl/Dg4jCd2QxSTELULQ7🚌 If you’ve not got transport yet, you can …Continue reading “📣UCU marching Together against the far right📣”
- NEC elections over: Now the fight for national action beginsThe results of UCU’s NEC elections were announced on Thursday. Many UCU Left candidates were successful – congratulations to all of them. And thank you to everyone who took part, whether by standing as a candidate or helping to get the vote out. UCU Left will still be in a minority on both the FEC and …
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