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#ucu

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Vicky Blake UCU

I know some members struggled to believe this could really be true earlier this week. But anyone who emailed a UCU staffer on strike earlier this week got an identikit out-of-office + the deleted advice page + this email sent to #UCU staff sadly confirms this really happened.

The Safe & Professional Workplace dispute must be resolved. I'm deeply concerned by the tone of multiple emails received from #UCU HQ about the dispute and urge members to look at @UniteUCU 's website too.

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Vicky Blake UCU

Let's compare this assertion to UCU's template (below).

This was a terrible choice which has:

- worsened industrial relations

- directly undermined every #UCU member & branch in dispute

- directly undermines UCU's own advice & organising tactics

- is likely to further embolden post-16 ed employers to use more aggressive tactics citing 'well you do it'

4/6

Screenshot text reads: Out of office/auto-reply - strike days I am currently unavailable and taking part in the University and College Union (UCU) strike action to defend our right to a fair pension / fair pay, secure contracts and equality at work. (*delete as appropriate*) Please redirect your query to university management asking them to listen to staff concerns. Cymraeg: Dydw i ddim ar gael ar hyn o bryd ac yn cymryd rhan mewn streic fel rhan o weithredu diwydiannol gan Undeb y Brifysgol a'r Coleg (UCU) i amddiffyn ein hawl i bensiwn teg / cyflog teg, cytundebau diogel a chydraddoldeb yn y gwaith. (*dileer fel sy'n briodol*) A fyddech cystal ag ailgyfeirio eich ymholiadau at reolwyr y brifysgol gan ofyn iddynt i wrando ar bryderon y staff
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Vicky Blake UCU

There was consternation when this kicked off 2 days ago that a 'management instruction' had been given to stop using a *routine tactic* we employ in branches. There's clearly a connected concern about disciplinary action for using a tactic #UCU itself advises us to use

I've seen an email essentially claiming by putting info about being on strike into an autoreply (a tactic UCU has routinely advised members to use) that the staff doing so have caused UCU to disclose personal sensitive data
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Vicky Blake UCU

Then this page was deleted: web.archive.org/web/2023021823

To be super clear, when the above quoted post from @UniteUCU went online two days ago, the page of advice to #UCU members about out of office autoreplies was still live. Now it is not.

Our union, in employer capacity, has gone into staff email accounts and manually altered autoreplies.

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web.archive.orgOut of office messagesSuggested text for email footers and 'out of office' messages.
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Vicky Blake UCU

Solidarity with all striking workers.

As #UCU Edu Committee Chair I' was due to chair Cradle to Grave (our flagship education policy conference) on 29 March. It's sadly been cancelled by HQ citing @UniteUCU strike action in the preceding days.

The dispute must urgently be resolved

Please read, sign, and share this joint letter:

tinyurl.com/UCUUniteSolidarity

Google DocsUCU - End the dispute with Unite and embody the union’s commitment to equalityPlease NOTE: This letter has been sent to Jo Grady at 9am on Thursday 27 March 2025. Signatures are still accepted after this time. Dear Jo Grady, We, the undersigned UCU members and members of the community, urge you to do everything in your power to resolve the dispute with UCU Unite as soon as possible. UCU proudly signed up to the TUC's Anti-Racism Taskforce manifesto in 2020, which includes commitments to “work in partnership with our Black* employees and with our staff trade unions to take forward our work on anti-racism” yet these commitments have not materialised in positive action. It has been more than 1 year since UCU Black staff and the UCU's Black Members Standing Committee raised the alarm about toxic cultures of racism within UCU, affecting both staff and members. And it has been 1 year since UCU Unite declared a dispute with their employer for failing to provide a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture in March 2024. In March 2024, UCU Unite and UCU’s Black Members Standing Committee called for an independent review of racism experienced by UCU members and staff, which was agreed to by UCU. Panellists and terms of reference have been agreed but the review has not yet begun. The panellists have indicated they do not wish to commence the review while the UCU Unite dispute is ongoing, which is their right. Meanwhile, it appears race relations have drastically worsened during the dispute, including between UCU Black staff and the employer. UCU members have been mobilising in support of UCU Unite and UCU Black staff since the beginning of this dispute, including overwhelmingly passing motions at UCU Congress 2024 to address institutional racism in UCU and model the workplace practices we advocate for our members. UCU Black staff have been fighting for many years to have their experiences of racism acknowledged, addressed, and action taken so that they have dignity at work. It is woeful that UCU Black staff are still waiting for action and accountability after reporting experiences of workplace racism in ‘Listening Circles’ exercises that took place in Autumn 2022. Similarly, we are horrified to hear about an increased number of disciplinary cases against UCU Black staff, as well as the victimisation of UCU Unite Officers. As anti-racists and trade unionists, an injury to one is an injury to all. We need UCU to lead by example as an employer when it comes to equality - as is stated in the TUC's Anti-Racism Taskforce manifesto. This failure to address the grave issues identified by UCU Unite is having a debilitating effect on UCU staff and is therefore impacting UCU members across the UK. Coming at a time when post-16 education, especially the Higher Education sector, is being shaken to its core by unprecedented slashing of jobs and courses, we need UCU to strongly stand up for members and to embody the union’s commitment to equality. In solidarity with UCU Unite's Black staff group, we call for: The immediate dropping of all outstanding disciplinary cases against UCU Black staff An immediately stop to the victimisation and threats of potential disciplinary cases against UCU Unite Officers A bespoke training course for UCU management on what structural racism is and what being an anti-racist employer involves. This training course to be approved by UCU black staff. A more collaborative approach with Unite to meaningfully work toward ending structural discrimination. An acknowledgement that UCU has failed to address the findings of its own ‘listening circles’ exercise An acknowledgement that UCU has failed to meet the manifesto pledge of the TUC's Anti-Racism taskforce to which it is a signatory and to share with staff UCU’s involvement with the TUC’s Anti-Racism Taskforce. A commitment to immediately rectify its failings concerning both the ‘listening circles’ and the Anti-Racism Taskforce *Trades Union Congress (TUC) and UCU uses "Black" in a broad, political, and inclusive sense to describe people of color in the UK who have a shared history of colonialism, enslavement, and ongoing experiences of racism and diminished opportunities. **This form is manually updated, there may be a delay before your name is added. Signatories Cecilia Wee, Royal College of Art UCU, UCU Black Members Standing Committee 2022-24 & UCU National Executive Committee Rhian Elinor Keyse, University of Wales Trinity St David UCU & UCU National Executive Committee Grant Buttars, University of Edinburgh UCU, UCU Scotland Vice President, UCU National Executive Committee Marian Mayer, Vice Chair Southern Region Committee, UCU National Executive Committee John Fones, Chair - UCU Bridgwater and Taunton College, Secretary to the SW Regional Committee, UCU NEC FE South Vicky Blake, University of Leeds UCU, UCU National Executive Committee, Vice Chair UCU Yorkshire and Humber Regional Committee Lucy Burke, NEC, vice-chair HEC, National Negotiator, NW Regional Secretary, Chair MMU UCU Laura Loyola-Hernández, UCU National Executive Committee (Migrant representative), Leeds UCU Saira Weiner, NEC, Chair of ROCC, branch chair LJMU UCU, NW Regional Chair S Joss, Heriot-Watt UCU Branch President Bee Hughes, branch Secretary LJMU UCU, LGBT+ members standing Committee, NW Region LGBT+, member of CMC Peter Evans, Branch Secretary, West London College & LGBT+ NEC Rep Donna Brown, Vice Chair RHUL, NEC (UK wide representative) Dr Deepa Govindarajan Driver, President Reading UCU, NEC (southern region) Christina Paine, Branch Chair London Met, Chair London Region HE, NEC (London and East) Rhiannon Lockley, BCU Chair, West Midlands Chair, NEC (Mids HE), Equality Chair Roddy Slorach, Branch Secretary, Imperial College London UCU Aisling O’Beirn, Ulster University UCU, NEC Elizabeth Lawrence, Chair UCU Retired Members Committee, Regional Secretary Yorkshire and Humberside, Branch Secretary Yorkshire and Humberside Retired Members Branch Chris Jones, UCU Cymru Wales, Chair FESC Dr Marion Hersh, University of Glasgow, UCU NEC , UCU Scotland Green Officer Holly Cooper, Oxford UCU Equality Officer, TUC LGBT Committee member Ellen Owens, Branch Secretary Reading UCU Dr Richard Wild, UCU Greenwich branch Co-Chair, London Region HE Secretary and HEC/NEC elect Caleb Sharp, UCU Ross Gibson, Branch Secretary, Strathclyde UCU Dr Anja Komatar, Leeds UCU Campaigns Officer Sarah Bufkin, Birmingham UCU Neil Stockton, UCU Darlington College, Branch Chair Anne Alexander, Communications Officer, Cambridge UCU John Walker, UCU Southern Retired Members branch Nick Cimini, EIS-ULA and UCU Elie Sharp, UCU Greenwich Branch Dario Carugo, Oxford University UCU, Committee member Emily Haikney, Officer, University of Leeds UCU; Committee member, UCU ARPSS national committee Ben Bowsher, Precarious UCU member Robert Lowe, UCU Faculty Convenor, Manchester Metropolitan University Karen Lockney, UCU member Ian Ingram, Manchester Metropolitan UCU Dan Howdon, University of Leeds UCU anti-casualisation officer Helen List, UCU Manchester Metropolitan University Branch, committee member Dr Andrew Olson, University of Birmingham UCU Rosalynd Southern, University of Liverpool UCU Committee Kevin Pattison, UNITE Elizabeth Elliott, Vice chair, UCU Aberdeen Stephanie Mulrine, Newcastle University UCU James Duggan, UCU Manchester Metropolitan University Branch, committee member Cecile Menard, University of Edinburgh UCU anti-casualisation officer and Co-Chair of UCU UK anti-casualisation committee Ray Campbell, Royal Holloway UCU anti-casualisation officer Dave Watton, Birmingham UCU Emilio Zucchetti, RHUL UCU committee Grietje River Baars, SOAS UCU member; London Region Exec Peta Bulmer, Branch Secretary, University of Liverpool UCU, and UCU NEC Rachel Fisher, Uni of Birmingham UCU Member Rob Blow, UCU retired member Elane Heffernan, UCU KENT Equalities Officer Dylan Carver, Oxford UCU Anti-Casualisation Officer David Ewing, Oxford University UCU Julie Hearn, Lancaster UCU & NEC Carlo Morelli, UCU Scotland Honorary Secretary & NEC Matt Perry, Newcastle UCU Branch Chair & NEC Ellen Shobrook, University of Birmingham UCU Branch President Eeva Sointu, York St John University UCU Dr Vanja Hamzić, Reader in Law, History and Anthropology, SOAS University of London, UCU branch member John Brissenden, University of Westminster Kyran Joughin, Former UCU NEC, UCU London Region Anti-ACAS Rep, UCU Branch Sec, University of the Arts London Jacob Bentley, Anti-casualisation officer, York College UCU Miguel Angel Saona-Vallejos, MMU-UCU LGBT+ Rep Pura Ariza, Manchester Met UCU Branch, site convenor Elizabeth Beacon, RHUL UCU branch committee member Ian Dolan, Ucu arts university Bournemouth Ian Swift, Branch Secretary, Dundee UCU. Madalena Lemos, Durham UCU branch vice-president Viv Kendon, Strathclyde UCU member Dr Steph Campbell, Newcastle UCU Committee Member Emeritus Professor Phil Taylor, Retired UCU Strathclyde Lena Wånggren, UCU Edinburgh, UCU Scotland Immediate Past President Victoria Araj, University of Lincoln UCU Branch Membership Secretary Eleanor Higgs, Gloucestershire UCU member Katy Highet, UCU, University of the West of Scotland David Bailey, University of Birmingham UCU Ioana Cerasella Chis, University of Birmingham UCU Melissa D’Ascenzio, Dundee UCU branch Co-President Liam Liburd, Durham UCU Gertjan Lucas, University of Nottingham UCU Equality Officer, Migrant Members Standing Committee Ana Castaño Arques, Oxford University UCU, member Susan Fitzpatrick, York St John UCU Membership Sec, re for branch on Yorkshire and Humber regional cttee Matilda Moors, Camberwell, Chelsea & Wimbledon UCU Anindya Raychaudhuri, St Andrews UCU Branch, and UCU Scotland Equality Officer Stefano Cremonesi, Durham UCU member Anna Judson, Durham UCU member Wil Hardman, Liverpool UCU Branch Chair Samuel Mercer, Liverpool Hope UCU Gargi Bhattacharyya, UCU, University College London Dr Matt Lewis, RCA UCU Zara Dinnne, QMUL UCU, Branch co-chair Clare Qualmann, UEL UCU branch treasurer Geoff Taylor, UCU Southern Retired / TEFL Workers Union (IWW) Sharri Plonski, Queen Mary University of London UCU member Simon Layton, QMUCU Adam Elliott-Cooper, Queen Mary University of London UCU Dr Kevin Biderman, LCC UCU co-chair, UAL Shreeta Lakhani, SOAS UCU Caoimhe Mader McGuinness, Kingston UCU equalities rep Anna Caffrey, UEL UCU Equity Officer Sherene Meir, Durham UCU Tom Cowin, Vice President, Sussex UCU and ACC Micky LeVoguer, UCU, University of East London Séagh Kehoe, University of Westminster UCU Chair of Coordinating Committee; UCU London Region Exec Anish Chhibber, Northumbria University and Northumbria UCU branch Will Nelson, Manchester College UCU Branch Chair Claudine Grisard, QMUL - UCU Phil Abbot, Northumbria UCU Mijke van der Drift, RCA UCU co-chair and co-H&S rep. Elizabeth Anderson, Aberdeen University staff, UCU member Carlie Pendleton, Goldsmiths, University of London and King’s College London Xine Yao, UCU UCL Sita Balani, Queen Mary UCU Committee Member Morgan Rhys Powell, University of Leeds UCU James Brackley, Sheffield UCU rep Joe Rigby, UCU Chester Joe Newman, Goldsmiths UCU Co-President George Graham White, UCU Fergal Hanna, Cambridge UCU Simon Joyce, University of Leeds UCU Amy Ryall, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama UCU branch committee member Giorgia Dona, UCU member Tanroop Sandhu, Queen Mary UCU Susan Hubery, UCU Retired member Jill Daniels, UCU Casework Officer, University of East London Shrehan Lynch, UCU member Ryan Burns, Brighton UCU David Hayes, Sheffield UCU Gabriele Zagel-Millmore, UCU University of Leeds Sean Wallis, UCU NEC, London Region secretary and UCL UCU branch secretary Dr. Sara L. Uckelman, Durham UCU co-president Nicola Pratt, Warwick UCU Jou Yin Teoh, Brunel UCU Alec Edworthy, H&S Officer, Loughborough University Nick Evans, Birkbeck College, UCU member Draško Kašćelan, University of Essex UCU Silhouette Bushay, University of East London, UCU member Dr Kate Mathis, UCU Edinburgh Alexis Wearmouth, Qmucu Amanda Kipling, UCU Pete Cannell, Open University UCU Miriam Kent, UCU University of Leeds R Frank, University of Liverpool, UCU committee, Green New Deal Ian Ellis, Dundee UCU Co-President Ruth Fletcher, QMUL UCU branch committee Prof Angela Daly, University of Dundee UCU Assistant Branch Secretary Andy Swiffin, Dundee UCU Nikolaus Perneczky, Queen Mary University of London UCU Harriet Evans. UCU LSE branch Jamie Hopkin, UCU UWS, Branch Equality officer Robert Shaw, Newcastle University UCU Member Stuart Price, UCU committee De Montfort University Charlotte Bosseaux, Edinburgh university, UCU Sam Morecroft, USIC UCU Branch President Jon Urch, Dundee UCU, Branch Committee Emma Stringfellow, UCU Bob Carter, Emeritus Professor, UCU, Leicester William Crosby, Anglia Ruskin UCU, Anti-Casualisation Rep / UAL:LCC UCU, PGR Rep Muireann Crowley, UCU Edinburgh Raúl Zepeda Gil, King’s College London UCU Branch Member Matthew Lloyd Roberts, Cambridge UCU Grad Rep Ian Hodson, BFAWU Cameron Michie, UCU James Eastwood, Queen Mary UCU Cyril Closset, Birmingham UCU Dr Louise Alldridge, University of Plymouth UCU Graham Checkley, Unite Retired Lothians Nick Marro, Member, UWU & PCS Fleur Martin, Warwick UCU Hannah Kemp-Welch, UAL UCU Felicity Clarke, UCU ARU Rebecca Gordon, University of the West of Scotland, UCU Marco Tesei, Ealing Hammersmith & West London College, UCU branch vice-president Wendy Chapple, UAL UCU & CSM Joint Secretary Dr Antonia Dawes, King’s College London UCU Alison Gaughan, Kirklees College, Yorkshire and Humberside regional committee, Disabled members' standing committee Charlotte Grace, Royal College of Art, UCU Christian Hogsbjerg, Brighton UCU Sheila Cullen, University of Hertfordshire, Unison Gareth Dale, Brunel UCU Kae Rose, RCA UCU Dubravka Sekulić, Royal College of Art UCU Nigel Bubb, UCU Leeds officer Stephen Ashe, Durham University UCU Emanuela Girei, LJMU UCU Hazel Pearson, Queen Mary University of London UCU Rowland Curtis, Queen Mary, University of London UCU Jon,Goodbun. Royal College of Art Emma Lay, Arts University Bournemouth UCU Talat Ahmed, UUCU Edinburgh; vice-chair of STUC Black Workers Committee (pc) Lucía Gloria Vázquez Rodríguez, University College London, UCU Babs Gisborne-Land, WM RM Kate Davison, University of Edinburgh UCU Dan Eastough, Worcester UCU Chris Pritchard, Branch Secretary, Nottingham Trent University UCU; East Midlands Regional Secretary & Regional HE Chair Jo McNeill, University of Liverpool UCU Mark O'Brien, UCU Martin Fiddker, Staffordshire University Michael Carley, University of Bath UCU Christopher Dale, Branch Chair, Manchester Metropolitan University UNISON David Nelson, University of Strathclyde UCU Des McGhee, Strathclyde UCU, Branch Treasurer Patricia Murray, University of Liverpool UCU Duncan Moore, UCU South Devon College & NEC Sol Gamsu, Treasurer and Past President Durham Uni UCU, Chair Northern Region Committee David McKee, Strathclyde UCU Peter Crowther, BCU UCU, West Midlands Regional Committee Secretary Alex Fairfax-Cholmeley, Exeter UCU Sandy James, Anti-Casualisation officer, University of Leeds UCU Cat Mahoney, University of Liverpool UCU David Morris, UCU UAL Hugh Hubbard, UCU University of Leeds Jonny Jones, UCL UCU Ian Lymer, UCU NTU Savannah Whaley, University of St Andrews UCU Elspeth Berry, Nottingham Trent University UCU Kate Mary Bennett, UCU, University of Liverpool Stefan Hunt, UCU Nottingham Trent University Huw Jones, UCU MMU branch Shirley Searchwell, UCU Midlands Daniel Joseph, Branch Committee, Manchester Metropolitan University Shirley Franklin, chair of Southern Region UCU RMB James Cussens, University of Bristol UCU Joshua Gorman, UCU Jayoon Choi, University of the Arts London Megan Povey, Uni of Leeds UCU Nicola Field, Kingston UCU Philip Harris, UCU Kingston University Maggie Gray, Kingston University UCU member Phillip Allsopp, UCU, Cardiff University Tom Haines-Doran, UCU University of Leeds branch committee member Sean Vernell, Ucu Toby Atkinson, Lancaster University UCU Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal, Queen Mary UCU David Wilkinson, Manchester Metropolitan UCU - committee member John Miers, Kingston UCU Daniel Frost, UCU Central Group HE - London and East Manuela Galetto, UCU Lauren Sandford, LSTM, University of Liverpool UCU and Vice Chair UCU ARPS Committee Patrick McCarthy, UCU WM Retired Members Branch (Chair) Diana Jeater, University of Liverpool/LSTM UCU branch Martyn Wemyss, Goldsmiths UCU Ilona sagar , UCU Lee Douglas, Goldsmiths UCU, environmental rep Callum Bradley, Goldsmiths UCU Leo SInger, UCU Liverpool university Virginia Lazaro, Goldsmiths University UCU, PGR Officer Joseph Viscomi, Birkbeck UCU Timor Landherr, Queen Mary University UCU branch Rob Hancock, Too many to mention over 40 years Aldona Norkus, UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL Katie Muth, Durham UCU Zara Kamwendo, Durham University Niklas Kehrle, QMUL UCU Neil Stockton, UCU Harry Stamp, YSJ UCU Jayanthi Lingham, UCU member, University of Sheffield Rachel Wilson, Goldsmiths UCU secretary Andy Hayes, Stockton Riverside College - UCU Rep. Kayleigh Woods Harley, Birkbeck UCU John Greenan, ARU UCU Song-Chuan Chen, University of Warwick Andrew Smith, ARU Katharine Johnston, University of Lincoln UCU Grace Krause, Former Cardiff UCU Mark Abel, University of Brighton UCU Lewis Jones, London Metropolitan University UCU Branch Secretary Pete Bicknell, UCU NCG Lewisham College Thembi Luckett, Durham UCU Dr Andy Williams, Cardiff UCU Cannach MacBride, UAL/LCC, UCU member Christopher Kirkland, York st John UCU, Branch treasurer Clair Sharpe, University of Liverpool UCU Duncan Maggs, Member of Unison, University of Birmingham branch Mareike Beck, University of Warwick UCU Vicki Squire, University of Warwick Helen Dunster, Unison Representative Dr Henry J Dore, Sussex UCU Samuel Solomon, Sussex UCU Niel de Beaudrap, University of Sussex, UCU Gracia Ramirez, UCU-UAL LCC Co-Chair Joanne Potts, UCU Jemma Fairbairn ,TyneCoast College UCU Luke Robinson, University of Sussex UCU Paul Daniel, UCU Meher Shiblee, UAL, UCU Member Rory Anderson, Unison Matthew Evans, Sussex UCU tim paver, UCU branch chair Paul Brook , UCU University of Leicester Nils Markusson, Lancaster UCU Ellen Schramm, New College Durham - UCU rep Giovanni Bettini , Lancaster UCU Amina Rasheed, Unite Alex Lee, University of Brighton Sherene Meir, Durham UCU Aysha Mazhar, Keele UCU Farnaz Bradley, LCC student Sunil Banga, President Lancaster University UCU branch Amanda Rotherham, UCU Branch SecretaryRep/H&S Rep. Furness College Emma Sullivan, Education Training Collective, UCU Matthew Cookson, UCU, Carlisle College Daniel Horlock, Gateshead branch UCU Ethan Ashton, University of Birmingham Catherine Lee, Bishop Auckland College UCU Laura Gordon, Royal College of Art UCU Joel Maddock-James, York St John UCU Mike Boyle, The Northern School of Art, UCU Jordan Anderson, UCU Seb Franklin, KCL UCU Carl Barton, Birkbeck UCU Geoff Brown, UCU North West Retired Members Branch Aris Katzourakis, Oxford UCU, South NEC Billy Frank, Uclan, UCU Adam Stock, York St John UCU Ivan Rajic, Anglia Ruskin University, ARU UCU Executive Committee Gorka Mercero, UCU, University of Liverpool Emma Campbell, Ulster University UCU Carys Hill, Warwick UCU Rachel Dlugatch, University of Edinburgh UCU Mohan Sridharan, University of Edinburgh UCU Kirsten Forkert, BCU UCU branch secretary Graham Gamblin, UCU Birmingham City university James Robert Price, UCU Aberystwyth Gina Gwenffrewi, UCU Grace Whitfield, Sheffield UCU Anna Fox, University of Liverpool, UCU Heidi Seager, UCU Tynecoast College Andy Morse, University of Liverpool, UCU Liverpool, ordinary committee member S Cullen, UCU Lauren Walden, UCU Birmingham City University Cecily Blyther, UCU Petroc Chair and Co-chair of the Anti-casualisation Committee Sally Mould, London Metropolitan University UCU Dharminder Singh Chuhan, UCU Black Members' Standing Committee Railene Barker, UCU University of Leicester Joint Branch Secretary SAMUEL CHIGONEKA, PETROC UCU Dr Steph Allen, Bournemouth University UCU Christine Pallett, Coventry Sdult Education Service UCU Branch, affiliated to the Coventry Trade Union Council David Filer, Coventry ACE, UCU branch chair YiMiao Shih, Royal College of Art UCU Dr Cheral Govind, PCS, Chair of STUC Black Workers Committee signing in personal capacity Emi Mise, UCU Leicester University John Wadsworth, UCU Hilal Yazan, IWGB Charity Workers Branch Racialised Workers Officer Josh Bowsher, UCU Sussex Conor Francis Macis, University of Bristol UCU Shiva Sikdar, UCU, Keele University Natalia Cecire, co-Secretary, UCU Sussex Tanis Belsham-Wrat, on behalf of Unite NE/403/15 branch Juliana Ojinnaka, UCU - BMSC (Chair) Alexandra Kelbert, UCU
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Gary Hall

Sad – though not surprised – to see what was anticipated almost a decade ago is now the norm in some places.

manifold.umn.edu/projects/the-

According to the University and College Union, nearly two-thirds of essential tutorial teaching at Oxford is carried out by academics employed on precarious short-term contracts or paid by the hour in a manner akin to Uber-style gig economy work.

“They compared our work to bedroom fitters, security guards and cleaners, and I kept thinking: ‘Yes, and all those people have no chance of fighting the gig economy, but we do.’”

theguardian.com/education/2025

Manifold @uminnpressThe Uberfication of the University | Manifold @uminnpress_The Uberfication of the University_ analyzes the emergence of the sharing economy and the companies behind it: LinkedIn, Uber, and Airbnb. The book considers the contemporary university, itself subject to such entrepreneurial practices, as one polemical site for the affirmative disruption of this model.
#university#oxford#gig
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UCU

UCU members at Newcastle University have backed strike action in defence of jobs: 83% of members who voted did so in favour of strike action in a ballot with a turnout of 64%. 

Management is making over £35m in cuts, has cancelled promotions, restricted travel and has opened a voluntary severance scheme. It has also refused to rule out compulsory redundancies.

At the same time as making these huge cuts at home the university is looking to open a campus in India.

ucu.org.uk/article/13903/Newca

www.ucu.org.ukNewcastle University staff vote to strikeStaff at Newcastle University overwhelmingly backed strike action in defence of jobs.
#UCU#UKHE#HigherEducation
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UCU

An overwhelming 82% of University of East Anglia (UEA) UCU members have voted in favour of strike action. The ballot resulted in the highest turnout UEA UCU has ever achieved, reaching 67%.

Management has threatened to cut over 190 staff members to meet continued budget shortfalls, including at least 30 staff in the faculty of medicine & health sciences, 25 in the faculty of science, 22 in the faculty of arts & humanities, and at least 90 from departments across professional services.

UEA now needs to begin meaningful negotiations to prevent compulsory redundancies if it wants to avoid industrial unrest.

ucu.org.uk/article/13898/Staff

www.ucu.org.ukStaff overwhelmingly back strike action at University of East Anglia over brutal cutsAn overwhelming 82% of University of East Anglia (UEA) staff have voted in favour of strike action. The ballot resulted in the highest turnout UEA UCU has ever achieved, reaching 67%.
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