Published: 13th November, 2019
‘Change starts with us‘ is the theme of anti-bullying week 2019. This annual UK event, started in 2004 with a mission of raising awareness of, and highlighting ways of responding to bullying of children and young people. Coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance (in England) it has grown much larger than a school-based event; many UK…
Published: 7th November, 2019
This article in the Guardian reports on a campaign to get students to register to vote in the forthcoming general election. We think this is a great idea! Here are two simple slides that you can show at the start of your lectures.
Published: 31st October, 2019
We’re proud and very pleased that members of Leicester UCU have voted decisively in favour of strike action (and action short of a strike, ASOS), both to defend our USS pensions and in support of our pay-and-equalities claims. More than half our eligible members voted in both ballots, giving us a legal mandate to take…
Published: 11th September, 2019
Leicester UCU members may be interested in Jane’s struggles in obtaining information to assess USS deficit claims:
Published: 1st September, 2019
Join us on Monday 7 October – from 4:30pm (venue: Physics Lecture Theatre A) – for an extraordinary general meeting of Leicester UCU, followed by welcome gathering. In the middle of not one but two strike ballots – in defence of our USS pensions and for greater equality and pay rises that aren’t real-terms pay…
Published: 6th August, 2019
https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/10181/30-minute-solidarity-climate-stoppage
Published: 19th July, 2019
You will have no doubt read with interest the Acting Vice Chancellor’s letter of last week regarding the on-going USS pension dispute. Here I want to unpack some of that, challenge some of the analysis, and outline what we as a branch would like to see the university do in order to ensure that the…
Published: 14th June, 2019
University leaders’ decision to repurpose the Brookfield campus such that it becomes home of the School of Business (ULSB) have been contentious to say the least. Few of the professional services staff who had been located there wished to move to the main campus. Few ULSB staff wanted to move to Brookfield, believing that the…
Published: 7th June, 2019
In line with the decisions of the higher education sector conference (HESC) 2019, this letter was sent to the University establishing a potential dispute over USS. Further information is available here.
Published: 30th May, 2019
Report of UCU Congress 2019 Harrogate Convention Centre This year’s UCU Congress took place in Harrogate from the evening of Friday 24th May to the afternoon of Monday 27th May. Leicester UCU’s delegates were Gareth Brown, Emi Mise and Nick Adkins – the first time that three delegates were permitted given the recent rise in…
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