NEC Elections 2024
UCU Left calls on members to vote for candidates who are committed to building the fights against the attacks faced by workers in Further, Higher and Prison Education.
UCU Left candidates stand for strengthening democracy in our union and for using the power of trade unions to fight for a more equal, sustainable and peaceful world.
| Post | Candidate | |
|---|---|---|
| Vice President | 1 | Rhiannon Lockley |
| Honorary Treasurer | 1 | Deepa Driver |
| Trustee | 1 2 | John Parrington Mike Barton |
| President UCU Scotland | 1 | Grant Buttars |
| Honorary Secretary UCU Scotland | 1 | Carlo Morelli |
| UK Elected FE | 1 2 | Sean Vernell Saleem Rashid |
| UK Elected HE | 1 2 3 | Richard Wild Rob Macmaster Michael Carley |
| North West FE | 1 | Nina Doran |
| North West HE | 1 2 | Peta Bulmer Bee Hughes |
| South FE | 1 | John Fones |
| South HE | 1 2 3 4 5 | Aris Katzourakis Ryan Burns Ellen Owens David Chivall Michael Carley |
| Midlands FE | 1 | Dharminder Chuhan |
| Disabled HE | 1 | Roddy Slorach |
| LGBT+ Members | 1 | Bee Hughes |
| Migrant Members | 1 | Patricia Prieto Blanco |
| Black Members | 1 | Nitin Rajyaguru |
| Casually Employed | 1 | Cecily Blyther |
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- The right win majority of seats in UCU NEC electionsThis year’s UCU election is a setback for all those wanting to see a fighting and more democratic union. The elections saw the right-wing and their new allies the Commons faction win a majority on the NEC. The elections saw one of the lowest turnouts in UCU national elections. We hope this analysis is useful and …
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- Only a nationwide strike can stem the carnage in UK higher education
Article by Rhiannon Lockley, candidate for UCU Vice President, in Times Higher Eduction on 13 February 2025 Limiting industrial action to defensive branch battles on redundancy is not enough. We need to politically challenge the HE funding model, says Rhiannon Lockley. UK higher education’s funding crisis has been developing for 15 years. When the coalition government …Continue reading “Only a nationwide strike can stem the carnage in UK higher education”
- Welcome! (NEC Elections 2025)NEC Elections 2025 “Only a nationwide strike can stem the carnage in UK higher education“Read the article by UCU Left’s Vice Presidential candidate, Rhiannon Lockley, in the THE Vice Presidential, Treasurer, Trustee & NEC Elections 2025 – Turn the tide on despair: Vote for hope – Vote for resistance Our candidates Posts
- HEC votes for a ballot – and a campaign to save the sector
The fight is on to save Higher Education. UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) met on Thursday 12 December to consider what the union should do in the light of the financial crisis hitting our sector. Tens of thousands of members face losing their jobs. Last year the union had no UK-wide campaign. Branches were left to …Continue reading “HEC votes for a ballot – and a campaign to save the sector”
- November NEC: UCU Left ReportUCU’s National Executive Committee (NEC) met on Friday for the first time since the general election, in the midst of turmoil in UK and international politics and crises in post-16 education. This was the first time the union’s elected leadership has had an opportunity to focus upon strategies to defend post 16 education. NEC was also …
- Building a national UCU HE campaign in 2024
The UCU’s Higher Education Committee met on Friday 27 September to decide on next steps in the 2024 national pay and related claim…
In the immediate term, HEC voted overwhelmingly to keep the dispute over pay alive. There was a recognition that we have both a major opportunity — to put pressure on the new Labour Government — and a major threat — a spiral of sectoral decline — to address.
- Report from FEC 26th September 2024The FEC met for the first time this academic year. The FEC considered how to advance the New Deal for FE as part of our England pay claim. This follows the election of a Labour government in the General Election and the decision not to extend the 5.5% pay award for teachers to FE workers. Staff …
- Organising to win under a Labour government
Although the General Election was less than two months ago, it feels much longer since the Tories were decimated and Labour won a landslide election victory, albeit on a lower turnout than in 2019. Within that period, we have seen a fascist and far right resurgence on our streets, the continuing slaughter of Palestinians and an …Continue reading “Organising to win under a Labour government”
- How we beat the fascists and the far right
After last night’s amazing counter protests by anti racists across the UK, Sean Vernell argues we need to continue the fight. The scenes of fascist and far-right thugs attempting to burn down hotels that accommodate refugees and attacking anyone with a black or brown skin who happened to be walking by has horrified the majority of …Continue reading “How we beat the fascists and the far right”
- Warning from France: How do we defeat the far right?
Thursday 11th July 6.30pm on ZoomRegister here: https://rb.gy/ta54h8 Yesterday in France, Marine Le Pen’s fascist party were beaten back into third place. This is brilliant news, and millions will be relieved. However, the fascist RN still gained 142 seats (up from 88 seats), which is a warning for all anti-racists and anti-fascists. In the UK, Reform gained …Continue reading “Warning from France: How do we defeat the far right?”