What is Happening to Your USS Pension?

Phase 2: How Many Redundancies is Seven?

Academic Boycott – FAQs for University of Leicester Staff

Dispute Alleviation Offer, 9 August 2021

This is the text of the dispute “alleviation” offer debated by members at Leicester UCU’s EGM on 9 August 2021. 58.5% of members in attendance voted to accept this offer, a decision communicated to the Executive Board before 4pm on 9 August 2021, and acknowledged and accepted by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in writing on 10…

Thank You Dear Colleagues, 11 August

This is the most painful post I’ve had to write. Please take the time to read this, sincerely Alex Patel (acting Chair). Today, Wednesday 11th August, the executive board make a further twenty-one staff redundant. We continue to call for their reinstatement. They have done so much for our branch over the years, many as…

A list of the lost: “Shaping for Excellence” and the blatant attack on trade union organisation at University of Leicester

The marking boycott is biting

Email sent to all members of Leicester UCU, 26 July 2021 If YOU were targeted for compulsory redundancy due to executives’ financial mismanagement of our University, would you want colleagues to fight for your jobs – even at great personal, emotional and financial cost? We would like to pay tribute to those Leicester UCU members…

Open Letter to Nishan Canagarajah, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Leicester

14 July 2021 Dear Professor Canagarajah We are deeply disappointed that having attended one dispute resolution meeting – on 20 May 2021 at our express invitation – you have elected to stay away from subsequent meetings. Nevertheless, we assume that the deputy vice-chancellor is keeping you fully briefed. At the most recent such meeting, on…

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