FRIDAY 10TH June
Winchester University is the first UCU branch to strike in the latest wave of action in the HE pay dispute.
 
Rush messages of …

 
Held at the University of Brighton, this is a debate between ‘In’ and ‘Out’ that is not seen, heard or represented in the mainstream media in …

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Support for the two UCU strike days (25 and 26 of May) initiating our pay campaign is gaining momentum. The …

Published in the Guardian 20 May.
Sign on the HE Convention website
The Government’s White Paper, Success as a Knowledge Economy, views Higher Education as if it …

Read the blog by Mark Campbell and David Hardman following the announcement of a proposed further 400 job cuts at LMU

TO: BOARD OF GOVERNORS, LONDON …

Yesterday our branch chair Mark Campbell and secretary David Hardman were made redundant in what is an outrageous attack on their strenuous and tireless trade union activties defending jobs and education at London Met.

We are fighting on pay, casualisation and equality. We are also fighting to defend and improve Higher Education in the interests of everyone in society. We need to make this argument publicly and confidently.
We can fight and win. To do so we need to organise. The first step is to Get the Vote Out.

Recent surveys reveal that the plight of the young working class is even worse in 2016 . UCU left has launched a timely e-version of the pamphlet: Don’t get young in the Third Millenium!

March 5 2016
Report back for UCU branches and regions
The Defend Further and Adult Education Conference: Shaping the future was a great success. We would like …

The UCU’s Further Education committee (FEC) voted on Friday, by two votes, to end this year’s pay campaign. This is a massive mistake.
The majority of …