Coming Together to Manage the "Pause"
Here's a Google Sheet database for all UCU members to share teaching materials with others so as to make the "pause" in action next week more manageable.
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A collection of 28 issues
Strategic Action Gets the Goods!
We are lthe union. We can all help the union to win. We can make a difference.
“Making Employers Sweat 2023” - Some Positive Ideas for Effective Escalation
By: several members of UCU Commons
As a union, we face some really big decisions in January 2023. Through a combination of branch meetings, a Branch Delegate Meeting, and any other correspondence it receives, the UCU’s Higher Education Committee (HEC) will be deciding on what the #ucuRising action will
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
UCU Commons Statement on the Labour Party, Transphobia, and LGBTQ+ Solidarity
Content warning: some transphobic language is quoted in this statement.
UCU Commons writes today to stand in solidarity with all our trans, non-binary and gender diverse colleagues, comrades and students. We vehemently oppose all forms of transphobia and queerphobia, and we recognise that biphobia, homophobia, queerphobia and transphobia all amount
Creating Cracks for Collective Care in the Ruins of the University
Fostering collective care involves working together to create opportunities for rediscovering joy in what we do, as a priority need - without this joy, where do we find the necessary reserves to push for better higher education?
TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read): Student Number Controls
The following post is a short summary of the debate over 'Student Number Controls' in Higher Education. Readers can find a longer appendix of articles linked at the bottom of the piece. It is the first in a series of 'TL;DR' short explainers that UCU