UCU Left congratulates USS members on the excellent ballot result. Obtaining 53% overall turnout and over the 50% threshold in 37 branches in a very short ballot period is amazing. It shows the commitment of members to defending USS and …
Solidarity with trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people, and Sussex UCU
UCU Left send our solidarity to Sussex UCU, and support their statement of 12th October 2021 in support of trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming members of our university communities. UCU Left also support the national UCU statement published on …
If we don’t fight, we lose
Which HESC motions should be supported, and which opposed?
The two current disputes in Higher Education are of the utmost importance to UCU and its members in the sector. Both are fuelled by the employers’ desire to drive down the …
Congress 2021: Motion Prioritisation Recommendations
In this post we offer a suggested list of priority motions that your branch or region might like to consider when you respond to the UCU Congress and HESC 2021 prioritisation consultation.
We found the process of identifying motions that …
The Fight for Trans Rights
Note on terminology: this article will use the term trans throughout as an umbrella term referring to a range of trans, nonbinary, genderqueer and gender non-conforming identities (as many trans-led organisations such as Gendered Intelligence do). We will use other …
LBGT+ Members’ Conference 2020
The LGBT+ conference took place on Saturday 5th December, via Microsoft Teams. It was attended by around 50 colleagues, and we heard from four guest speakers across two panels. Five new members were nominated and elected to the LGBT+ …
UCU Higher Education Sector Conference 2020 Report
Members pay and pensions are under threat but is UCU’s leadership capable of resistance?
The Higher Education Conference, originally timetabled for May 2020, finally took place in an interim form, with a truncated set of motions and restricted opportunities for …
Further Education Sector Conference 2020 Report
Collectivise the resistance: Covid Safety, Pay and Working Conditions
This year’s rescheduled UCU Further Education Sector Conference (FESC) met on Saturday the 12th of December online via Zoom under the extraordinary conditions of a second wave of Coronavirus.
In addition …
UCU Black Members’ Conference Report 2020
This year’s Black Members UCU Conference took place in a world that saw the COVID 19 pandemic, economic recession, climate crisis and the brutal murder by the police in the US of George Floyd. Seen by millions across the world, …