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Reports from June and July HECs
By UCU Commons NEC members
10th June Special HEC
A special meeting of the Higher Education Committee was called for Monday 10th June in order to discuss an offer made by UCEA on joint pay negotiations (New JNCHES) with four other unions with members in HE (EIS, Unite, Unison and
Maximising chaos: a UCU Commons report from NEC, 21st June 2024
By UCU Commons NEC members
The National Executive Committee of UCU held its first post-Congress meeting on 21 June 2024. This meeting was the first attended by the members elected in the 2024 NEC election held in February. This iteration of the NEC has a comfortable majority of UCU Left
UCU Congress 2024 - a member's report
Several hundred delegates from branches across the four nations and from higher, further, prison and adult and community education, met in Bournemouth last week for UCU’s annual Congress – the peak policy-making body of our union. UCU Commons members were also active over the last week, representing branches, regional committees
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)
Our sector is on fire. Why do we keep fighting?
Our latest blog puts forward a passionate case for unity.
Facing an existential crisis… we attack our own??
Blog post by Sophia Woodman.
Perhaps I am hopelessly naïve, but I imagined that the conclusion of the election for the position of the UCU General Secretary would clear the air, and create conditions for our union to come together to fight what many agree is an existential crisis for
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Union Elections 2024: UCU Commons slate and endorsements
Later this week you should receive your ballot papers for this year’s elections. Please fill in and return ASAP - the window for voting closes on 29 February! Please make sure your postal address details are up to date in MyUCU as soon as you can, and reach out
Union Elections 2024: UCU Commons Endorsements
UCU Commons is an organised group and stands a set of candidates in NEC and other union elections. Everyone who stands for election on our slate shares our values. Accordingly, we strongly endorse our candidates as first preferences when voting, and we only endorse other candidates in seats where no