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Special HEC Meeting Report, 12th December

By UCU Commons HEC members Headlines * HEC were warned that an HEC vote for an industrial action ballot could jeopardise the progress in negotiating improvements to casualisation, workloads, and inequalities in the sector (i.e. the key non-pay elements of our claim). * In spite of this warning, HEC voted for

Interim Statement from HEC Members on the 12th December HEC Decision

This is an interim statement by UCU Commons HEC members in response to HEC’s decision on 12th December to call an industrial action ballot for spring 2025. This decision to call an IA ballot amounts, in our view, to a fundamental misuse of member energy, time, commitment and goodwill

UCU Equality Conference 2024: a guide to registration and nomination

At UCU Commons, we want to broaden participation in all of the union’s democratic structures. This includes the equality conferences and the equality standing committees. The calling notice for this was published a few weeks ago, so we thought we’d write an accessible explainer of how this bit

British Trade Unions Oppose the Cass Report. Here’s Why That Matters.

By Matilda Fitzmaurice On the last Thursday and Friday in June, the TUC LGBT+ conference took place at the magnificent Congress House in London. This 2-day event, which brings together LGBTQIA+ members from the unions affiliated to the TUC, was attended by a large UCU delegation. Many important motions were

Academic freedom and the knowledge commons

By Matilda Fitzmaurice and Dion Georgiou This article represents an attempt to establish some basic, but contingent, principles on academic freedom. It does not put forward a ‘UCU Commons position’ on academic freedom, as this collectivity contains diverse and wide-ranging views on the subject (which we believe should be encouraged)

MAB As Hell*: what are the conditions for a successful boycott?

*Our thanks go to UCU Commoner Sophia Woodman for the blog title! Note: this blog draws from experiences of the MAB that have been kindly shared by UCU Commons members. As such, the insights presented here represent partial and contingent perspectives and therefore make no claim to easy applicability under

NEC election results

UCU Commons is proud of our campaign and candidates for NEC, and delighted to see so many of our slate elected.

How can we help the union win?

We are lthe union. We can all help the union to win. We can make a difference.

Trans healthcare in England: a call for solidarity (by Sunday 4th Dec)

By Tilly Fitzmaurice Dr Ruth Pearce, a trans researcher, trans healthcare expert and former member of the NHS England Gender Programme Board, has recently called for feminist researchers, practitioners and educators to show solidarity with young trans people in England. As an activist community with unconditional support for trans rights