Campaign stories
Thursday 4 March – 5.00pm – 6.30pm – Dydd Iau 4 Mawrth
In early January Mohamud Hassan was arrested by South Wales police in Cardiff, and died the following day after …
Get ready.
UCU members in Higher Education are being surveyed again.
But there is a real danger that the ‘Industrial Action Survey’ will be used, not as originally intended to build the current JNCHES trade dispute, but to reposition UCU’s …
UCU’s National Executive Committee met for the first time this year on 22nd January for a “briefing” and discussion on the potential for collective action in colleges and universities in defence of members facing the risks of in person …
A UCU Left Open Webinar
No going back: Fighting for control of education under the lockdown.
The latest lockdown has been forced on the Tory government against their will. There are huge lessons for UCU in the successful organising tactics …
Source: https://www.tes.com/news/busting-3-myths-about-superiority-exams
Education secretary Gavin Williamson’s announcement two weeks ago that GCSE and A-level exams would be cancelled this summer has rightly been welcomed by …
Just one day after declaring that he had no doubt in his mind that schools were safe, Boris Johnson closed schools and colleges as part of another national lockdown. Johnson and the Tories have shown that despite 75,000 deaths from …
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, …
7:00-8:30pm Monday 14 December
This is an open meeting to discuss motions submitted to HESC, taking place on 15th December, and provide UCU Left voting guidance. The discussion will be led by Marion Hersh and Sean Wallis. …
We remembered Nita and shared impressions. Saira Weiner, of Liverpool John Moores University proposed 30 seconds’ silence.
Kate Moran presented a summary of Maternity Action’s report on “Insecure Labour”, which includes powerful statements from union members, …
