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 …
Report from NEC November 2020
Report from NEC November 2020
The UCU National Executive Committee (NEC) met on 13th November with England in a second lockdown and the devolved nations continuing with their own approach to restrictions as covid cases multiplied across the UK. …
Report of May 1 UCU Emergency NEC online meeting
UCU’s national executive committee (NEC) met online on May Day, 1 May. This was an emergency meeting called only after more than half of the committee had demanded it.
Society is in a permanent emergency, but Higher Education is at …
Open letter – Covid-19 demands a rethink of Higher Education funding
End tuition fees and market competition
This open letter was launched 31 March 2020 for immediate publication on the HE Convention website. You can add your name on this Google Form.
Covid-19 is a wake-up call for the …
Covid-19: People before Profit: control the lock-down
On Thursday 12 March, Boris Johnson spoke to the UK press flanked by his scientific advisors. Live on air he told Britain “your loved ones will die”, and that the Government had moved from ‘containment’ to ‘delay’.
He stopped short …