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Student Distribution Recap and Update

This post was by Bijan Parsia with lots of corrections and feedback by various UCUCommons members. As #UCURising progresses, I’ve seen several people raise the critical issue of student distribution in HE. This is particularly important in the pay and conditions dispute, because, for example, student-starved programmes face elimination,

We declare!

Dave Harvie discusses how to make strike reporting a force for disruption against the employers.

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

The Longer the Picket Line...

Next week, many UCU members will be taking strike action for the first time. Here, some UCU Commons members share what's worked for them in previous rounds of action: what's helped to recruit new members, start conversations with colleagues and students, and simply kept us warm

Support Letter Sent!

A quick follow up from your friendly tech admin (Bijan Parsia) about the support letter for Emma Battell Lowman's motion. First a huge thank you to all who signed and commented (even if you didn't sign). We got 107 signatures (including Emma's) from UCU

From Massive Mandate to Effective Action

Emma Battell Lowman Short cut to the support letter which I'd like you to sign. We, UCU, have won a historic mandate for Industrial Action through the #UCURising campaign and now have the power to act collectively in both the USS and the Pay and Conditions dispute. Every

UCU has a massive mandate: now what?

by: Dave Hitchcock On 24 October the results of two national, aggregate ballot campaigns were announced, and if you're reading this you probably know the results, but just in case: We have a turnout of 58% (57.8) of all eligible members for the pay and conditions ballot.

We're Fighting The Chaos

Note: This post discusses some matters from the UCU HEC meeting on 12 May 2022. Most of that meeting is highly confidential, but we checked with the chair that it was ok to share this bit and she confirmed that it was fine as it is not directly and immediately

Chaotic Recruitment, Student Distribution, and the Four Fights

For background on this topic, please see our TL;DR. We have a motion about student distribution for the 29 April, 2022 HEC, commonly framed as student number controls. There's an open letter you can sign and you can optionally provide some info for preliminary research on the

Effective Industrial Action: What Does It Look Like?

This is clearly a crucial juncture for UCU members in higher education, and UCU Commons members were preparing a blog on the choices before us when the General Secretary issued a report containing very serious and substantial proposals for the future of the Four Fights dispute on Wednesday 13 April.