Boycott of London Metropolitan University
The implementation of the academic boycott of London Metropolitan University was a major discussion. London Metropolitan University has faced major job cuts, victimisation of leading reps and growing casualisation. It is being set up for …
Some demonstrations are more significant than others. Not simply because of their size but because of what they represent.
The response, yesterday, to Trump’s ‘America First’ inauguration speech, a slogan stolen from the American fascists of the 1930’s, was awe-inspiring.…
The NEC met against a background of major threats to those working in Higher and Further education. The HE Bill had its third reading in parliament and passed, taking further steps towards privatisation of the sector …
UCU Left is asking everyone to sign and circulate throughout their branches this petition against the shameful actions of CU Services Ltd, Coventry University’s subsidiary company.
From UCU website: “Vulnerable and precarious staff teaching Pre and In-Sessional English …
Lucia Pradella and Phoebe Moore attended the UCU Left conference on 24/09/16 to talk about the Free Movement of Labour campaign.
Brexit creates challenges both for the British ruling class and for the working class.
Most obviously, the existing free …
Helen MacCarthy recently posted that there are cuts being pushed through at Hull College. This radio interview about Hull is very informative. However, we have just discovered that UCU President, Rob Goodfellow, is one of the staff members being …
Fight the victimisations! Fight the cuts!
UCU members at London Met are taking strike action on Thursday 29th Sept to demand the reinstatement of victimised union reps, David Hardman and Mark Campbell and to stop mass compulsory redundancies and attacks
At yesterday’s NUT strike rally of over 10,000 people in Parliament Square, Mark Campbell was invited to bring solidarity greetings from UCU. His was the penultimate speech, just before the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell. You can watch it here (We
Yesterday (Tuesday 5th July) witnessed a magnificent demonstration of teachers and lecturers in Brighton. Striking teachers, members of the NUT from this part of Sussex, joined striking lecturers from the University of Brighton in a 1,500-strong demonstration through Brighton. The …
What a magnificent response to the Tory government’s attack on education!
Yesterday’s NUT strike, involving hundreds of thousands of teachers, was an inspirational day of action. UCU members in thirty-three universities, nearly a quarter of all universities, helped make …
