The Government has embarked on a savage process of privatising our universities. The scandals that have rocked the American for-profit sector, one that spends more on advertising than it does on staff, appear only to spur Willetts on in his …
Model motion in support of the NEC
Please find below a model motion in support of the NEC’s recent decision – this can be downloaded along with other materials including flyers arguing the NEC position on the pensions dispute from here.
Branch/regional motion on NEC
…Vote Umit Yildiz for UK elected member, Further Education
Defend pensions and jobs, Fight for equality
I have been working in Further Education at Bradford College since 2001, and have been a member of NATFHE/UCU from the day I started there. I am a member of the union’s national …
Vote Elizabeth Lawrence, NEC elections, HE Member for North East
Defend Education and Academic Freedom
We must defend academic freedom and reclaim universities as institutions of learning, where the pursuit of education not profitability is the driver. UCU should defend collegiality and democracy in university governance. We must promote real …
NEC Elections: Vote Alan Whitaker for Trustee
I joined NATFHE as soon as I started working in FE sector in 1987. I held several positions on the branch committee, including chair and treasurer. I became a delegate to NATFHE’s Southern Regional Council in 1989, and was chair …
Still work longer, Still pay more, Still get less.
The governments ‘Heads of Agreement’ offer has been discussed at length, with UCU left giving it’s response to it, and the way in which it has been handled by the General Secretary.
The NUT who have given a very …
Vote Jelena Timotijevic, NEC Elections, UK Elected HE Memeber
Defend Education, Jobs and Pensions.
I have worked at the University of Brighton for 12 years, firstly as an HPL and then in a permanent post. Currently I am a Principal Lecturer in Linguistics and Philosophy of Language.
In my …
UCU Left organising Conference
Pension disputes – Higher Education White Paper – Privatisation and cuts – Equality – Defending jobs and education – Elections
All UCU members welcome
Time – Date – Location
12pm-4pm, Saturday 28th January, Soas Vernon square, 10min walk from Kings …
TPS dispute, the ‘Heads of Agreement’, and the UCU Response
As the majority of National Executive Committee (NEC), representing members in post-92 and FE branches in England and Wales, we are writing to you to express our disappointment with, and concern over, the General Secretary’s report on the TPS negotiations …
USS, how much CARE?
On the 31st January UCU will be holding a sector conference for HE branches in the older Universities to determine where we go next in our on-going pensions dispute. Branches may submit two motions and send two delegates to the …